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Install Classified Ads ​

Once you purchased the Classified Ads system then you will be able to find dist.zip within the main zip.

Extract that file on your local and follow the following steps:

Copy files to a web server ​

Upload dist.zip to your web server's root (public_html) and extract it there.

Default Database Setup ​

  1. Open PHPMyAdmin on your server and do a login.
  2. Click on the Databases tab.
  3. Create a new database and specify a Database name of your choice and Click Create button.
  4. Now on the left, select the database (classified_ads) OR the one that you have created.
  5. Click Import in the top menu
  6. Under Import, choose the default sql file from dist/database/classified_ads.sql and click button Go.

Environment Variables ​

Open .env file from your server's root folder.

Setup Default DB

You need to change the following information into your environment (.env) file.

App name and URL Setup ​

ini
APP_NAME="App Name"
APP_URL="https://your-domain.com"

Database Setup ​

ini
DB_HOST="DB Host here"
DB_PORT="3306" // this may changed as per your DB
DB_DATABASE="DB Name"
DB_USERNAME="DB Username"
DB_PASSWORD="DB Password"

Email Setup ​

You will also need to set up mail configuration and update the following variables. You can use the below video for the reference on how to set up email configuration for cPanel servers.

ini
MAIL_DRIVER=
MAIL_HOST=
MAIL_PORT=
MAIL_USERNAME=
MAIL_PASSWORD=
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=
MAIL_FROM_NAME="Your App Name"

Amazon S3 Storage Setup ​

If you want to store your files to direct your s3 bucket then you have to use following .env variables. You need to change FILESYSTEM_DRIVER and MEDIA_DISK value to s3 when you are using AWS file storage.

ini
FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=s3
MEDIA_DISK=s3
ini
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=
AWS_BUCKET=
AWS_ENDPOINT=
AWS_URL=

Or you can use your choice of storage driver to store your media assets if you want. All of your attachments will be placed into that.

Stripe Setup ​

Set Stripe configuration it is using while IPD payments. Here is some links by using it you will get an idea about how to generate stripe API keys.

ini
STRIPE_KEY=
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=

PayPal Setup ​

Set PayPal configuration it is using while IPD payments. Here is some links by using it you will get an idea about how to generate PayPal API keys.

ini
PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID=
PAYPAL_SECRET=
PAYPAL_MODE=

Google Login Setup ​

Set the Google social login. Here are some links by using it you will get an idea about how to generate Google API keys.

ini
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=
GOOGLE_REDIRECT={APP_URL}/login/google/callback

Note: {APP_URL} should be replaced by your domain._ e.g https://my-domain.com/login/google/callback

Admin login ​

You can do admin login by accessing given URL.

YOUR_APP_URL/login

Email: admin@classified.com

Password: 123456

User login ​

You can do user login by accessing given URL.

YOUR_APP_URL/login

Email: user@classified.com

Password: 123456