Follow these steps to install the application.

1. Download the fresh copy of the Church WebApp zip file, called church_v1.0_lic

2. Login to your cPanel, click on File Manage, click public_html on the left menu for the main domain or locate your subdomain, upload the zip file or copy the unzip files and folders to the main domain or subdomain.

3. If you uploaded the zip file, then extract to the main domain (yourdomain.com) or subdomain (app.yourdomain.com) location, example of the extracted files and folders are shown below:

4. Go back to your cPanel home page, scroll down and select MySQL Databases, under Create New Database, enter the database name and click on Create Database button, then click back when done creating database.

5. While on the same page, scroll down to Add New User, enter username and password, then click Create User. Note the database name, username and password because you will need them later.

6. Link the user you just created to the database you just created by scrolling down to Add User To Database section, select user and database, then click Add button, on the Manage User Privileges page that appears, select ALL PRIVILEGES check box, click Make Changes button

7. Go back to your File Manager section, double-click a folder called scripts, within this folder, you are going to make changes to two files, for config.php file, you enter database name, username and password, you can also change the timezone, in this case plus 01:00 for West Africa and for url_address.php file enter your domain name e.g. https://yourdomain.com/ or http://localhost/yoursite/ for local server, make sure there is a forward slash at the end of it as shown on the image below:

8. Import its database by going to your cPanel home page, select phpMyAdmin, select the name of database you created before, at the top of the page, click Import, browse for the file, that is, go to the root folder or directory, you will see a folder called db, double click to open, select the database file called church_v1_db.sql and click Import button.

9. You are done with the installation, now navigate to your domain e.g. https://yourdomain.com and click on Register Account to signup as the supper user, that is being the first user, you are the system owner.

10. Note: While you are on the login page, you will have to add the Verification Number or License key and the domain you wish to run the application.

11. Alter login, click on Manage Settings within this help manual, in the Settings under the Basic tab section, follow the steps to add your Google Gmail, password and noreply@yourdomain.com email for the application to be able to send activation email to users or members when they sign up or register

Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you encounter any problems.