To get a quick start with GemsTracker, follow this guide. If you have any difficulties, feel free to ask a question in the forums or edit this wiki.

• Zend Framework 1.x (not 2.x)
  • Zend Framework
  • Zend Framework external: ZendX
• GemsTracker new_project package
• Optional: LimeSurvey http://www.limesurvey.org/en/download

1. download GemsTracker: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gemstracker/files/
2. Extract files
   1. Copy files from folder 'new_project' to your project folder or rename folder ‘new_project’ to [project name]
   2. Make sure the /var folder and everything below it is writable by the webserver
3. go to [project]/application/configs/application.ini
   1. replace 'NewProject'/Escort.php by [project name] /Escort.php at bootstrap.path
   2. replace 'NewProject'_Escort by [project name]_Escort at bootstrap.class
   3. replace 'HOST' by [hostname] at resources.db.params.host
   4. replace 'DATABASE' by [database name] at resources.db.params.dbname
   5. replace 'USER' by [database username] at resources.db.params.username
   6. replace 'PASSWD' by [database password] at resources.db.params.password
4. go to [project]/application/configs/project.ini
   1. replace 'New' by [project name] at name
   2. replace 'New' by [project description] at description
   3. create a new random salt containing '%s'
   4. set the admin.pwd to at least 10 characters or set the `APPLICATION_ENV` environment variable to something other than 'production'
5. go to folder [project]/application/classes/
   1. rename folder 'NewProject' to [project name].
6. go to [project]/application/classes/[project name]/Escort.php
   1. rename class NewProject_Escort to [project name]_Escort
7. go to [project]/application/classes/[project name]/Menu.php
   1. rename class NewProject_Menu to [project name]_Menu
8. make the `htdocs` the web root
   1. on Unix make a link to the `htdocs` directory
   2. on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 or higher
      1. with apache installations we usually use `mklink /D` on the command line to make a line
      2. with IIS add the directory as a website or a virtual directory
9. run the application
   1. login, Username = superadmin and the password from admin.pwd in project.ini
10. go to Setup > Database > Execute new
    1. choose yes

You're GemsTracker installation is ready to set-up now