Set up SimForge Preview

Fill this in once. Nothing is written until every step has worked.

Checks

OK PHP 8.2 or newer
OK PDO MySQL driver extension
OK mbstring extension
OK intl (Unicode handling) extension
OK json extension
OK session extension
OK sql/schema.sql and sql/seed.sql present
OK app/ folder is writable (for config.php)
OK .htaccess is writable (for the browser password gate)
OK app/storage/liveries is writable (for the livery studio)

1. Database

Create it first in Plesk (Databases › Add Database), with a user that has full access to it.

Database name

Database user

Database password

Host

Usually localhost on Plesk.

Port

Which world

eBus '25: the forum rules, 2001

Sim Central: the 2019 rules and archive

Load the game data (for eBus: ScotBus Group, Midline Group, UFAC, balances, loans and the NOVA listing; for Sim Central: every group, company, fleet and route in the archive)

Start again: drop any tables already in this database

Only needed if a previous attempt got part way.

2. Your sign-in

The only account. There is no way to register another from the site.

Username

Your name (as shown on screen)

Password

At least 12 characters.

Password again

3. Browser password gate

Deny everyone except one browser username and password (Apache basic auth)

Nobody sees even the sign-in page without these. The site then asks for your own sign-in as well.

Gate username

Gate password

At least 12 characters. Can be the same as your sign-in password, but need not be.

4. Address

Path on the site

Worked out from where this page is. Leave empty when the site is at the root of the domain.