Manual pre-installation configuration for CPanel-based hosting

08 Jul 2025

In this tutorial, we'll show you the steps that need to be taken prior to installing SCHLIX CMS v2.x in a CPanel-based web hosting. If your hoster has Fantastico or Softaculous and you would like to perform an automated installation, please skip this tutorial.

This tutorial uses the following configuration variables:

Website URL	http://www.my-website.com
CPanel Username	myaccount
CPanel Password	Password12345
Database host	localhost (Local MySQL on that CPanel server)
Database name	myaccount_schlixdb
Database username	myaccount_schlixuser
Database password	Password12345

Login to your CPanel, and type mysql, then click MySQL Database Wizard.
Type the database name schlixdb
Type the username schlixuser
Select ALL PRIVILEGES
Click Finish
Download SCHLIX CMS and upload it with CPanel File Manager or any FTP client to /public_html
Extract the ZIP file by right clicking the filename and then click Extract
Installation in the root directory or a subdirectory
- To install SCHLIX CMS in the root directory where your website will be served from http://www.my-website.com, move all the files in /public_html/schlix to /public_html.
  You can do this by clicking Select All, then click Move, then enter the destination as /public_html.
  
  Note: In this case, the SCHLIX_SITE_HTTPBASE variable will be empty since it is installed in the root directory.
- To install SCHLIX CMS in a subdirectory where your website will be served from http://www.my-website.com/site, simply rename the folder schlix to something else, e.g. site.
  
  Note: In this case, the SCHLIX_SITE_HTTPBASE variable will be /site.
You can now delete these two files (schlix and schlix-cms-v2.x.zip) so it won't take up any space.
The final and the most important step is to rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess to enable search engine friendly URL. This option is required and cannot be skipped.
Continue the installation in your browser (next page).