Installation and Update
Installation, Update and Support
Version OSG Seminar Manager V2.0.0
Stand 17.08.2012
Here you find information to following topics:
>> Installation of the component OSG Seminar Manager
>> Installation and Update of additional extensions for OSG Seminar Manager
>> Support
>> Forum
Installation of the component OSG Seminar Manager
After unpacking the ZIP-file seminarman_vx.x.x_UNZIPME.zip, you will get two additional ZIP-files: com_seminarman_x.x.x.zip is the component and plg_user_seminarman_1.0.x.zip is a plugin. You have to install both of them using the Joomla! backend. For each of the files, enter the file name at Extensions > Extension Manager > Install > Upload Package File in the Joomla! menu, and click the button Upload and Install.
After installing the plugin, you still have to activate it. In the Extensions Manager, click the tab Manage and activate the Plugin User - Seminar Manager.
In the menu Components, you can now access the OSG Seminar Manager.
After the installation process, you have to make sure that your web server has write-access for the following two directories in your Joomla! directory:
JOOMLAROOT/administrator/components/com_seminarman/classes/tcpdf/cache
JOOMLAROOT/invoices
! Please note: When creating PDF invoices, they are saved in the directory invoices. Make sure, that this directory is not directly accessible via the web server. You can also use another directory for the invoices, e.g. a directory that is not located under the document root of the web server. You can change this in the backend of the OSG Seminar Manager in the Options (top right button): Options > Invoices > Invoice Directory.
If the installation was successful, you will find the OSG Seminar Manager in the menu Components > Seminar Manager
Update of the component
When calling up the OSG Seminar Manager (Components > Seminar Manager), the overview page of the OSG Seminar Managers is loaded. If you are connected to the internet, it will automatically show you if there is a new version of the OSG Seminar Manager. If not, there will be a green check mark and the text "You have the newest version". If yes, there will be the view as shown in the image above, a yellow arrow and the text "Update found! Click to update".
To update, you click on the info box and you will be presented a new page. This provides you with information about what has changed in the new version, a download link etc. If there is no specific reason against it, you should always update to the newest version of the OSG Seminar Manager.
Download the new version and install it from Joomla Backend as if a new installation:
Go to Extensions > Extension Manager > Install > Upload Package File in the Joomla! menu
You can define at which release stability you want update notiifications: Go to Seminar Manager > Options > Misc:
Installation and Update of modules and plugins
The additional modules and plugins you can download at service.osg-gmbh.de . You can install it from the Joomla Backend like the component.
Go to Extensions > Extension Manager > Install > Upload Package File in the Joomla! menu,
Go to Search and go to the file you want to install or update. Then click the button Upload and Install.
Some of the plugins have to be activated at the Joomla Backend. Go to Extensions > plugins and put into the Search "OSG". You will see all plugins belonging to the OSG Seminar Manager. Here you can activate them.
Some Extensions have to be activated at Seminar Manager > Options > Extensions:
Support
If you click the button "Support" in the overview, a new web site will be opened. It contains information, in what ways we can support you with administering and using the OSG Seminar Manager.
Forum
The button "Forum" directly leads to the Forum for the OSG Seminar Manager. Here, you can ask questions and leave comments about the OSG Seminar Manager.
