== Brief Installation Overview ==

These are quick instructions for those who already tried to install web scripts. More detailed instructions follow.

   * Download and unzip the Dolphin package to your local computer or directly to the server. 
  
   * Create a database for Dolphin on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who will have all privileges for accessing and modifying it.

   * Place the Dolphin files in the desired location on your web server::

          If you want to install Dolphin in the root folder of your domain (e.g. http://mysite.com/), upload the unzipped files into the root directory of your web server.

          If you want to have your Dolphin installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://mysite.com/mycommunity/), create the corresponding subdirectory under the root folder of your server and upload the unzipped files into that subdirectory.

   * Run the Dolphin installation script by navigating to install/index.php in your web browser::

          If you installed Dolphin in the root directory, you should navigate to: http://mysite.com/install/index.php

          If you installed Dolphin in a subdirectory called for example ''mycommunity'', you should navigate to: http://mysite.com/mycommunity/install/index.php
	  
	* Follow the instructions on the installation screen (setting permissions, specifying necessary server info, setting cron jobs).

	* Log into Dolphin's Admin Panel pointing your browser to http://mysite.com/admin/index.php and enter your license number (Free or Full one) into the '''License''' field of the Registration box.

	* When in your Dolphin Admin Panel, you need to compile languages for the Forum component called Orca. Navigate to '''Plugins -> Orca Forum''' and click on a two-letter language code ('''en''' by default) next to the '''Compile Langs''' wording. Now refresh the page, and you won't see these annoying [L] letters anymore.
	
	* Dolphin should be installed now. If you still doubt that the above instructions are enough for you, you are welcome to the page with [wiki:DetailedInstall detailed instructions].