Installation

Hello, installing MatchMe is an easy process and we will guide you through it
Before getting started, please make sure your web server meets all the requirements:

  • PHP Version 5.3+
  • cURL Extension (enabled on most hosts by default)
  • MySQLi extension (enabled on most hosts by default)
  • short_open_tags enabled

Instructions

  1. Upload all of your files to your website using the file manager built into your hosting control or an third-party application such as FileZilla (we recommend).
  2. After uploading all of the files, navigate to the core/config directory and open the config.php file in your favorite text editor.
  3. Fill in your MySQL database information (required) and adjust the other setting to your liking.

        

4. Next, go to your hosting control panel and access your MySQL database via phpMyAdmin (or any similar application, available in your panel)
5. Import the matchme.sql file located in the /SQL/ folder

         

6. After importing the database, navigate to the following url:
http://yourwebsite.com/app/login.php and log in using the following credentials:
 Email: admin@admin.com 
 Password: admin

    Remember to replace yourwebsite.com with the actual domain name of the website on which you installed MatchMe.

Configuration

Note, all other settings EXCEPT database details can be configured from the admin panel, there is no edit to edit the configuration file manually.

SMS Payments Powered by Fortumo

In order to use SMS Payments you must create an fortumo.com account. After creating your account, you must navigate to the Create Service page.



When asked to what URL you want to forward payment requests, enter http://yourdomain.com/app/sms.php, where yourdomain.com is the domain on which you installed MatchMe.
After you have created the service, go to your MatchMe Admin -> Settings and enter the Service ID of the created service into the Fortumo Service ID field.

Credit Card Payments Powered by Stripe

In order to use Credit Card Payments you must create an stripe.com account. After creating your account, you must navigate to the Your account -> Account Settings -> API Keys page and get your Secret key and Publishable key



After you have gotten the keys, go to your MatchMe Admin -> Settings and enter the two keys into the correct fields.

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