FAQ

From TomatoCMS Documentation

Download

Where do I download TomatoCMS?

You can download the lastest version of TomatoCMS at official website. Old versions can be found on [SourceForge] or [GoogleCode] websites.

Installation

What are server requirements to run TomatoCMS?

TomatoCMS requires:

Apache web server with mod_rewrite or Lighttpd
MySQL database server, version 5.0 or later
PHP version 5.2 or later

In addition, the following PHP extension must be installed on your web server:

gd: For geneating thumbnails
json: For processing JSON format (enabled by default from PHP 5.2)
mbstring: Support multiple bytes string as creating sub-string of given Unicode string, ...
mysql
pdo
pdo_mysql
simplexml (enabled by default from PHP 5.2)
xml
xmlreader (enabled by default from PHP 5.2)

If you want to upload hooks/plugins/widgets/language packages, the following extension is required to unzip file:

zlib or zip

You can point your web browser to http://yourdomain/phpinfo.php to see information about current installed PHP version.

What's version of Zend Framework included in TomatoCMS?

The Zend Framework attached in TomatoCMS 2.0.3 is 1.10.0.

Does TomatoCMS work with PHP 5.3 and MySQL 5.1?

TomatoCMS does not work fully with PHP 5.3

Does TomatoCMS support install via Wizard?

Yes, of course. Like as many other systems, TomatoCMS also support install via Wizard.

How to install TomatoCMS in sub-directory?

Install TomatoCMS with difference environment

How to install TomatoCMS with IIS?

Please check this guide to see detail.

How to install TomatoCMS with Apache?

How to install TomatoCMS with XAMP?

How to install TomatoCMS with WAMP?

See step by step at here

How to install TomatoCMS with Lighttpd

Follows steps here

Update interface

Does TomatoCMS support RTL (right to left) language?

Yes, TomatoCMS version 2.0.3 supports RTL languages as Arabic, Iranian, ... for both front-end and back-end sections. To switch to RTL language, update lang_direction setting in app/config/app.ini to rtl as follow:

...
[web]
lang_direction = "rtl"
...

How to switch my site to other language?

With TomatoCMS, you can upload new language package and switch to that one, let's see at here

How do I change the logo of website?

To change the logo of website, you can copy a new logo which you want with name is logo.png into folder skin/default/default/images

How do I change the favicon?

It's rather easy, let's copy new favicon that you want into folder skin/default/default/images

How do I set my website to offline mode?

Let's go to admin page and login as administrator.

Click Customize/Config/Config Website

And then tick on checkbox Set my site in offline mode

You can also write the offline message that display when user access your website.

How do I change the footer?

You can change directly in file app/templates/default/layouts/_footer.phtml

How do I change the site name?

You have too way to change the site name
First way, you can login as administrator to system and click Customize/Config/Config Website

You can see at Website Settings section, the textbox Site name and you can change the site name you want.

The second way, you can change directly in file app/config/app.ini at [web] section with parameter site_name = "your_site_name"

How to change the RSS title, copyright of news module

Please open the configuration file of news module, /application/modules/news/config/config.ini, and change the settings below the rss section:

/application/modules/news/config/config.ini

[rss]
channel_generator = "TomatoCMS"
channel_title = "Welcome to Vietnam"
channel_description = "This website introduce about Vietnam"
channel_copyright = "YourWebsite.com"
...

Upload

Does TomatoCMS support ImageMagick?

Yes, TomatoCMS support both of gd and imagemagick, gd was set by default.

How do I change size of thumbnail images?

Let's access at the file app/modules/upload/config/config.ini and change the image size as easy as you want.

Support

How to get quick support?

If you have any question or idea, you can post on our forum

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