Installing Social Engine Module via FTP client

• Posted by Glenn Gevero October 24, 2011 - Filed in Modules - #installation  #module  #ftp  #social  #engine  - 571 views

   

  Usually when we install a module in Social Engine we upload the tar file using the Package Manager, follow the onscreen instructions and we are done. By default php has an upload size limit of 2MB and if we happen to upload a file larger than 2MB we will get an error in the Package Manager “Upload Failed: Server response error #302”, so the tweak is to increase the upload size limit in php.ini. But what if we do not have access to this or we do not know how modify the file? Don’t worry there is quick way to solve our problem. We will upload the tar file to your website via FTP. Yes, this is a shortcut and a quicker way.

   

  To do this follow the steps below:

   

  • 1. Login to your server using your favorite FTP client.
  • 2. Go to this directory temporary/package/archives.
  • 3. 3Upload your module.tar file to that directory.
  • 4. Go back to Package Manager-> Packages & plugins-> Install New Packages.
  • 5. You will see now the tar file being extracted.
  • 6. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish installing the module.
  • 7. Go to your website and you will see the new module there
  • 8. Enjoy.

  
  

  Note: This tutorial only applies to modules and not to widgets. I will create another tutorial for the widgets.