Client Access Installation

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It is recommended that a web server that resides on a sperate computer be used in conjunction with the MySQL database for security and performance purposes.

Client access requires the use of a web server.

We recommend the Abyss web server for ease of use.

You can download it and the PHP 5 module at http://www.aprelium.com/downloads/

Configure Abyss to use PHP.

When you purchase the Client Access module you will receive a zip file that contains two folders. The folders are client access and protected. Place them in the htdocs folder of the Abyss Web Server.

You will need to manually configure the following in the client access folder:

Also make sure to configure Abyss to set the protected folder with a Htaccess password.

open the file dbconfig.php

you will see

<?php

$dbhost = 'localhost'; // This is the location of the mysql server. Use the ip address if not local.

$dbuser = 'username'; // User name to mysql database

$dbpass = 'password'; // Password to mysql database

$dbname = 'collectionsmax'; // Don't change this

// SMTP SETTINGS

$emailenabled= 'YES'; // If Yes then fill out the SMTP mail server settings. If No you will not be notified of new placement uploads.

$filemanagerurl = 'http://ipaddresshere/protected/'; // Http or Https path to protected folder

$emailaddressnotify = 'youremail@mail.com';

$smtpservername = 'smtpserverhere';

$smtpport = 25;

$smtpusername = 'username of smtp here';

$smtppassword = 'smtp password here';

You will also need to edit the file ewconfig.php located in folder rptinc

you will see this section

define("HOST", "localhost", TRUE);

define("PORT", 3306, TRUE);

define("USER", "your username, TRUE);

define("PASS", "your password", TRUE);

define("DB", "collectionsmax", TRUE);

Edit these fields like above.

Setting Passwords for the Client Access Module

Log into Collections MAX Administrator

Select Clients and Portfolios

Select the Client that you want to set password for

Click Modify / view button

The user name for client login will be the Client Name

the password will be be password you set in the password for client access field

User names and passwords are case sensitive.