Requirements

Use our Server Wizard to verify whether your server is compatible with ExpressionEngine 2. To use the Wizard:

  1. Download and unzip the file.
  2. Upload the ee_wizard folder to your server.
  3. Point your web browser to the folder.  Example: http://example.com/ee_wizard/

In order to run ExpressionEngine your web server must support:

  • PHP version 5.1.6 or newer.
  • MySQL version 4.1 or newer.
  • Your hosting account must have the following minimum MySQL grant privileges for database tables:
    • SELECT
    • INSERT
    • UPDATE
    • DELETE
    • CREATE
    • ALTER
    • DROP
  • 32MB memory allocated to PHP

Notes

  • To take advantage of the image thumbnailing feature your server must support one of the three image manipulation protocols: GD, ImageMagick, NetPBM.
  • To create a site with ExpressionEngine, you must have at least minimal experience with HTML and understand how to create a website. Further, you must be familiar with the process of uploading files to your server via FTP.

      • If you have questions, please contact sales.