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

• Download and unzip the file.
• Upload the file to your server.
• Point your web browser to the file.  Example: http://example.com/wizard.php

In order to run ExpressionEngine your web server must support:

• At least 10 MB of space
• PHP version 4.1 or newer.
• MySQL version 3.23.32 or newer.
• PHP must have XML support.
• Your server must have the following MySQL grant privileges (for tables): SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP, ALTER, CREATE
• Your MySQL server must not be running in Strict mode.

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