Note: Quick Install allows you to configure the vital database information for TYPO3 in three simple steps. It's meant for newbees and is automatically active if you download one of the zip-packages with complete sites. A “complete site” is a combination of the source-code and site-specific folders. Therefore this would not apply for the TYPO3 source-code archives but only such downloads as the testsite or other out-of-the-box TYPO3 applications.
Download testsite-3.x.x.zip from for example http://typo3.sunsite.dk/zip-archives/
Upload the contents of this file to your PHP4 webserver. Tip: The zip-file contains thousands of files, so if you're able to unzip the file on the server, better do that!
Hit the site with your browser and follow the Install Tool. The Install Tool will help you to 1) setup MySQL username/password/database, 2) dump any default database content and 3) check the configuration of your PHP-installation for compatibility. This is outlined below.
After the Install Tool, you should seriously consider to protect the folder typo3/install/ with a password or simply delete it.
The Install Tool is located in 'typo3/install/' but should automatically start in “123”-mode with password 'joh316' if you have not set up any database for the site.
In other words, this is what you should see:
Please consider to go into normal-mode with the Install Tool in order to verify all the details of the configuration. Especially the image generation software must be paid attention to!
See details in the next section of this document.
When you change the settings for Image Processing (in normal mode) you must take into account that old images may still be in typo3temp/ folder and prevent new files from being generated! This is especially important to know, if you're trying to set up image processing for the very first time.
The problem is solved by clearing the typo3temp/ folder. Also make sure to clear the cache_pages table.
