Run Typemill on Localhost

Run Typemill on Localhost

If you are a developer and if you want to run Typemill locally, then simply download Typemill (zip or git) and visit your local folder like localhost/typemill. If your server is configured correctly, then no additional work is required. Check the detailed information for Linux, Windows, and Mac below.

Move to Production

If you want to move your website to production (or to any other domain), then the cached navigation will contain the old base-url, so all links will contain something like "localhost/mysite". There are three ways to refresh the cache and to solve this issue:

Unpublish and publish one (any) page again. This way the cache will recreate with the next page load.
Use kixote and type "clear cache" (starting with Typemill Version 2.2.0).
Use ftp and delete the files in the folder /data/navigation.

Run on Linux/Ubuntu

Make sure that you have apache2 and php installed:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2
sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php

Enable the mod-rewrite modules:

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

Open your Apache configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Ensure the AllowOverride Directive is set:

<Directory /var/www/html>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

You also need to install some php-libraries if they are not installed yet. You will see a list of missing libraries in the setup-screen. For example you might have to install mbstring and gd-image like this:

sudo apt install php-gd php-mbstring

Restart your server to apply all changes:

    $ sudo systemctl restart apache2

Make sure that the apache server has access to all files:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/typemill

Make sure that the folders cache, content, data, media, and settings are writable. It is recommended to make folders writable with 755 and files with 644.

Run on Windows

We recommend to download and use xampp for windows.

Run on Mac

Description will follow.