/toastio

Toasty CMS - A node.js content management system

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Setup Notes

Pre-requisites

  1. node =0.12.5
  2. mongodb

Installation

  1. Download dist zip (toastio-1-0-0.zip)
  2. Unzip into application directory
  3. run npm install to install node modules

Set up

  1. Point application to mongodb instance In server/config/environment/production.js
    • point mongo.uri to application database
    • point mongo.sessionuri to session database
  2. Create administrative user(s) In server/config/seed/user/seedData.js
    • Add accounts to module.exports.all array
    • example
      {
    username: 'administrator@admin.com', // The email format is necessary in order to log in :/
    groups: ['administrators'],
    password: 'administrator',
    fullName: 'Administrator',
    organization: null,
    comments: null,
    address: {
    	addr1: null,
    	addr2: null,
    	city: null,
    	stateProv: null,
    	postalCode: null,
    	country: null
    }
  }
  3. Set cookie secret values In server/config/environment/index.js on lines 29 and 30. Change these values to something secret.

Running

  1. Execute node server/app.js --init:all to initialize the database. If the database exists, all data will be wiped so be sure to confirm the value set in Set Up#1
  2. If the application has already been initialized just run node server\app.js