How to install Flarum on SiteGround via cPanel file manager?

thephotographyblog

Firstly, I know that people will say that this is a repeated question but all previous versions of this question are either out of date or broken/partial.

I have three main questions:
1. Where can we actually download the correct zip file from?
2. Which directory do you upload it to using the file manager (or FTP) assuming they are the same thing?
3. Is extraction the final step? Or if not, where do you install "Composer"?

Thank you in advance for your responses, but please be clear in your answers.

BlackSheep

If you have no access to SSH please use Pockethold : https://discuss.flarum.org/d/5731-pockethold-a-web-based-installer

ChadJessen

On siteground you can do the SSH unless you have their first package. The middle and last package you have SSH access.

If you have one of those, go to your cpanel and go to the SSH icon. It will tell you how to setup the SSH. I did this and it worked great. Then you don't even have to install composer...it is all ready to go.

thephotographyblog

ChadJessen yep I did it and it worked super well! They even helped out when an issue arose with the installation. Awesome support from SiteGround as usual! ?

ChadJessen

thephotographyblog yeah they are awesome.

maazi

I have tried to install ssh on my siteground hosting. I generated a private key from cpanel and paired it using PUTTY. To connect with PUTTY tells me that network has failed multiple time. Is there any other way out?

ChadJessen

Did you use the puttygen.exe? Then you have to load it using the pageant.exe. If you reboot your computer, you then have to restart the pageant.exe program.

Make sure you are using your username that they sent you once the command line comes up. You won't have to put in a password or anything. Don't use your email address.

I hope this helps.