Install Gummy Bear, Version 1.3

Welcome to the Sueetie Installation Menu for Gummy Bear 1.3! The steps at the bottom of this page will install Gummy Bear on your website. It is assumed you already created your database and added the SQL users your site will be using.

Gummy Bear setup details are available on the Sueetie Wiki. There is also a Sueetie Forum area dedicated to Gummy Bear. Please use them for assistance and to share your experience with others.

Setup Menu Prep

1) Configure IIS applications

At left is a screenshot of Gummy Bear in IIS showing directories that must be set as IIS applications.

2) Update Connection Strings

As mentioned above, it is assumed you already created a SQL database and added user accounts. If not, please do that so we can update the Sueetie connection string locations which are listed below. You can retrieve these files quickly in Notepad++ or Visual Studio by searching the site file contents for the unique term "GummyBearDB" in all site .config files.

\util\config\connections.config
\util\config\Sueetie.config
\Blog\connections.config
\forum\db.config
\media\connections.config
\wiki\Web.config

For your convenience, Gummy Bear uses the following connection string enabling you to update all connection strings with a single search-replace operation.

data source=(local);initial catalog=GummyBearDB;integrated security=SSPI

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Install Gummy Bear

You'll be executing all of the SQL setup scripts to create your database here. You will also be filling out a few fields like site time zone and name of your forum. You will then be returning here for final pre-flight instructions.

Pre-flight Instructions

Your Community Site is ready for action! A few pre-flight instructions for you.

  • It's important to update the setup user accounts to prevent getting hacked. Three accounts were created: admin, testguy AND anonymous. The password for each is "password." Please change those passwords in the membership administration area.
  • Sueetie is compiled for 64x-bit systems. To make your first taste of Gallery Server Pro a sueet one, if you're using a 32x-bit system replace the 64x Gallery Server Pro DLLs in \media\bin with their 32x-bit counterparts located in \media\gs\32x.
  • There are other simple yet important tasks to perform, like setting read-write permissions on various site folders, configure email, and so forth. Be sure to walk through the Post Installation Checklist in the Sueetie Wiki.

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