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ccHost is Creative Commons' open source (GPL licensed) content management system project that powers ccMixter and is the winner of the Linux Journal LinuxWorldExpo Product Excellence Award for Best Open Source Solution. Read more about ccHost here.

Download

Current Stable Release

Latest stable build of ccHost 5.1 is available in ZIP archive format.

Source Repository

https://github.com/cc-archive/cchost

For much more developer info, see Cchost/Developers.

Documentation

ccHost 5 Documentation

Communication

People

Contacting

The mailing list is the best way to get our attention. That and other methods are listed below:

Mailing List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cctools-cchost
- Archive
Chat: #cc on irc.freenode.net
Wiki: This page (http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcHost)
Bugs and feature requests

Zeitgeist

Goal

The goal of this project is to spread media content that is licensed under Creative Commons throughout the web in much the same way that weblogs spread CC licensed text.

Short Description

"Web-based System Supporting Remixing and Collaboration on Media"

Slightly Longer Description

ccHost is an open source (GPL licensed) project that provides web-based infrastructure to support collaboration, sharing, and storage of multi-media using the Creative Commons licenses and metadata. It is the codebase used by ccMixter and other sites.

Besides its focus on sharing content, ccHost differentiates itself from other multi-media hosting programs by emphasizing the reuse (a.k.a. remixing) of content between artists, not only between artists on any given installation of ccHost, but between all installations across the web and any web site that implements the Creative Commons Sample Pool API, including non-ccHost sites such as the freesound project.

Usage Examples

ccMixter - Primary usage of ccHost is the Creative Commons remix site, ccMixter.
fourstones.net Victor's personal website
Remix Cecilia at the Enciclopedia Cecilia project (Spanish).
iBeat Moderated Sample Archive

Appendix A: Compatibility

Browsers

Recently tested on: Firefox 2/3 Mac/PC/Linux, IE 7 PC, Safari Mac (IE8 requires "compatibility" mode - see here for workaround)

Cookies must be enabled.

Most skins (the ones people will want to use) require Javascript enabled.

Servers

Primary development is done on Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy heron) using Apache, mySQL, and PHP. The actual dev setup is described in detail here.

Linux

ccHost on Apache (2.0.49 up to at least apache-2.0.55-r1) on Linux,

One should be able to easily install mySQL, PHP, and Apache (if they are not already available) through their distributions packaging system. See the dev setup above.

Windows IIS Server

ccHost has not been seen running or tested on Windows for a long time - several versions ago.

Windows users with their installation disks may install optionally the Windows IIS Web Server. This option has been tested. However, there might still be issues with it, and if so, please file a bug.

Even if you using Apache on Windows you may need to have IIS installed if you plan to use mail contact functions.

Windows Apache

There are many good tutorials for setting up a Windows/Apache/MySQL/PHP site (Google search) and all three subsystems now come with Windows installers making the job of installing relatively straightforward.

XAMPP

Windows installations without Apache, mySQL and PHP already installed should consider using XAMPP for Windows, which provides an easy install of Apache web server, MySQL database server, and PHP and perl programming languages. This is an easy way to get up and running, with the underlying technology necessary to use ccHost.

Follow the instructions for installation of XAMPP to know where to put the uncompressed ccHost package to properly work with your local setup.

Mac OS X

NOTE: This setup is similar to Linux.

Verified:

OS X 10.4.6
default OS X MySQL build, 4.0.26
GetID3 1.7.7
default Apache/PHP

About Creative Commons

Retrieved from "https://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=CcHost&oldid=99344"

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Current Stable Release

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Zeitgeist

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Usage Examples

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 [[Category:Technology]]
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+{{Project}}
+{{lowercase}}
-'''ccHost''' is Creative Commons' open source ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/ GPL] licensed) project that powers [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter] and is the winner of the [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/6026 LinuxWorld Journal Product Excellence Award] for '''Best Open Source Solution.''' Read more about ccHost [[#Zeitgeist|here]].
+'''ccHost''' is Creative Commons' open source ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/ GPL] licensed) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_management_system content management system] project that powers [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter] and is the winner of the [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/6026 Linux Journal LinuxWorldExpo Product Excellence Award] for '''Best Open Source Solution.''' Read more about ccHost [[#Zeitgeist|here]].
 = Download =
+Sign up for [http://sourceforge.net/export/rss2_projfiles.php?group_id=80503 our RSS release feed] to make sure you don't miss important bug fixes and feature updates.
 === Current Stable Release ===
+Latest stable build of [https://sourceforge.net/projects/cctools/files/ccHost/ ccHost 5.1] is available in ZIP archive format.
-Latest stable builds of ccHost are available in several common archiving formats (.zip, .gzip, etc.)
+=== Source Repository ===
-[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80503&package_id=156675 ccHost download page]
-To install: Unpack the contents of the archive on your local machine and see the README.
-=== Experimental Thrice-Daily Builds ===
-Currently, ccHost packages are being made three-times a day and are available here:
-[http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/cchost/packages/ ccHost 3x daily builds]
-Our experience has been very good however these are minimally tested builds so ''download, install and use these packages at your own risk.''
-Only 30 days worth of builds are saved currently.
-= Install =
-As stated above, all the information you need for installation is in the distribution package you downloaded. Treat these notes as addendums, hints and other possibly useful information.
-=== Simple  ===
-The easiest way to get going is to start with a web hosting server. Common web hosting services like [http://www.dreamhost.com/ Dreamhost] and [http://www.websitesource.com WebsiteSource] provide an administration interface for setting up a mysql database. Hosting services also provide some FTP or SFTP mechanism to upload the ccHost installation files as well. 99% of all services provide support for PHP as well. If you have questions about support in this area, check the server requirements below and with your hosting service.
-#Unzip the ccHost ZIP archive on your local system and copy the files to your server retaining the the directory structure.
-#Browse to '''<nowiki>http://where_you_installed/ccadmin</nowiki>''' and follow all the instructions from then on.
-=== Advanced ===
-If you have basic knowledge of using FTP and you are comfortable at a terminal command line you can use these steps to before, during and after installation. Many of these can be filed under "you'll be glad you did" by the time you get to the browser-based installation steps later on.
-==== Enabling 'Pretty URLs' ====
-All ccHost commands and URLs based on query strings:
-<nowiki>http://your_install_root/index.php?ccm=/media/people/victor</nowiki>
-That same URL can be made 'pretty' on Apache installations so that it looks more like:
-<nowiki>http://your_install_root/media/people/victor</nowiki>
-Here is the block of code in your .htaccess file setting the rewrite rules to get pretty urls:
-<pre>
-RewriteEngine On
-RewriteBase /
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?ccm=/$1 [L,QSA]
-</pre>
-If you installed to a directory below the site's root make sure to specify that in the RewriteBase directive.
-For perfomance reasons (and if you are given access) you should put those directives into an Apache virtual host block in the .conf file for your server:
-<pre>
-<VirtualHost *:80>
-ServerName ccmixter.localhost
-ServerPath /ccmixter
-#DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cchost
-DocumentRoot /home/rejon/Documents/freelance/creativecommons/src/ccmixter
-<Directory "/home/rejon/Documents/freelance/creativecommons/src/ccmixter">
-RewriteEngine On
-RewriteBase /
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?ccm=/$1 [L,QSA]
-</Directory>
-</VirtualHost>
-</pre>
-==== getID3 ====
-ccHost depends on the getID3 library for verifying uploads. Install getID3 (at least 1.7.3) here: http://www.getid3.org/#download before you install ccHost. (It's a simple download-unpack operation.)
-For example (on Linux):
-<pre>
-tar xzf getid3.tar.gz
-cp -a getid3/getid3 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/getid3/
-</pre>
-The ccHost installer will 'find' your getID3 installation if it's roughly in the same area of the server, however it is ''not'' required that your getID3 be visible on the web and in fact, it's probably more secure if it isn't.
-==== ccHost Terminal Installtion ====
-*Unzip the ccHost ZIP or tar. bz2 archive on your local system and copy the files (retaining the directory structure) to your web-server directory.
-* On Linux change the group and permissions of the files so they may be written by the web server (e.g., in the following lines, the web-server account is "apache").
-For example:
-<pre>
-cp -a cchost-1.0.3 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cchost
-chgrp -R apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cchost
-chmod g+w /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cchost/
-chmod -R g+w /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cchost/cclib/phptal/phptal_cache/
-</pre>
-*Create a new database for ccHost (e.g., named "cchost") and create an administrative user to access it (e.g., "cchostadmin").  For example:
-<pre>
-mysql -p -u root
-mysql> CREATE DATABASE cchost;
-mysql> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE ON cchost.* TO 'cchostadmin'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE';
-</pre>
-Make sure to change 'YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE' (and maybe 'cchostadmin') to something unique to your site.
-(Many systems provide '''phpMyAdmin''' to take care of these tasks.
-*Create directory /var/log/cchost or other location to store log files.  Must be writable by the web-server account (e.g., "apache").  For example:
-<pre>
-mkdir /var/log/cchost
-chown apache:apache /var/log/cchost
-</pre>
-==== Finish with Install ====
-Browse to <nowiki>http://where_you_installed_cchost/ccadmin</nowiki>
-Everything else you need to know will be on the screen from that point on, including suggested php.ini and .htaccess settings, access permissions requirements, etc.
-==== More .htaccess file settings ====
-Put the following into a file named '.htaccess' in your root directory of a ccHost setup if you can't set your php.ini settings for your hosting setup. These settings should work, but should be tested first. They correct many memory problems people have with ccHost.
-<pre>
-# php configs http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.memory-limit
-# http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.php#ini.list
-php_value max_input_time 200
-php_value max_execution_time 200
-php_value memory_limit 20M
-php_value upload_max_filesize 20M
-# next line fixes noncompliant & used in php
-php_value arg_separator.output &amp;
-php_flag session.use_trans_sid off
-# turns off annoying autoquotes
-php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
-Options +MultiViews
-# Stop morons that are hammer your site
-# Open Clip Art Library had someone DDoS'ing our site
-<Limit GET>
- order deny,allow
- deny from 59.116.0.0/16
-</Limit>
-</pre>
-=== Upgrading ===
-'''Always''' make a backup of your mySQL ccHost database and the files you changes (probably all of the ccfiles directory) before you start the upgrade process. Things go wrong. You have been warned.
-==== General ====
-In general, small updates and patches come in a few files and only require that you copy over cclib and ccextras. Once you've copied the new system files
-#Log in as administrator to your current install (make sure to check 'Remember Me')
-#Browse to: <nowiki>http://where_you_installed/?update=1</nowiki>
-==== Upgrading from 2.x to 3.0 ====
-This specific upgrade requires a few extra steps
-#Make a BACKUP of your mySQL database (can be done via phpMyAdmin or from the command line using mysqldump)
-#Make a BACKUP of your cchost directory onto your local machine (skip the /people and /contests directories). If you skip this step and you made changes (to say ccfiles/home.xml) then '''ALL YOUR CHANGES WILL BE LOST FOREVER'''
-#Login to ccHost as your admin account and make sure to check 'Remember me'
-#Unzip the cchost 3.0 package on your local machine
-#Copy everything under the cchost directory '''EXCEPT''' ccadmin over your server's ccHost directory
-#Delete the file '''ccextras/cc-language.php'''
-#Delete ALL files under '''cclib/phptal/phptal_cache'''
-#If you made changes to files in ccfiles (like home.xml), copy your local version over the ones on your server now.
-#Browse to: <nowiki>http://where_you_installed/?update=1</nowiki>
-= Administration =
-So you've got your ccHost up and running. now what?
-''Victor is currently gathering data and writing up an Admin's Guide. If you have information you think would be useful please [https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cctools-cchost let him know].''
+https://github.com/cc-archive/cchost
-== User Interface ==
+For much more developer info, see [[Cchost/Developers]].
-* [[Creating a custom user interface]]
+= Documentation =
-= Development =
+[[cchost/Documentation|ccHost 5 Documentation]]
-=== Source Code & Documentation ===
+=Communication=
-* [http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/cctools/cchost/trunk/ Browsable Source Code (Anonymous)]
-* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Source_Repository_Information How to Check Out Code]
-* [http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/cchost/docs/ Online Code Documentation] including developer's guide.
 === People ===
 * [[User:fourstones|Victor Stone]]
 * [[User:Jon Phillips|Jon Phillips]]
+=== Contacting  ===
-=== Communication ===
+The mailing list is the best way to get our attention. That and other methods are listed below:
-* Chat: #cc on irc.freenode.net
-* Wiki: This page (http://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CcHost)
 * Mailing List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cctools-cchost
 ** [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=cctools-cchost Archive]
+* Chat: #cc on irc.freenode.net
-=== Submitting Code ===
+* Wiki: This page (http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcHost)
+* [[Cchost/Developers#Bugs_and_Feature_Requests|Bugs and feature requests]]
-Before going too far down this road you definitely want to hop on the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/cctools-cchost dev mailing list]. If you are shy ask to speak with Victor or Jon in private.
-[[HOWTO Patch|Submit Patches]]
-=== Bugs and Feature Requests ===
-''Make sure to use the 'ccHost' category when filing bugs. Also, please use a real email so that we can followup on any bugs posted. Be descriptive when posting and commenting on bugs (every bit counts).''
-* [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=559966&group_id=80503&func=browse Report Bugs]
-* [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=80503&atid=559969 Request Features]
-[[Category:CcHost]]
-[[Category:Developer]]
-[[Category:opensource]]
-[[Category:Technology]]
 = Zeitgeist =
 === Goal ===
-The goal of this project is to spread media content that is licensed under
+The goal of this project is to spread media content that is licensed under Creative Commons throughout the web in much the same way that weblogs spread CC licensed text.
-Creative Commons throughout the web in much the same way that weblogs spread
-CC licensed text.
 === Short Description ===
 "Web-based System Supporting Remixing and Collaboration on Media"
 === Slightly Longer Description ===
 '''ccHost''' is an open source ([http://creativecommons.org/licenses/GPL/2.0/ GPL] licensed) project that provides web-based infrastructure to support collaboration, sharing, and storage of multi-media using the Creative Commons licenses and metadata. It is the codebase used by [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter] and [[#Usage Examples|other sites]].
-Besides its focus on sharing content, ccHost differniates itself from other multi-media hosting programs by emphasizing the '''reuse''' (a.k.a. remixing) of content between artists, not only between artists on any given installation of ccHost, but between all installations across the web and any web site that implements the Creative Commons [http://ccmixter.org/media/viewfile/pool_api_doc.xml Sample Pool API], including non-ccHost sites such as the [http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ freesound project].
+Besides its focus on sharing content, ccHost differentiates itself from other multi-media hosting programs by emphasizing the '''reuse''' (a.k.a. remixing) of content between artists[http://courtreportingagency.com ,] not only between artists on any given installation of ccHost, but between all installations across the web and any web site that implements the Creative Commons [http://ccmixter.org/media/viewfile/pool_api_doc.xml Sample Pool API], including non-ccHost sites such as the [http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/ freesound project].
-=== Press ===
-==== [[CcHost Release Notes|Release Notes]] ====
-==== [[CcHost Press Releases|Press Releases]] ====
-==== Sound Bites ====
-* "ccHost enables you to '''run your own flickr or youtube while having an infrastructure for legally sharing audio, video, text, and other media.''" [[User:Jon Phillips|Jon Phillips]] 22:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
-''Please add your own sound bite...''
-==== [[ccHost Screenshots|Screenshots]] ====
-* The text for the front page can be changed by editing ccfiles/home.xml.  The other menu functions and so on are generally modified using the admin functions of the site.
 === Usage Examples ===
-*[http://ccmixter.org ccMixter] - Primary usage of ccHost is the Creative Commons remix site, ccMixter.
+* [http://ccmixter.org ccMixter] - Primary usage of ccHost is the Creative Commons remix site, ccMixter.
-*[http://www.opensourcecinema.com/cchost Open Source Cinema]
+* [http://fourstones.net fourstones.net] Victor's personal website
-*[http://www.matrix-rayne.com Matrix Rayne Online]
+* [http://www.enciclopediacecilia.org/remix/ Remix Cecilia] at the Enciclopedia Cecilia project (Spanish).
-*[http://remix.machinehasnoagenda.com/ remix.linux]
+* [http://audio.ibeat.org/ iBeat] Moderated Sample Archive
-*[http://www.ccmixter.co.za/ ccmixter South Africa]
-*[http://fourstones.net fourstones.net] Victor's personal website
-*[http://www.openclipart.org/cchost/ Open Clip Art Library ccHost in testing]
-*[http://www.esolpc.com/teacherhost/ TeacherHost] - for Instructors to share instructional materials.
-*http://adrenalinicsound.com/music/
-*[http://creativecommons.org.tw/formoz ccMixter Tawain]
-* '''Please add your installation here.'''
 ----
@@ Line 284: / Line 63: @@
 === Browsers ===
-Tested on: Firefox 1.0+ Mac/PC/Linux, IE 6+ PC, Safari Mac
+Recently tested on: Firefox 2/3 Mac/PC/Linux, IE 7 PC, Safari Mac (IE8 requires "compatibility" mode - see [[Cchost/guide/Troubleshooting#IE8_Layout_Issues|here]] for workaround)
 Cookies must be enabled.
@@ Line 292: / Line 71: @@
 === Servers ===
-Primary development is done on Windows XP and up-to-date Linux development systems using Apache, mySQL, and PHP.
+Primary development is done on Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy heron) using Apache, mySQL, and PHP. The actual dev setup is described in detail [[Cchost/Developers/Victor's_Dev_Setup|here]].
 ==== Linux ====
 ccHost on Apache (2.0.49 up to at least apache-2.0.55-r1) on Linux,
-One should be able to easily install mySQL, PHP, and Apache (if they are not already available) through their distributions packaging system.
+One should be able to easily install mySQL, PHP, and Apache (if they are not already available) through their distributions packaging system. See the dev setup above.
 ==== Windows IIS Server ====
-Windows users with their installation disks may install optionally the Windows IIS Web Server. This option has been tested. However, there might still be issues with it, and if so, please file a bug.
+{{Infobox|ccHost has not been seen running or tested on Windows for a long time - several versions ago.}}
+Windows users with their installation disks may install optionally the Windows IIS Web Server. This option has been tested. However, there might still be issues with it, and if so, [http://sourceforge.net/tracker2/?func=browse&group_id=80503&atid=559966 please file a bug].
 Even if you using Apache on Windows you may need to have IIS installed if you plan to use mail contact functions.
-===== XAMPP =====
+==== Windows Apache ====
-Windows installations without Apache, mySQL and PHP already installed may want to considering using [http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html XAMPP] for Windows, which provides an easy install of Apache web server, MySQL database server, and PHP and perl programming languages. This is an easy way to get up and running, with the underlying technology necessary to use ccHost.
+There are many good tutorials for setting up a Windows/Apache/MySQL/PHP site ([http://google.com/search?q=installing+WAMP Google search]) and all three subsystems now come with Windows installers making the job of installing relatively straightforward.
+====== XAMPP ======
+Windows installations without Apache, mySQL and PHP already installed should consider using [http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html XAMPP] for Windows, which provides an easy install of Apache web server, MySQL database server, and PHP and perl programming languages. This is an easy way to get up and running, with the underlying technology necessary to use ccHost.
 Follow the instructions for installation of XAMPP to know where to put the uncompressed ccHost package to properly work with your local setup.
 ==== Mac OS X ====
@@ Line 322: / Line 105: @@
 * default Apache/PHP
+[http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_commons_non_profit_organization About Creative Commons]
-= Appendix B: Redistribution =
-=== HOWTO Tag a Release ===
-Really, each major release needs to be tagged, but this 2.0.1 is the first SVN release, and we did it post CVS -> SVN migration. In the future, this is the proper way to tag and branch.
-<pre>
-svn copy https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cctools/cchost/trunk \
-https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cctools/cchost/tags/2_0_1 \
--m "Tagging 2.0.1 bugfix release"
-</pre>
-[http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html Here is more about SVN merging/branching].
-=== Packaging ===
-==== Sign Package ====
-You should do this for all packages (RPM, tar.gz, zip, tar.bz2, etc)
-<pre>
-gpg --detach-sign --armor cchost-VERSION.tar.gz
-</pre>
-==== Verify Package ====
-<pre>
-gpg --verify cchost-VERSION.tar.gz.asc
-</pre>