Koken – Documentation
I gonna collect the old documentation of Koken as requested but it will take a while.
If something is missing or wrong please let me know.
Pay attention that the project is dead and as for now no new installation is possible – Only updating old sites and making them PHP 8.x ready is working
I opened an Discord Server for Koken…
So, if you want to discuss about it simply join in: https://discord.gg/DEUemKwd
The documentation will be divided in multiple main categories:
Quick Overview – Library – Text – Site
In the old documentation there was also a store area which of course isn’t available anymore and so I won’t create that area anymore.
Install
The Installation from scrap is under development again 🙂
It’s still under development but already working not bad so far – Just had to change one entry within the database as I got stuck on the admin page.
At the end I went to the database and opened the settings table. Here I changed the value for last_migration from 42 to 43 and the endless loading screen within the admin area was solved.
You can see the screen on my YouTube Video down here – I didn’t show how I changed the value as too much detailed from my server would have been revealed:
I gonna create later on more detailed videos on how to add images, text pages, etc.
The Koken App can be downloaded from GitHub.
1.1.5 → Introducing new installer for fresh installs
1.1.5.1 → fix for the db issue at the end of the installer & fix for the upload to the album issue
PHP 8.x support
PHP 8.x was never supported but thanks to the community there is a version that works:
Store
As the project is dead the store doesn’t work anymore 🙁
Updating
The updates are now done by the community. Please follow the instructions on their pages for the different updates.
See also the dedicated Update Category (not yet available)
The plugins & themes will be later available in my download area and for now the Koken Installer 1.1.5.1 is already available.
Hello,
I am trying to migrate my Koken-Galleries from PHP 7.4 to PHP 8.2.
You’re providing some valuable information, but I am missing some details – the dot on the ‘i’.
You mention to join discussions on a discord server, however the invitation you’re kindly providing is ‘dead’.
Here on this page (where I am posting this message) you mention/say: “The updates are now done by the community. Please follow the instructions on their pages for the different updates.”
Which community, the one on Github or on that Discord Server.
Please provide links/urls and possibly detailed instructions about “How to migrate a currently active Koken-Site/Gallery.
Thanks a ton for your efforts in keeping Koken alive.
Greetings
Hi
Before doing anything look that you have a fully backup of every file and of course your database!
On my install where I tested it I deleted all the filles except of course the storage folder and than uploaded the new files
Unfortunately my theme wasn’t PHP 8.x compatible and I had to manipulate some files manually (found on the net for every error a solution and so solved error by error)
The original theme is compatible and I hadn’t an issue with it (the theme I used was a third party one)
Also I had to disable some plugins but the nice dev who is providing the updates now updated the plugin so that it works too
On Github you can always find the latest updates – The Discord Server I activated but no one is talking so it’s just there for now lol
I started to take over the documentation on my site but not the part for updates etc as this one doesn’t work anymore as the updater checks on the Koken Site for Updates which doesn’t exist anymore :/
But I must admit that for now I don’t use Koken as I swapped to WordPress where I use a very usefull Plugin for that. In Europe (especialy the German ones) takes GDPR too serious and accused many site owners because as example the Google Fonts (I simply sideloaded them at the end from a subdomain – but a german friend of mine stopped his page due to that). Also the Cookie Banner etc is missing, at least you can create the necessary GDPR compliant pages by yourself.