Shared-hosting installer

Create an empty MySQL database and user in cPanel, assign the user all privileges, then enter those details below. No terminal access is required.

OK — PHP 8.4.1 or newer

OK — PDO MySQL extension

OK — Mbstring extension

OK — OpenSSL extension

OK — Fileinfo extension

OK — cURL extension

OK — DOM extension

OK — Composer vendor files uploaded

OK — Project directory is writable

OK — storage directory is writable

OK — bootstrap/cache is writable

OK — public/uploads is writable

Website

Website URL

cPanel MySQL database

MySQL host MySQL port Database name Database username Database password

Administrator

Administrator email Administrator password Confirm password

Stripe payments (optional)

Stripe mode Start in paid-bidding mode immediately Stripe publishable key Stripe secret key Stripe webhook signing secret

For paid mode, create a Stripe webhook for https://bidrank.site/stripe/webhook and enable checkout.session.completed plus checkout.session.async_payment_succeeded. Leave all keys blank to start with free listings.

Email delivery (optional; can be configured later)

SMTP host SMTP port SMTP username SMTP password From email

If SMTP is left blank, BidRank uses the hosting server's sendmail service. If delivery fails, the one-time success page displays the private management link so the listing is never lost.