diff --git a/docs/guide/installation.md b/docs/guide/installation.md index 1873d47..5447635 100644 --- a/docs/guide/installation.md +++ b/docs/guide/installation.md @@ -1,7 +1,23 @@ Installation ============ -Installation of Yii mainly involves the following two steps: +Installing via Composer +----------------------- + +The recommended way of installing Yii is by using Composer package manager. + +There are two application templates available: + +- [basic](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-app-basic) that is just a basic frontend application template. +- [advanced](https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced) that is a set of frontend, backend, console, common + (shared code) and environments support. + +Please refer to installation instructions on these pages. + +Installing from zip +------------------- + +Installation from zip mainly involves the following two steps: 1. Download Yii Framework from [yiiframework.com](http://www.yiiframework.com/). 2. Unpack the Yii release file to a Web-accessible directory. @@ -12,7 +28,6 @@ needs to be exposed to Web users. Other PHP scripts, including those from Yii, should be protected from Web access; otherwise they might be exploited by hackers. - Requirements ------------