How to Install the Xoops Content Management System
Xoops is an open source, object-oriented content management system (CMS) suitable for creating websites with a number of various sizes and types. Examples of Xoops websites include corporate portals, community websites and blogging platforms. The core Xoops platform includes many of the tools required to easily create and manage a variety of content types, and modules and themes are constantly developed by the open source community to extend Xoops capabilities.
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Things You'll Need
- Active website
- Fully configured and running Web server such as Apache and IIS
- PHP 4.0.5 and higher
- MySQL Database 3.23 and higher with an available configured database
Instructions
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Download the Xoops package. Go to the Xoops organization website and navigate to the download page. Download the ".zip" package if you are running a Windows computer or the ".tar.gz" package if you are running a Unix or Linux computer. Decompress the package files to a folder.
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Upload the Xoops file to your Web server. Using an FTP client or your Internet service provider's (ISP's) file management tool, upload all of the files underneath the "Xoop-X" folder (where "X" is the Xoops version number) to the ".html" folder on your website.
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Begin the installation. Navigate to your website's URL, adding "/htdocs" on the end to access the folder where the Xoops installation routine resides. At the "Install Wizard" dialog box that appears, select your language and click "Next." Read the installation notes carefully and then click "Next." If all file permissions are correct, click "Next." If not, make any required changes and click "Next." If not, make any required changes.
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Configure general Xoops settings. Enter the appropriate database information into the fields, including the database host name, which is typically "localhost," a username and password to be used by Xoops for accessing the database, and the database name. Accept the default of "No" for the question "Use persistent connection?" Accept the default Xoops physical path and virtual path or make any required changes, then click "Next." Confirm the data, and then click "Next." If any configuration errors appear, correct them. Otherwise, click "Next."
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Check the patch and URL. Make sure that the listed paths, both physical and virtual, are correct, then hit "Reload." Click "Next."
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Confirm the database settings and operation. Make sure that the listed database information is correct, and then hit "Reload." Click "Next." If the database connection is verified, click "Next." Otherwise make any indicated adjustments. Once the database tables have been generated correctly, click "Next."
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Finalize the installation. At the next screen, enter an admin username, email address and password. Click "Next." If all data is inserted into the database correctly, click "Next." Otherwise make any required changes. Once the installation is complete, click the "HERE" link to go to the home page of your new Xoops website.
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