In this little guide, I'll show you how to setup a your registrations using XAMPP which is basically a good, stable web server that is really easy to handle aswell. The purpose of this guide is to give knowledge of another web server you can use, instead of everyone using WAMP... there's other things out there. Oh and yeah, I hate WAMP. Anyway let's get started.
Go ahead and download XAMPP for Windows here
Install it. It may take a while, but we're not in a hurry, right?
Now go to your path, eg.
Now go to your "htdocs" folder, eg.
Download a CMS/registration script, and place your files in
Set your configs!
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Now, to start XAMPP, press:
If it says "sorry, nothing to do", don't worry, just jump to the next step!
Now press:
Now you should see a text:
Now go to 127.0.0.1 which is your local host. You should see the index.
You're done now, but note, to stop your server you have to press "xampp_stop".. Or else you might corrupt the files.
FAQ
Q: Can I use this with my hamachi IP?
A: Yes, you can. As soon as they have connected to your network they go to http://5.xx.xxx.xx/
Q: Can I install XAMPP without removing my current MySQL?
A: The XAMPP MySQL will start as another MySQL service, or not start at all. Don't worry, it won't ruin your db.
Q: Is 127.0.0.1 and localhost the same thing?
A: Yes.
Q: Can I change the port apache is running on?
A: No.
Go ahead and download XAMPP for Windows here
Code:
http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-win32-1.6.6a-installer.exe
Install it. It may take a while, but we're not in a hurry, right?
Now go to your path, eg.
Code:
C:\XAMPP\
Now go to your "htdocs" folder, eg.
Code:
C:\XAMPP\htdocs
Download a CMS/registration script, and place your files in
Code:
C:\XAMPP\htdocs
Set your configs!
---
Now, to start XAMPP, press:
Code:
xampp_setup
Now press:
Code:
xampp_start
Now you should see a text:
Code:
### APACHE + MYSQL IS STARTING NOW ###
Now go to 127.0.0.1 which is your local host. You should see the index.
You're done now, but note, to stop your server you have to press "xampp_stop".. Or else you might corrupt the files.
FAQ
Q: Can I use this with my hamachi IP?
A: Yes, you can. As soon as they have connected to your network they go to http://5.xx.xxx.xx/
Q: Can I install XAMPP without removing my current MySQL?
A: The XAMPP MySQL will start as another MySQL service, or not start at all. Don't worry, it won't ruin your db.
Q: Is 127.0.0.1 and localhost the same thing?
A: Yes.
Q: Can I change the port apache is running on?
A: No.
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