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I have just installed XAMPP and CMS Made Simple on a thumbdrive. Silly question, but what file do I click on to get it (CMSMS) to open in a browser? Do I have to install a browser on the thumb drive?

Thanks.

The address for your browser should usually be "localhost", and if it's not you are asking help on the wrong forum.

If you installed CMSMS on thumb you must have gotten to the install folder, localhost/foldername/install/index.php, so to see site it is basically the same, localhost/foldername/...

Yes, I can see localhost and I can open the XAMPP programme but cannot open CMSMS.

http://localhost/CMS/index.php - is that correct? Or not? I have also tried http://localhost/CMS/install/index.php

I have 2 folders onthedrive: XAMPP and CMS

"-->> Rename the last extracted directory to something like cmsmadesimple (just remove the extra characters). Drag this cmsmadesimple directory and drop it in c:\xampp\htdocs\ "

Just re-read the instructions and find I omitted to do this.

Not sure what it is I have to rename. What is the last extracted directory? I used 7-zip and extracted the lot to my thumb drive to a folder I called CMS. I have just put this entire folder into XAMPP/htdocs. Then tried opening http://localhost/xampp/htdocs/cms/index.php. Object not found message. I have Apache running.

I can see now that I did not install CMS properly at all. I stopped too soon. I am uninstalling everything and will start again.

1) Install xampp

2) Extract to cmsms installation files to /htdocs

3) Run localhost/yourfolder/install

4) Create database (you will be asked for it during install)

5) After install, open "localhost/folderwhereyouinstalled" in the browser.

Am fast getting fed up with this. I re-installed XAMPP and then downloaded CMSMS. I extracted the files and put them in a folder called CMS which I then put into XAMPP/htdocs.

The problem lies with MySql. I want to set up a new db following the Installation instructions but cannot access it. I thought by downloading a fresh copy the old database would no longer be there. I must have made some mistake setting up the old one because now I get the message:Error

MySQL said: Documentation
#1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.


So I cannot access it to change anything. I did it yesterday so can't remember what I did in phpMyadmin except I set up a database. Surely uninstalling the first XAMPP and CMSMS should let me start again, open phpMyadmin and go from there? No!

So far I have unzipped the CMSMS download to E:\xampp\cms

Now what? Exactly what file or files do I put into E:\xampp\htdocs? I think this is where the problem lies - I am not sure I am putting things in the right place. Surely when I have them in the right place I should be able to go to admin in MySql and start afresh?

Thanks for the help!

Success at last!! I've done it!

Thanks for the assistance!

I also remember that you can run into issues if you change the default database authentication: "root" username and blank password. If you set the password, I remember some stupid error that would come up.