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I just downloaded the newest version of CMS and would like to know if there is a tutorial concerning an install on my computer using wamp5. I have been fighting with xoops and joomla and am quite sick of the problems and lack of help from their forums. So, I decided to try this program. i am not well versed in php or mysql and am looking for any help and advice in the best way to install and get used to the program on my computer before uploading to my web server. I am looking for help with extraction and destination folder for installing on wamp5. I am brand new to this so just need a point in the right direction. I apologize if this is to general or vague in any way, but, this seems to be the way I need to start on the right foot. Thanks.

I dont really know much about wamp as I use linux servers but the general idea is that you untar cmsms package into your webroot (in linux debian its by default /var/www/ and windows iis was something like c:\webroot\ but you'll have to check your wamp manual for that path)

after unpacking just point your browser to the site (something like http://localhost/cmsms/) and it will show you the installer.

or you could upload it to your web server and create new subfolder for it (like public_html/just_testing_cms) in the installer you can set a database table prefix so it wont interfere with your previous data. (this would be my choice


hope this helps

if you have an existing site with an index.html in the root you can run this rite along side it, CMSMS has a home page of index.php so any hits to your site will be directed to index.html first as that is the default first choice of browsers, i've set up numerous sites with this setup and it has always worked, browser priority for home page is index.html, index.htm, then if neither is present it looks for index.php, if you have an existing DB you can make a new one for CMSMS, hopefully your provider allows more than one, and point CMSMS to it, when you have gotten your CMSMS looking the way you want, templates, content , etc. just rename/delete the index.html and your LIVE...
i've even renamed them hindex.html and it works every time...
the pointer to your login would be http://www.yoursite.com/admin/login.php
and if you are doing it for a client or to show someone your site before going live it's http://www.yoursite.com/index.php

just great... those fake links actually go to a web hosting company... go figure...

Thanks very much for the replies. I wanted to install on localhost as I am new to every facet of web mastering and, though I have a webserver, midPhase, I want to get a feel for the CMS and how it all fits together before I go into the upload learning curve and database setup on my control panel which is Plesk.

On joomla the destination folder for extraction of the Tar package is the www folder of Wamp5 so I will try that first.

I am greatly relieved to have had responses here so quickly. At the joomla site I am still waiting for an answer to a problem that has been posted for three days. As you and they are doing the same thing as running a business, your service wins hands down.

Hi there,
Please find below my little notes on setting up on localhost using WAMP + Dreamweaver (where I visually style the initial template but you could ignore that bit plus the other little things that I do).  This is assuming you have WAMP installed successfully ofcourse.  Don't know if it's of any help but I'm happy to share as I've gained so much myself on these forums.  Excuse the messy formatting, I've just pasted it from a word doc from notes I'm making as I'm learning all this too.

Temporary home page in Dreamweaver - Create a single, static page in DW and upload – this will be the temp page while developing.

 Copy files
Copy and paste the unzipped CMS files to c://wamp/www/(whatever)
Copy the static site files here too (eg in a folder called ‘static’)

 Set up the local site in Dreamweaver
Set up separately from remote site.  So the client will have two DW sites (local for testing and remote for the temp page)

• Yes to server technology (select php + mySQL)
• Select ‘edit and test locally’
• ‘store files’ – c://wamp/www/(client) (path to the document root)
• URL = http://localhost/(client) – (this is the document root as seen by webserver)
• Select ‘no’ to copy to other machine
• Select ‘done’
• OK
• Save the Dreamweaver .ste file to client directory as a backup

 Create an empty database
(databases files are stored at: c:\wamp\mysql\data\(whatever) )

Open WAMP – then PHP myAdmin
Create new database

Note the following
• Host = localhost
• Database name = (client name)
• Username = whatever (or can use ‘root’)
• Password = xyz

 Set up Dreamweaver to connect to MySQL

• Open up index.php
• Open applications panel, click on ‘databases’
• Click on ‘+’, select MySQL
• Connection information
o Connection name = conn
o MySQL server = localhost
o Username = (the one from above)
o Password = (the one from above)
o Database = (client name) or select it from the drop down list

 Change permissions (well I don't know if this is necessary on a local host, but I do it anyway)
CHMOD to : 777
• tmp/templates_c
• tmp/cache
• uploads
• uploads/images
• modules

CHMOD to : 666
• config.php

 Install CMSMS
• Point to localhost/(whatever) (use WAMP to get to localhost if easier)
• Install as per prompts
• Username = xyz, Pwd = 123
• Remove “install” directory

Ready for styling and developing on my local PC!

you could take the dreamweaver referances out of this and put it in the 'handbook', as i'm sure this will come up again... use the same log in as here...goto a page about install, then the edit button is at the top...

http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/User_Handbook