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[how to] create a testsite for offline uses
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15 Jan 2010
one of the things i've always wanted to do is run an offline version to test my templates and mods today i have a good solution, and hope this should not break the licence terms as its an offline version for testing purposes i came across a package call XAMPP  Description: XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. At the moment there are four XAMPP distributions: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-solaris.html and the great things its free of charge How to Install: 1) download the package and install the product 2) place you php or html files in htdocs/foldername important: Do not delete the following folder or files within htdocs xampp - folder index.php do not place files in root of htdocs ensure you run Apache MySql FileZilla as a service screesnhot provided below Now for the Vbulletin offline instructions 1) create a folder for vbulletin 2) open include/config.php.new change the following lines to matahc below you dont need to change this Code:
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'forum'; for this example i have chosen forum as my vbulletin folder you can change this Code:
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = 'C:\xampp\htdocs\forum'; change to this Code:
$config['Mysqli']['ini_file'] = 'C:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini'; Last Stage: open your browser and type Code:
http://127.0.0.1/xampp/ scroll down to PHPMyAdmin and create a database for the forum to install vbulletin on your local machine for testing Code:
http://127.0.0.1/foldername/index.php this will redirect to the install script after installation of forum is complete you can visit your forum by typing Code:
http://127.0.0.1/foldername ignore the htdocs folder as this is the root for 127.0.0.1 if this does not work please feel free to PM me for support screesnhots provided below |