XenForo How to install XenForo locally to your PC using XAMPP

CR LEAKS · 2024-08-03T10:41:39+00:00

This resource is not affiliated with XenForo Ltd. This is a simple guide for installing XenForo to your PC using XAMPP. This is very useful for testing out add-ons, making changes, etc. without affecting your live site. You can even swap the MySQL database between your live site and PC using phpMyAdmin. You can also up/download any files between your installation directories. You can even build your site completely on your PC then upload the forum directory to your server, import the database and have a fully working site. All you need to change is the Board URL in the ACP. This guide assumes you have Windows 7 (64) and are installing XAMPP. Other OS and XAMPP versions may have slightly different steps, or require different software. Note it will not be necessary to chmod any directories. The first thing you need to do is download XAMPP, which you can get from here: Download XAMPP Install the XAMPP software Click on the .exe file Leave the destination folder as C:\ Select Y or N to add shortcuts to the Start Menu and Desktop Select Y to proceed Select N to make a portable XAMPP without drive letters (unless required) Press X to exit Start the XAMPP Control Panel Start the Apache service and allow Firewall access Start the MySQL service and allow Firewall access Set up security Click on the Apache service Admin button on the XAMPP Control Panel Click Security Click, or browse to http://localhost/security/xamppsecurity.php Set the password for the MySQL section Password: root (choose your own password) Set the password for XAMPP directory protection User: root (choose your own user name) Password: root (choose your own password) Restart the MySQL service Create the local database Click the MySQL Admin button on the XAMPP Control Panel or browse to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php Create a new database Name: my_db (or give it the same name as your live install if you want to use the same database locally) Install XenForo Download the XenForo software and unzip it Create the C:\xampp\htdocs\community directory Copy the contents of the unzipped XenForo /upload directory to the /community directory Browse to the install directory: http://localhost/community/install/ Click on Begin Installation Enter the server details MySQL Server: localhost MySQL Port: 3306 MySQL User Name: root (or whatever you used in the step above) MySQL Password: root (or whatever you used in the step above) MySQL Database Name: my_db (or whatever you used in the step above) Then just set up the ACP options as per a normal installation except for the Board URL which will be http://localhost/community Increasing Limits You may need to increase some of the php or SQL limits, depending on the size and configuration of the database you are importing. You can do that by editing the xampp/php/php.ini file as follows: memory_limit = 512M post_max_size = 512M upload_max_filesize = 512M Also, the xampp/mysql/bin/my.ini file as follows: [mysqld] max_allowed_packet = 512M [mysqldump] max_allowed_packet = 512M And that's it. Your local install will now be available from your browser at http://localhost/community/ Each time you want to access it, all you have to do is run XAMPP and start the Apache and MySQL services.

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Start date Aug 3, 2024

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