Install Setup Phorum CMS
Installing Phorum CMS on your system
Phorum was the original PHP and MySQL based Open Source forum software. Phorum's developers pride themselves on creating message board software that is designed to meet different needs of different web sites while not sacrificing performance or features.
How to install Phorum on your system?
This is the quickstart guide for installing Phorum, aimed at people that are used to working with websites, PHP and databases.
Step 1 : Create you database name on your mysql. Create a database and a full-access database user for that database. Run the Command Prompt on the start run button and type cmd. On the Command Prompt, type the command C:\>mysqladmin -u root -p create phorum and Enter root password.
Step 2 : Extract all the file that you've already download from the phorum website into the C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs
Step 3: Please check again your database name exist on the mysql. Type mysql -u root -p and followed by the root password. On the mysql monitor command connection, type show databases; . The database that you created will show on the rows.
Step 4 : Edit include/db/config.php.sample, save it as include/db/config.php;
Step 5 : Open {phorum url}/admin.php in your web browser and finish the install. Type http://localhost /phorum/admin.php
Step 6 : Creating tables. Tables created. Next we will create the administrator account. Press continue when ready.
Step 7 : Creating an administrator. Please enter the following information. This can be your user information or you can create an administrator that is separate from yourself. Note: If you are using a pre-existing authentication database, please enter the username and password of the admin user that already exists.
Step 8 : Optional modules. Phorum has a very robust module system. The following modules are included with the distribution. You can find more modules at the Phorum web site. Some modules may have additional configuration options, which are not available during install. To configure the modules, click the Modules menu item after installation is done.
Step 9 : The setup is complete. You can now go to the admin and start making Phorum all your own.
Step 10 : Your Phorum website. Click here to this phorum admin panel.
Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: demo123
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