Here are a couple of simple steps on how to run your vB on your PC:
Installing Apache, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, etc...
Installing your vBulletin
Installing Apache, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, etc...
- Download the newest version of PHPTriad (http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...ckage_id=93 90).
- This is a very easy to use all-in-one pack.
- Run the .exe, and let the installer do the job for you.
- Now go to C:\apache\mysql\bin\, and run winmysqladmin.
- If, and it probably will, it asks you for a password, enter root as password, and password as password.
- Goto your start menu > PHPtriad > Apache Console > Stop Apache
- Now go to start menu > PHPtriad > Apache Console > Start Apache
- Note: Do NOT select "Restart Apache".
- Now, Apache will pop up in a new window.
- Simply minimize it.
- Do NOT close it!
- Now, open up c:\apache\htdocs\phpmyadmin\config.inc.php.
- Find: $cfgServers[1]['password'] = '';
- Between the '' tags, enter "password" WITHOUT the quotes
- Save & Close
- Now, your "webpage" is available at http://localhost!
Installing your vBulletin
- Look at your task menu, and right click the traffic light icon.
- Click "Show me"
- Now, go to the databases tab.
- Right click on the "Test" database
- Click "Create Database".
- In the window which just opened, enter the exact name which you gave to your online database. (If you're installing a new vBulletin forum on your local PC, you may call it anything you want. Do remember what you call it though).
- Click "Create the Database" once you've entered a name.
- Click "OK" on the error box which just poped up.
- Now, press cancel, and it should bring you back to the databases tab.
- Now, you have 2 options.
- Follow these steps if you want to install a NEW vBULLETIN, if not, simply scroll down.
- Download a new vBulletin copy from the members area.
- Extract it to: c:\apache\htdocs\forum
- Open up c:\apache\htdocs\forum\includes\config.php.
- Set the the servername to "localhost" (without quotes)
- Set NO dbusername and NO dbuserpassword!
- Set the database name to the name of the database you created a couple of steps above.
- Now install vBulletin, and follow vBulletin's steps.
- Follow these steps if you want to install your online vBulletin Board on your PC.
- Download your vBulletin files from your FTP
- Download you Database from your host.
- Rename your database file to vbulletin.sql
- Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin
- Go to the database you created a couple of steps ago.
- Click the "import" tab.
- Find this text: "Or Location of the textfile :" (without quotes)
- Bellow it, there should be a "browse" button.
- Click it.
- Browse to your vbulletin.sql file, and select it
- Now, click the "Go" button. ONLY CLICK THIS ONCE
- Get yourself a cup of coffee, because this might take a while.
- When its done, it will most likely say "No tables found". Just ignore that.
- Follow these steps if you want to install a NEW vBULLETIN, if not, simply scroll down.
- Go to http://localhost/forum/admincp
- Log in
- If you can NOT log in, follow these steps.
- Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin, and open your database.
- Open up the table "datastore" (BROWSE it)
- Open up "options" (inside the database)
- Find (where XXXX is your cookie domain you set when your board was online.
cookiedomain";s:0:"XXXX"
- REMOVE the cookiedomain text. sothat it will look like this:
cookiedomain";s:0:""
- Go back to your database.
- Now browse the SETTING table.
- Find the "cookiedomain" field.
- Edit it, and empty the "value" box.
- If you can NOT log in, follow these steps.
- Thats it! You're done!
IF IT SAYS THE DATABASE IS EMPTY, JUST IGNORE THAT! FOLLOW THE REST OF THE STEPS, AND YOU WILL SEE IT WORKS!
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