Install October CMS on windows

Trabla: Install October CMS on windows ( XAMPP 5.6.21 )

 OctoberCMS - is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. A simple and modular CMS that grows with you, with a precise and beautiful interface that comes as second nature.

Latest tutorial - Install OctoberCMS on Windows 7 x64 ( XAMPP 7.0.9 + php7 )
- https://codingtrabla.blogspot.com/2016/10/install-octobercms-on-windows-7-x64.html



Solving:

1.  Download and install XAMPP 5.6.21 from official site:
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

2.  Download October CMS   installer from official site:
https://octobercms.com/

3. Create folder \octobercms XAMPP htdocs folder
C:\xampp\htdocs\octobercms
and copy all files from downloaded October CMS   .zip source

4. Run XAMPP Control Panel 
- open php.ini file ( Apache ->  Config-> PHP(php.ini) )
and change value
from
max_execution_time=30
to
max_execution_time=120
+ save file.

- start Apache
- start Database

5. Open in browser following url to start  October CMS   web installation
http://localhost/octobercms/

"System Check & License Agreement" page
- scroll down
- click "Agree & Continue"

6. "Database" page

Now we need to create Database for    October CMS

1) Open phpMyAdmin in new browser tab (or window :) ) - http://localhost/phpmyadmin
2) Open SQL tab
3) Execute following query

CREATE DATABASE `octobercms` 
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

CREATE USER 'octobercms-owner'@'localhost'; 
CREATE USER 'octobercms-owner'@'127.0.0.1';
CREATE USER 'octobercms-owner'@'::1';

SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'octobercms-owner'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('octobercms123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'octobercms-owner'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('octobercms123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'octobercms-owner'@'::1' = PASSWORD('octobercms123$%');


GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`octobercms`.* TO 'octobercms-owner'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`octobercms`.* TO 'octobercms-owner'@'127.0.0.1' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`octobercms`.* TO 'octobercms-owner'@'::1' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Go back  to October CMS installation page

- type Database Name - octobercms
- type MySQL Login - octobercms-owner
- type MySQL Password- octobercms123$%
- click "Continue" button

7. "Administrator" page

- type your admin credentials
- click "Continue" button

8. "Getting started" page

- select option you need. "Start from the theme" is used in this tutorial.
- select theme
- confirm selection

9. Installation ...

10. Installation completed.

11. Post-installation steps

- delete file install.php , full path C:\xampp\htdocs\octobercms\install.php
- delete folder \install_files full path C:\xampp\htdocs\octobercms\install_files

Enjoy  October CMS  !!!

Site Url: http://localhost/octobercms

Administrator Url: http://localhost/octobercms/backend