Install Serendipity 2.0.3 Blog CMS on Windows

Trabla: Install Serendipity 2.0.3 Blog CMS ( Weblog ) on Windows ( XAMPP 5.6.21 )

Serendipity is a free open-source blog and web-based content management system written in PHP and available under a BSD license. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite database backends, the Smarty template engine, and a plugin architecture for user contributed modifications.

Solving:

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

2.  Download and install  ImageMagick 7.0.2-5-Q16-x64  free and opensource image processing software
from official site: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

Windows installation detailed tutorial:
 https://codingtrabla.blogspot.com/2016/07/install-imagemagick-702-5-q16-x64-on.html



3.  Download Serendipity 2.0.3 Blog CMS   installer from official site:
http://www.s9y.org/

4. Create folder \serendipity XAMPP htdocs folder
C:\xampp\htdocs\serendipity
and copy all files from downloaded  Serendipity 2.0.3 Blog CMS   .zip source

5. Run XAMPP Control Panel 

- open php.ini file ( Apache ->  Config-> PHP(php.ini) )

- change max_execution_time value
from max_execution_time=30 to max_execution_time=120

- change post_max_size value
from post_max_size=8M to post_max_size=10M

- change upload_max_filesize value
from upload_max_filesize=2M to upload_max_filesize=10M

- save  & close php.ini
- start Apache
- start Database

6. Open in browser following url to start   Serendipity 2.0.3 Blog CMS   web installation
http://localhost/serendipity

- make sure ImageMagick detected,  scroll down

- scroll down, click "Simple Installation" button

7.  "Database settings" + "General Settings" page

Now we need to create Database for    Serendipity 2.0.3 Blog CMS

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

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

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

SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'serendipity-owner'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('serendipity123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'serendipity-owner'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('serendipity123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'serendipity-owner'@'::1' = PASSWORD('serendipity123$%');


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

Go back  to  Serendipity 2.0.3 Blog CMS installation page

- type Database user - serendipity-owner
- type Database password-  serendipity123$%
- type Database name -  serendipity
- scroll down

- type admin credentials you want
- type blog name and description
- click "Complete Installation" button

8.  Hooray!!! Installation Completed!!!

Enjoy  Serendipity 2.0.3 Blog CMS !!!