Install AdaptCMS 3.0.3 on Windows 7 x64 - Part 1/2

Trabla: Install AdaptCMS 3.0.3 on Windows 7 x64 ( XAMPP 5.6.24 ) - Part 1/2

AdaptCMS a free open-source content management system that could be used with any content website and have the ability to easily customize every aspect of your site as you wish, written in PHP.

Utilizing the cakePHP framework, AdaptCMS focuses on the features and usability of your website/CMS experience, without losing the full control of your site. A powerful Plugin/Theme system provides an interface to make it easy for web developers to create a plugin or theme on their own very easily, or you can quickly download any that are already out there and install within a few minutes.

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1. Download and install XAMPP 5.6.24 from official site:
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

2. Download AdaptCMS 3.0.3 content management system  sources from official site:
http://www.adaptcms.com/

3. Create folder \adaptcms XAMPP htdocs folder
C:\xampp\htdocs\adaptcms
and copy all files from downloaded AdaptCMS 3.0.3 content management system  .zip source

4. 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=600

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

5. Open in browser following url to start  AdaptCMS 3.0.3 content management system
web installation
http://localhost/adaptcms

"Requirements" page

- make sure all ok

- scroll down

- click "Install" button

6. "Database configuration" page

Now we need to create Database for AdaptCMS 3.0.3 content management system

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

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

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

SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'adaptcms-owner'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('adaptcms123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'adaptcms-owner'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('adaptcms123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'adaptcms-owner'@'::1' = PASSWORD('adaptcms123$%');


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

Go back  to AdaptCMS 3.0.3 content management system  installation page

- type Database Username -  adaptcms-owner
- type Database Password - adaptcms123$%
- type Database Name -  adaptcms
- type Database Table Prefix - adpt_

- click "Continue" button

NEXT - Part 2