Install CMS Made Simple 2.1.5 ( CMSMS ) on Windows 7 x64 localhost ( XAMPP 5.6.24 ) - Part 1/2

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CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) is a free, open source (GPL) content management system (CMS) to provide developers, programmers and site owners a web-based development and administration area. CMS Made Simple is an open source package, built using PHP with support for MySQL. The template system is driven using the Smarty Template Engine. CMS Made Simple aims to provide easy development and customization with themes, add-on modules, dynamic menus, tags and translations.

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

2. Download CMS Made Simple (CMSMS )  2.1.5 opensource PHP content management system  installer from official site:
http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/downloads/
( e. g. cmsms-2.1.5-install.expanded.zip  )

3. Create 2 folders - \cmsms    and    \cmsms_installer  in XAMPP htdocs folder

C:\xampp\htdocs\cmsms
C:\xampp\htdocs\cmsms_installer

Copy all files from downloaded CMS Made Simple (CMSMS )  2.1.5 opensource PHP CMS installer
into \cmsms_installer   folder

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 CMS Made Simple (CMSMS )  2.1.5 opensource PHP CMS  installation
http://localhost/cmsms_installer

- Select destination directory "C:\xampp\htdocs\cmsms"
- Click "Next" button

6. "Step 2 - Detect existing software" page of  CMS Made Simple (CMSMS )  2.1.5 opensource PHP CMS   web installation

- click "Next" button

7. "Step 3 - Tests" page of  CMS Made Simple (CMSMS )  2.1.5   web installation

- click "Next" button

NEXT - Part 2