Install OctoberCMS on Windows 7 x64 ( XAMPP 7.0.9 + php7 ) - Part 1/2

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 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.

This tutorial explains how to install OctoberCMS on Windows 7 x64 operating system using XAMPP 7.0.9 with apache, php7 and MariaDB ( MySQL clone ).

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1.  Download and install XAMPP 7.0.9 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) )

- 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  OctoberCMS   web installation

http://localhost/octobercms/

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

6.  "Database" page of OctoberCMS   web installation

Now we need to create Database for OctoberCMS  opensource PHP 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 OctoberCMS  opensource PHP CMS installation page

- type Database Name -  octobercms
- type MySQL Login -  octobercms-owner
- type MySQL Password - octobercms123$%

- click "Administator>" button

NEXT - Part 2