Install ExponentCMS 2.4.1 with XAMPP 5.6.28 on Windows 7 localhost - opensource PHP CMS

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Exponent is a website content management system (or CMS) that allows site owners to easily create and manage dynamic websites without necessarily directly coding web pages, or managing site navigation. Exponent uses an intuitive and flexible content editing system that allows website pages to be edited on the page as it is displayed.

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SQL script to create user and database for  ExponentCMS 2.4.1 used in tutorial:

CREATE DATABASE `expcms` 
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

CREATE USER 'expcmsowner'@'localhost'; 
CREATE USER 'expcmsowner'@'127.0.0.1';
CREATE USER 'expcmsowner'@'::1';

SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'expcmsowner'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('expcms123');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'expcmsowner'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('expcms123');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'expcmsowner'@'::1' = PASSWORD('expcms123');


GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`expcms`.* TO 'expcmsowner'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`expcms`.* TO 'expcmsowner'@'127.0.0.1' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON 
`expcms`.* TO 'expcmsowner'@'::1' WITH GRANT OPTION;