Install miniBB 3.2.2 on Windows 7 localhost via XAMPP 5.6.31 - opensource PHP bulletin board / forum

Trabla: Install miniBB 3.2.2 on Windows 7 localhost via XAMPP 5.6.31 - opensource PHP bulletin board / forum

miniBB® is a standalone, open source program for building your own Internet forum, it's free to download and highly customizable. MiniBB is not a clone of any existing forum software, it's written by hand from scratch with the base of native and original PHP code. Comparing to the other message board software available on the market, miniBB just brings what it's created for: an easy, lite, and speedy quick forum. If you want a simple and stable community attached to your existing website at the deepest integration level, incl. the customization of the layout to the look of your website, or even synchronizing with the existing membership system, you've just came across to the best forum software, developed exactly for such purpose.

miniBB Official Site - http://www.minibb.com/

Solving:

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1.  Download and install XAMPP 5.6.31
from official site: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

2. Download miniBB 3.2.2 forum's source code
from official site: http://www.minibb.com/

- click "Download" link

- scroll down

- click on "miniBB" link with version 3.2.2

3. Create folder /minibb_forums in /htcdocs folder
e.g. C:\xampp\htdocs\minibb_forums

4. Unzip archive miniBB 3.2.2 forum , copy all files from archive
to folder /minibb_forums  in /htdocs

5. Run xampp control panel
- start Apache

- start MariaDB ( MySQL) database

- all ok

6. Now we need to create database for miniBB 3.2.2 forum

- open browser
- goto url   http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

- click sql tab

- copy and paste following SQL script 
- it will create database and user for  miniBB 3.2.2 forum


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

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

SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'minibb-owner'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('minibb123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'minibb-owner'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('minibb123$%');
SET PASSWORD 
FOR 'minibb-owner'@'::1' = PASSWORD('minibb123$%');


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

- execute SQL script - click "Go" button

Hooray !!! Database created !!!

7. Now we need to change config file setup_options.php
 of miniBB 3.2.2 forum

- open file
C:\xampp\htdocs\minibb_forums\setup_options.php

- change following fields:

find   $DBname='database.name';

change to  $DBname='minibb';

 find   $DBusr='database.username'; 

change to  $DBusr='minibb-owner';

 find   $DBpwd='database.password';

change to  $DBpwd='minibb123$%';

 find   $admin_usr='Admin';

change to  $admin_usr='samuraikit';
where - samuraikit - is login for miniBB 3.2.2 forum  admin
type what you want

 find   $admin_pwd='specify.admin.password';

change to  $admin_pwd='kit123$%67';
where - kit123$%67 password of  miniBB 3.2.2 forum  admin ( set what you want )

 find   $admin_email='specify.root.admin.email.address';

change to   $admin_email='mymail@mail.com';
where mymail@mail.com - admins email, set yours

 find   $main_url='http://www.minibb.com/forums';

change to    $main_url='http://localhost/minibb_forums';

- save and close file

Perfect !!!

8.  Now we are ready to run installer

- open browser

- goto url http://localhost/minibb_forums/_install.php

and click "CONTINUE SETUP >>>"

- success !!! Hooray !!!

- DELETE the _install.php and _install_mysql.sql files from your miniBB forums folder

( in folder - C:\xampp\htdocs\minibb_forums  )

- let's check DB - tables created
 http://localhost/phpmyadmin/db_structure.php?server=1&db=minibb

Hooray !!!

9. Login as admin

- open url in browser http://localhost/minibb_forums/bb_admin.php

- type admin username and password and click "Login"
( if you used have same as in tutorial than samuraikit , kit123$%67 )

- click "Add forum" to add forum

- create new "Test Forum"

- write some topic and replay

Superb!!! Enjoy miniBB 3.2.2 forum forum !!!