Trabla: Install Dotclear 2.9.1 Blog software on windows ( XAMPP 5.6.21 )
Dotclear is an open source blog publishing application distributed under the GNU GPLv2.
Dotclear's proposed aim is to develop a software that fully respects web standards based on open source solutions, with multilingual interface and publishing capabilities.
It is written in
PHP. Notable features include handling many blogs, using Wiki or XHTML syntax for entries, adding pages that are independent from the flow of entries and support for several database types: (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dotclear
Solving:
1. Download and install
XAMPP 5.6.21 from official site:
https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html
2. Download
Dotclear 2.9.1 Blog software installer from official site:
https://dotclear.org/download
3. Create folder \
dotclear XAMPP htdocs folder
C:\xampp\htdocs\dotclear
and copy all files from downloaded
Dotclear 2.9.1 Blog software .zip source
4. Run
XAMPP Control Panel
- open
php.ini file and change following parameter:
(
Config -> PHP ( php.ini ) )
From
max_execution_time=30
to
max_execution_time=300
+ save and close file.
- start Apache
- start Database
5. Open in browser following url to start
Dotclear 2.9.1 Blog software web installation
http://localhost/dotclear/admin/install/wizard.php
6. "
System information" section
Now we need to create
Database for
Dotclear 2.9.1 Blog software
1) Open
phpMyAdmin in new browser tab (or window :) ) -
http://localhost/phpmyadmin
2) Open
SQL tab
3) Execute following
query
CREATE DATABASE `dotclear`
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'dotclear-owner'@'localhost';
CREATE USER 'dotclear-owner'@'127.0.0.1';
CREATE USER 'dotclear-owner'@'::1';
SET PASSWORD
FOR 'dotclear-owner'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('dotclear123$%');
SET PASSWORD
FOR 'dotclear-owner'@'127.0.0.1' = PASSWORD('dotclear123$%');
SET PASSWORD
FOR 'dotclear-owner'@'::1' = PASSWORD('dotclear123$%');
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON
`dotclear`.* TO 'dotclear-owner'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON
`dotclear`.* TO 'dotclear-owner'@'127.0.0.1' WITH GRANT OPTION;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON
`dotclear`.* TO 'dotclear-owner'@'::1' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Go back to
Dotclear 2.9.1 Blog software installation page - fill all fields
( use
database name - dotclear
user - dotclear-owner
password ( for user ) - dotclear123$%
)
and click "
Continue"
7. "
User Information" page - enter your data and click "
Continue"
8. Hooray!!! Installation completed!!!
Enjoy Dotclear 2.9.1 Blog software
