... command prompt, which users must learn the commands.
Linux uses file/directory permissions and can be frustrating to new users.
It's filing structure is different than Windows, so it takes getting ...
... the end of the installation. Note the area I've circled. You must remove or rename the directory install.
YOU'RE DONE!
Your new phpBB3 forum should be ready to go now. You may want to go ...
... yourself a lot of pain and angst. Install =======
Download and unzip the WordPress MU package, if you haven't already. The unzipped files will be created in a directory named "wordpressmu" followed ...
...
WRITTEN TUTORIAL (Click HERE to go to the Video Tutorial)
Extract the ZIP archive.
Now you must decide if you're installing this in the root directory or in a sub-directory .
If installing ...
... Then go to your Desktop folder by typing: cd Desktop
Next, type the extract package to the /opt/ directory with this command: tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.7.1.tar.gz -C /opt
It will take a minute or two ...
... prefer this command. It changes the ownership of a file or directory to the user you specify. If you change the ownership to your user, you will have full permissions to the specified file(s) or folder(s) ...
... of this.
You are going to be installing it to a root directory . For example, in your htdocs folder. I'm not sure how much it will vary, but this tutorial is written using this method.
You're ...
... Find the following entry and then look for the Allow from all directive and change it to what you like.
Alias /phpmyadmin "C:/xampp/phpMyAdmin/" <Directory "C:/xampp/phpMyAdmin"> AllowOverride ...
... DIRECTORIES AND FILES
/opt/lampp/bin/
The XAMPP commands home folder.
/opt/lampp/htdocs/
The Apache DocumentRoot directory .
/opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf
The Apache configuration ...
... on chmod by going to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FilePermissions. chown - I personally prefer this command. It changes the ownership of a file or directory to the user you specify. If you change the ownership ...
... ffmpeg.so to your XAMPP php extension directory . You can use this command: ** Note: You can use [TAB] to finish typing directory names. Example: /php5/200[TAB] would finish the directory /php5/20060613+lfs/ ...
... <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs2"> Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory > </VirtualHost>
## My Third Domain ...
... keep you locked with root permissions during a terminal session.
FOLDER PERMISSIONS The other factor is folder permissions, especially from your root directory . If you try to go into your Apache settings ...
... programs that also do this, but phpMyAdmin is the most used one.
So to create a new database, you need to log into your phpMyAdmin by going to the directory in your web browser. If you're using XAMPP, ...
... make it easy to access.
Next, open your browser and go to http://localhost/smf/install.php or whatever the correct path is to your forum directory .
You should see this screen:
Give your forum ...
... IP, limit access according to IP, stop people from seeing your directory contents (aka directory listings), change which file is the default file (such as index.html or index.php), and much more.
How ...
... "B:/xampp/htdocs" <Directory "B:/xampp/htdocs"> Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory > </VirtualHost> ...
... ##
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName myseconddomain.com ServerAlias www.myseconddomain.com DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs2" <Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs2"> Options Indexes +FollowSymLinks ...
... Choose your installation directories.
You can set the directories each part installs to by selecting it individually and then clicking change to set it to the directory of your choice. Unless you're ...
... "C:/xampp/htdocs" </VirtualHost> ## My First Domain ## <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName website1 DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/website1folder/" <Directory "C:/xampp/website1folder"> ...
