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K4GAP
07-16-2008, 07:41 AM
What are the steps in creating a demo site to test stuff on? I'm getting tired of wrecking my main site during my learning process. By the way, I am real new to all this so I need really easy to understand directions.

Thanks so much for any help I may receive and forgive my noobish ways during this time of learning. :o

Opserty
07-16-2008, 08:11 AM
Download XAMPP (Free and Open source)
Install it
Navigate to the htdocs directory inside the xampp folder
Extract vBulletin into a folder in there
Use phpMyAdmin inside of xampp to create a new database (access it through localhost/phpmyadmin - the option is on the main phpmyadmin page)
Fill in the config details on your vBulletin config file (dbusername will be root and password will be '' - unless you have set otherwise).
Install as normal, just remember the domain is "localhost"