Run the .exe, and let the installer do the job for you.
Now go to C:\apache\mysql\bin\, and run winmysqladmin.
If, and it probably will, it asks you for a password, enter root as password, and password as password.
Goto your start menu > PHPtriad > Apache Console > Stop Apache
Now go to start menu > PHPtriad > Apache Console > Start Apache
Note: Do NOT select "Restart Apache".
Now, Apache will pop up in a new window.
Simply minimize it.
Do NOT close it!
Now, open up c:\apache\htdocs\phpmyadmin\config.inc.php.
Find: $cfgServers[1]['password'] = '';
Between the '' tags, enter "password" WITHOUT the quotes
Save & Close
Now, your "webpage" is available at http://localhost!
Ok, nowthat we've installed and configured everything, we can start with the actuall vBulletin install!
Installing your vBulletin
Look at your task menu, and right click the traffic light icon.
Click "Show me"
Now, go to the databases tab.
Right click on the "Test" database
Click "Create Database".
In the window which just opened, enter the exact name which you gave to your online database. (If you're installing a new vBulletin forum on your local PC, you may call it anything you want. Do remember what you call it though).
Click "Create the Database" once you've entered a name.
Click "OK" on the error box which just poped up.
Now, press cancel, and it should bring you back to the databases tab.
Now, you have 2 options.
Follow these steps if you want to install a NEW vBULLETIN, if not, simply scroll down.
Download a new vBulletin copy from the members area.
Extract it to: c:\apache\htdocs\forum
Open up c:\apache\htdocs\forum\includes\config.php.
Set the the servername to "localhost" (without quotes)
Set NO dbusername and NO dbuserpassword!
Set the database name to the name of the database you created a couple of steps above.
Now install vBulletin, and follow vBulletin's steps.
Follow these steps if you want to install your online vBulletin Board on your PC.
that package linked for phptriad has php 4.1.1...what's the easiest way to upgrade the php?
get the zip file from php.net and extract the files in the curent php directory that is set by phptriad
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Originally Posted by Jordan17
Mine is 50+ MB so it just times out all the time.
Click start -> run -> type "CMD" -> hit enter
in dos
go to mysql\bin directory ( assuming mysql is installed on drive C: )
cd c:\mysql\bin
run the following command
mysql -D mydatabase -u username -p < c:\path\to\file\mysqlfile.sql
mydatabase is your database name that you want to load the sql file into
username if the username for the database ( mostly is root).
mysqlfile.sql is your SQL file that you want to load
if you have set a password then it will ask you for the password after you hit the Enter key
if you didn't set a pssword use this command insted
mysql -D mydatabase < c:\path\to\file\mysqlfile.sql
Then I added an entry in my windows 'hosts' file that made my domain name point back to localhost so all my links/graphics/etc would resolve back to my pc.
So no matter if I was connected to the internat or not, when I typed www.mydoamin.com into my browser it would loop back into the webserver that was on my PC.
*this is a great way to mess with someone too because you can point any domain to any other domain...like hotmail.com to ratemymullet.com*
Newbie here... I am stuck...everything worked up until the time to click on test database...nothing there..I then right clicked to create a database and it dialog box says that the server must be connected.
Help?!?!?!
Same problem here, yes ive tried restarting apache.
is the icon in the bottom right supposed to be red?
I can right click it, go to winNT and click start service, but it fails for some reason :-/
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