PAMP:CMS Made Simple

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These instructions apply to version 1.2.3.

Contents 1 E-Mail Account 2 First Steps 3 Database Creation 4 Stage 1 5 Stage 2 6 Stage 3 7 Stage 4 8 Stage 5

[edit] E-Mail Account

• If you have not done so already, define the mailbox to be used. You can find instructions here

[edit] First Steps

• Download cmsmadesimple-1.2.3.zip from the CMS Made Simple site.
• Unzip the file - a directory cmsmadesimple will be created.
• Create into that directory an empty file config.php.
• Create into that directory a file _htaccess containing

php_value session.save_handler files

• Copy the directory and its contents under either c:\data\apache\htdocs or e:\data\apache\htdocs depending on where your document root is.
• Start PAMP and WLAN

[edit] Database Creation

• Invoke mysql -h address on your laptop, where address is the IP address of your mobile.

mysql> create database cms;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)

mysql>

[edit] Stage 1

• Browse to http://address/cmsmadesimple.
• Verify that all tests passed
• [Continue]

[edit] Stage 2

• Enter your information
• [Continue]

[edit] Stage 3

• Database Type: MySQL
• Database host address 127.0.0.1 (not localhost)
• Database name cms
• Username dummy (access control is not used at the moment)
• Password dummy (access control is not used at the moment)
• Table prefix cms_
• Create Tables check
• Install sample contents and templates your choise
• [Continue]

[edit] Stage 4

The information is likely to be correct, but note that at least with version 1.2.2, CMS Made Simple appeared to occasionally use the address that was used at installation time and not the address used for accessing when generating URLs. In practice this meant that the site broke if the IP address used for accessing the site changes.

• [Continue]

[edit] Stage 5

• Click on the link that takes you to the CMS site.