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Part IV: setting up XOOPS
This process is mainly described by the XOOPS documentation and is further simplified by the XOOPS installation wizard, so I won't go into too much detail here. Please consult those places for additional information.
1. Start with a fresh install. Download XOOPS and unpack it. Move the xoops2/html directory to somewhere in your web server's tree. For example if your web server has its root directory in /var/www/html then you can either replace the entire contents of /var/www/html with the contents of xoops2/html or you can move xoop2/html to be a subdirectory of /var/www/html. If you do the latter:
mv xoops2/html /var/www/html/xoops
Then your XOOPS installation will be available via:
http://yourhost.yourdomain.dom/xoops/
If you did the former:
mkdir /var/www/html/bak
mv /var/www/html/* /var/www/html/bak
mv xoops2/html/* /var/www/html
Then your XOOPS installation would be available via:
http://yourhost.yourdomain.dom/
Either way (it doesn't matter to me), just point your browser there. If you get a blank screen, then make sure you're starting with a fresh install. If it still doesn't work, check your web server error logs and do a search on this site to see if someone else has figured out what your problem is already. After doing a search and trying to fix the problem on your own, if you're still stuck, make a new post to the appropriate forum and someone will most likely be able to help you. When you do this, please include all relevent information (which web server, specific error messages, log output, anything you can think of that might shed light on your problem).
2. Assuming you were presented with the installation wizard, follow the instructions until you get to the page entitled:
General configuration
Fill in all of the information here according to what you created in parts I & II:
Database select MySQL
Database Hostname whatever your MySQL hostname is
Database Username xoops
Database Password whatever password you entered in part II, step 3
Database Name xoops
If you do not know what your DB hostname is then ask your system administrator, or look at the main screen when you first log into phpMyAdmin. You'll see a line that says something like:
MySQL X.XX.XX running on HOSTNAME as USER@HOSTNAME
You will most likely be able to copy and paste HOSTNAME from this line directly into the Database Hostname field of the XOOPS installation. If this doesn't work, ask your system administrator.
3. Finish the installation. If all went well, you should be up and running. If you still have a problem connecting to your database, double-check your work in parts I - III. If this fails, contact your system administrator.