Hi All,

It has been 5+ years since I have done a from scratch install of XOOPS on a new box. The instructions that come with 2.4.4 suck!

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WTF is "Properly"?! There are a jillion options in installation and configuration of those items and just having them installed and working does not mean that they function correctly with xoops. I remember 5 years when installing XOOPS 2.0, I spent a few days messing with PHP and mySQL versions. There was DLL file that linked PHP with mySQL that had to be referanced in some file... There were a few more gotchas before thing worked "properly".

I am using Windows and IIS6 - is there a good write-up on how to make things work from scratch?

TT

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I would guess this is the issue, did you check out these instructions?

I actually did...

Quote:Just, because there are so many things to set, we can't deal here at XOOPS with it. We don't deal either with the hardware setup and configuration, which has the same amount of options and is as important for good functioning as the software.
If you want to setup an internet server yourself, you have the knowledge (or the ability to acquire it) to do so, or you use one of the many commercial hosting offerings. If your server is setup in this 'proper' way, there is no problem for running any PHP script (not just XOOPS) and access MySQL database tables with it.

In general it is easier to setup an Apache on Linux server. For IIS, you can do a search with keyword IIS on this forum for some pointers to help that help with 'proper' setup.
Be careful also for the directory and file permission settings, as they have to be set twice, once in IIS and once in the file system for the appropriate 'internet' user.

I am willing to create "Video Help Files" with good sound and Visibility, if some will give me a step by step guide as to How To Install Xoops!

Thank you so much for this offer.

There is this Installation Guide.

Let me know if it works for you...