How to install ImpressPages in XAMPP Windows 11

ImpressPages is another cool and free CMS that you can use to build your website. It is an open-source PHP framework with built-in content editor. Created and developed by ImpressPages, it was initially released last September 2009. And for this tutorial, we are going to create another amazing website out of it. Download first the XAMPP installer and ImpressPages installer below.

Requirements:

• XAMPP 5.6.x, download here [via Mediafire]
• ImpressPages_4_6_0, download here [via Mediafire]

After downloading all the files, continue doing the listed tutorials below.

Table of Content

• XAMPP installation on Windows 11
• Running XAMPP Control Panel's Apache and MySQL
• Copying ImpressPages installer to HTDOCS folder
• Creating ImpressPages Database on XAMPP phpMyAdmin
• ImpressPages installation via Localhost or 127.0.0.1
• Accessing ImpressPages website home page
• Accessing ImpressPages website ADMIN account

Here are the steps on how to install ImpressPages in XAMPP using Windows

XAMPP installation on Windows 11

1. Go back to the XAMPP file that you download and open it. If a Warning appears about User Account Control (UAC) just press OK to proceed.

2. Under Setup - XAMPP, just press NEXT.

3. In the Select Components, just leave it and press NEXT.

4. Same goes for Installation folder, leave it untouched and press NEXT to proceed.

5. In the Bitnami for XAMPP, press NEXT again.

6. We are now ready to install XAMPP, press NEXT to confirm.

7. Wait for the installation to finish.

8. When done, click Finish to exit the installer.

Running XAMPP Control Panel's Apache and MySQL

1. To run XAMPP, you can open it using its shortcut located in your desktop. Or you can go to Start and search for "xampp" and press ENTER. Inside XAMPP Control Panel, click the Start buttons for Apache and MySQL.

2. You will see two Stop buttons now. Meaning, both Apache and MySQL are running.

3. If a "Windows Security Alert" appears, just click on Allow access.

Copying ImpressPages installer to HTDOCS folder

1. Again, go back to the ImpressPages zip file that you downloaded earlier. Extract it and rename your extracted folder as "impresspages". Make sure all of its contents are not inside a sub-folder. When done, copy your impresspages folder. Go to This PC.

2. Inside This PC open your C drive.

3. Then open xampp folder.

4. Inside xampp, open htdocs folder.

5. Paste your impresspages folder inside htdocs.

Creating ImpressPages Database on XAMPP phpMyAdmin

1. We are now going to create the database needed for our ImpressPages installation. Open your we browser. In the address bar, type 127.0.0.1 and press ENTER.

2. Inside, click on phpMyAdmin.

3. Then, click on Databases.

4. In the Create database, name your database as impresspages_db for this tutorial. Next to it, change it to utf8mb4_unicode_ci and press Create button.

5. In the Create table, name your table as impresspages_table and do not change 4 as columns value. Press Go to proceed.

6. In the Structure, name it as impresspages and for Type it should be INT.

7. For Collation, select utf8_unicode_ci and leave all the other fields blank.

8. Save your database.

ImpressPages installation via Localhost or 127.0.0.1

1. We are now ready to install our ImpressPages website. Open your web browser, in the address bar type 127.0.0.1/impresspages and press ENTER.

2. In the Configuration do the following: Website name - name of your website. Website email address - input a valid email address. Time Zone - select your country time zone. When done, press NEXT to proceed.

3. In Database, under Database installation do the following: Database host - localhost. User name - root. User Password - blank or none. Database name - impresspages_db. When done, click on NEXT to continue.

4. The "Important Account Information" will appear. To summarize it, you need to immediately change your admin account password which is also given by default. If you do not change it immediately, you will encounter error while viewing your ImpressPages website.

5. Just go to 127.0.0.1/impresspages/admin. Username is admin and password is the one given to you after installation. Press Login to proceed.

6. Inside, click on the 3 horizontal lines near the upper-left corner of your screen.

7. In the menu that will appear, click on System.

8. Then click on Administrators and click admin.

9. Under Administrator profile, click on Edit.

10. You can now change your Username as well as your password. Do not forget these credentials. When done, click on Save.

11. To logout your admin account, just click on the logout button located at the upper-right corner of your screen.

Accessing ImpressPages website home page

1. Now, to view your ImpressPages website homepage, just go to 127.0.0.1/impresspages or localhost/impresspages.

Accessing ImpressPages website ADMIN account

1. To access your Impresspages website admin account, just go to 127.0.0.1/impresspages/admin. Login your username and new password.

2. Inside your administration page, you will see settings, and other links that are only available to you as admin and owner of your website.

If hope you have learned a lot while doing this tutorial. If you have a question, just leave a comment below. Thank you.