How to install Jamroom in XAMPP Windows 11

Jamroom is a free and open source social network content management system. Its original author was Talldude Networks, LLC. It is currently developed by The Jamroom Network. Jamroom's initial released was on July 2003. And for this tutorial, we are going to create a very professional-looking website out of it. But first, you need to download the given files below to be able to start the website installation. These are the XAMPP file and the Jamroom Installer. I also provided the download links for your convenience.

Requirements:

• xampp-windows-x64-8.0.23-0-VS16-installer [download here]
• jamroom-open-source-6.5.13 [download here]

Assuming that you finished downloading the files above, continue doing the tutorials below.

Table of Contents

• Installing XAMPP in Windows c drive
• Open XAMPP Control Panel to run Apache and MySQL
• Copying and pasting jamroom installation folder inside XAMPP's htdocs folder
• Creating Database needed for Jamroom website installation using XAMPP phpMyAdmin
• Creating Database User for Jamroom website installation via phpMyAdmin
• Installing Jamroom website via Localhost using web browser
• Accessing Jamroom website homepage
• Accessing Jamroom website admin account

Here are the steps on how to install Jamroom CMS using XAMPP in Windows pc

Installing XAMPP in Windows c drive

1. Go to the XAMPP file that you downloaded earlier. Open it. If a Question about antivirus appears, just Yes to proceed.

2. If a Warning also appears about User Account Control, press OK again.

3. In the Setup - XAMPP, just press NEXT again.

4. In the Select Components, click NEXT again. Do not change anything.

5. In the Installation folder, do not change it and press NEXT to proceed.

6. Under Language, select English and press NEXT to proceed.

7. We are now ready to install XAMPP. Click NEXT to proceed.

8. Wait for the installation to finish.

9. When done, click on Finish to exit the XAMPP installer.

Open XAMPP Control Panel to run Apache and MySQL

1. To run XAMPP, you can click its shortcut in your desktop or go to Start and search for "xampp" and press ENTER.

2. Inside XAMPP Control Panel, click the Start buttons for Apache and MySQL.

3. Apache and MySQL are both running now. You will see two Stop buttons.

4. If a Windows Security Alert appears, just click Allow access to hide it.

Copying and pasting Jamroom installation folder inside XAMPP's htdocs folder

1. Now, go back to the Jamroom zip file that you downloaded. Extract it and rename the extracted folder as "jamroom" for this tutorial. Make sure all the contents of your folder is also not inside a sub-folder. Copy your jamroom folder. Go to This PC.

2. Inside This PC, open your C drive.

3. Then open xampp folder.

4. Inside xampp, open htdocs.

5. Paste your jamroom folder inside htdocs.

Creating Database needed for Jamroom website installation using XAMPP phpMyAdmin

1. A database is needed to install a Jamroom website. Open your web browser and go to 127.0.0.1 and press ENTER.

2. Inside, click on phpMyAdmin.

3. Now, click on Databases.

4. In the Create database, name it as jamroom_db for this tutorial. Set character set to utf8mb4_unicode_ci and press Create.

5. In the Create new table, name it as jamroom_table and set number of columns to 4. Press Create again to proceed.

6. For structure, name it as jamroom. Leave INT as the Type.

7. For Collation, set it to utf8_unicode_ci and leave all the other fields blank.

8. Save your work.

Creating new User Account for Jamroom website installation via phpMyAdmin

1. We also need to create a new user account. Again open your web browser and go to 127.0.0.1 and press ENTER. Then click phpMyAdmin. Inside Click User accounts.

2. Then, click on Add user account.

3. Under Add user account, do the following: User name - jamroom_user, Host name - Local / localhost, Password - input desired password and re-type it.

4. Under Database for user account, check both the "Create database with same name and grant all privileges" as well as "Grant all privileges on wildcard name (username\_%)".

5. In the Global privileges, just check the "Check all" box.

6. Done! You have successfully added a new user.

Installing Jamroom website via Localhost using web browser

1. We are now ready to install our Jamroom website. Open your web browser and type 127.0.0.1/jamroom and press ENTER.

2. If a gd_info error appears, then, we need to fix it first before continuing with the installation.

How to fix GD error during Jamroom installation

• Go to c:\xampp\php and find php.ini
• Right-click open with Notepad
• Find ";extension=gd"
• From ;extension=gd change it to extension=gd
• Save Notepad
• Restart XAMPP
• Restart Jamroom installation

3. Assuming that you already fixed the gd_info error. You are now on step 3. Do the following: For Database Host - localhost, Port - 3306, Database Name - jamroom_db, Database User - jamroom_user, Password - password you created, and for email address you can leave it as blank. Press Install Jamroom to start installation.

4. A message from 127.0.0.1 will popup, just press OK to confirm.

5. Wait for the installation to finish.

6. Done! You have successfully installed your Jamroom website.

7. Now, we need to create an Admin account. Click the "Create Admin account" link.

8. Under Create Account do the following: User Name - admin, Email address - type a valid email, Password - your desired password (do not forget it) and confirm your password. When done, click on Create Account to proceed.

9. Done! Your account has been activated and you are also automatically logged in.

Accessing Jamroom website homepage

1. To open your Jamroom website homepage, just go to 127.0.0.1/jamroom or localhost/jamroom.

Accessing Jamroom website admin account

1. To open your Jamroom website admin account, just click on the Login link located at the upper-right corner of your website.

2. Type your username and password and press Login.

3. Here is the sample Admin account for your Jamroom website.

4. And here is the sample Admin Global page. Only you, can access this page as owner and admin of your website.

5. To logout your admin account, just click on the ADMIN menu and then Log Out.

Thank you for reading this tutorial guys! I do hope you have learned a lot while doing this. If you have a question, you can leave a comment below. Cheers!