How to install XOOPS in XAMPP Windows 11

XOOPS or "eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System" is yet another free open-source content management system. Its preview release was on September 18, 2013. And it is currently developed by The XOOPS Project. XOOPS also has many awards and recognition from year 2006 to 2009. And for this post, we are going to create a website out of it. To start, download the XOOPS and XAMPP installers below.

Requirements:

• xampp-windows-x64-5.6.40-1-VC11-installer [download here]
• XoopsCore25-2.5.10 [download here]

Assuming that you downloaded the files above, continue to the tutorials below.

Table of Contents

• XAMPP Installation
• Opening XAMPP and running Apache and MySQL
• Copying and pasting XOOPS folder inside htdocs
• Creating needed database for XOOPS installation via phpMyAdmin
• Installing XOOPS website using localhost via web browser
• Opening XOOPS website homepage
• Accessing XOOPS website admin page

Here are the steps on how to install XOOPS website using XAMPP in Windows pc

XAMPP Installation

1. Open XAMPP exe file. In the Warning about User Account Control, press OK to proceed.

2. Under Setup - XAMPP, press NEXT to proceed.

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

4. In the Installation folder, just leave it and click NEXT to proceed.

5. In the Bitnami for XAMPP, just leave it also and press NEXT to continue.

6. We are now ready to install XAMPP, click NEXT to start.

7. Wait for the installation to finish.

8. When done, press Finish to exit installer.

Opening XAMPP and running Apache and MySQL

1. To run XAMPP, go to This PC > C drive > xampp and click xampp-control.exe file.

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

3. Apache and MySQL are both running now if you see 2 Stop buttons under Actions.

4. If there is a Windows Security Alert, just press Allow access to exit the alert.

Copying and pasting XOOPS folder inside htdocs

1. Extract the XoopsCore zip file that you downloaded and rename the extracted folder as "xoops". Copy your xoops folder and go to This PC.

2. Inside This PC, open your C drive.

3. Inside C, open xampp folder.

4. Inside xampp, open htdocs.

5. And inside htdocs, paste your xoops folder there.

Creating needed database for XOOPS installation via phpmyAdmin

1. We need a database to install XOOPS. To start, open your web browser and go to 127.0.0.1 and press ENTER.

2. Inside, click phpMyAdmin.

3. Then inside phpMyAdmin, click Databases.

4. In the Create database, name it as xoops_db and select utf8mb4_unicode_ci for charset. Press Create to save your database.

5. In the Create table, name it as xoops_table and set 4 as the value of columns. Press Go to proceed.

6. For structure, name it as xoops and set INT as Type.

7. For Collation, set it to utf8mb4_unicode_ci and leave all the other fields blank.

8. Save your database table and structure.

Installing XOOPS website using localhost via web browser

1. We are now ready to install XOOPS. To start, open your web browser and go to 127.0.0.1/xoops/htdocs and press ENTER.

2. In the Select your language, select English and press Continue to proceed.

3. In the Welcome to the XOOPS Installation Wizard, just press Continue again,

4. Under Checking your server configuration, just make sure all are checked. Continue to STEP 5.

5. Under Recommended extensions, name sure all are also checked. Press Continue to proceed.

6. Under Path settings in XOOPS Physical paths and Web locations, just leave these fields and press Continue to proceed.

7. Under Database connection, in Server connection, do the following: Database - mysql. Server hostname - localhost. User name - root. Password - blank or none. When done, press Continue to proceed.

8. In the Database configuration, under Database, do the following: Database name - xoops_db. Table prefix - x641. Database character set - UTF-8 Unicode (utf8mb4). Database collation - utf8mb4_unicode_ci (Default). When done, press Continue to proceed.

9. Your system config is now saved. Press Continue again.

10. Under Database tables creation - XOOPS system tables have been created, just press Continue to proceed.

11. Now, for initial settings, under Administrator account, do the following: Admin login - admin. Admin email - enter a valid email address. Admin password - your desired admin password (do not forget it). When done, press Continue to proceed.

12. Your settings will then be saved to the database. When done, press Continue again to proceed.

13. Under Site configuration, in the General Settings, do the following: Site name - name your site. Slogan for your site - describe your site. Leave all the other fields to default.

14. Under Meta Tags and Footer and User Info Settings, if you know these fields then you can change the default values. If not, just leave them and press Continue to proceed.

15. In the Select the default theme, for this tutorial, I selected xbootstrap. When done, press Continue again to proceed.

16. For Modules installation, select all 3, thus, Private Messaging, User Profile and Protector.

17. Your selected modules are now installed.

18. When done installing the modules, press Continue again.

19. Done! You have successfully installed XOOPS site.

20. For security purposes, you need to delete the install_remove folder inside your xoops directory. To do this, just press Continue.

Opening XOOPS website homepage

1. To open your XOOPS website homepage, just go to 127.0.0.1/xoops/htdocs/index.php or localhost/xoops/htdocs/index.php.

Accessing XOOPS website admin page

1. To open your XOOPS website admin account, just type your username and password in the Login section located in your website homepage. Press User Login to proceed.

2. Here is the example of XOOPS website administration account.

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