Install MyBB - Open Source Forum Software - on Windows
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#MyBB #Forum #Windows
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0933.html
What is MyBB?
MyBB is the free and open source forum software powering thousands of engaging, vibrant, and unique communities across the internet. - https://mybb.com/
Installation
01. Download XAMPP https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/ 02. Download MyBB https://github.com/mybb/mybb/releases 03. Download Microsoft Visual C++ https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe 04. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 05. Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file ≫ Extract All... 06. Right click the downloaded MyBB .zip file ≫ Extract All... 07. Navigate into the extracted mybb folder structure 08. Rename the Upload directory to mybb 09. Cut the mybb folder inside the extracted XAMPP/htdocs directory 10. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example 11. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location 12. Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe 13. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL 14. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin 15. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here... 16. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the MyBB database .\mysql -u root CREATE DATABASE mybb; GRANT ALL ON mybb.* TO 'mybb_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'My44_rw$'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT; exit
MyBB Web Installer
01. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/mybb 02. Click Next at the Welcome screen 03. Click Next at the License Agreement 04. Click Next at the Requirements Check 05. Complete the Database Configuration as shown below Database Engine: MySQL Improved Database Server Hostname: localhost Database Username: mybb_rw Database Password: My44_rw$ Database Name: mybb Table Prefix: mybb_ 06. Click Next after the table creation completes 07. Click Next to complete the Table Population 08. Click Next at the Theme Insertion screen 09. Modify the Board Configuration form as needed ≫ Click Next 10. Create an administrator account by entering a Username, Password and Email Address ≫ Click Next 11. Click the Admin Control Panel link 12. Login with the administrator username and password created earlier 13. Welcome to MyBB Source: https://docs.mybb.com/1.8/install/
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