Install SolidInvoice - Open Source Invoicing Software - on Windows

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What is SolidInvoice?

SolidInvoice is a sophisticated open-source invoicing application designed to assist small businesses and freelancers in efficiently managing their daily billing operations. With its comprehensive range of features, this elegant online platform ensures that you receive timely payments. - https://github.com/SolidInvoice/SolidInvoice

Installation

   01. Download XAMPP  https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/    02. Download SolidInvoice  https://github.com/SolidInvoice/SolidInvoice/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 SolidInvoice .zip file ≫ Extract All...    07. Rename the extracted folder solidinvoice    08. Cut the solid folder inside the XAMPP/ directory    09. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example    10. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location    11. Navigate into XAMPP/Apache/conf and edit httpd.conf in a text editor    12. Paste the following at the bottom of the httpd.conf file          Listen 8080          ≪VirtualHost :8080≫           DocumentRoot "≪%SOLIDINVOICEPATH%≫"           ≪Directory "≪%SOLIDINVOICEPATH%≫"≫            # enable the .htaccess rewrites            AllowOverride All            Order allow,deny            Allow from All           ≪/Directory≫          ≪/VirtualHost≫    13. Save the changes and close out of the editor    14. Navigate to XAMPP/php and edit php.ini in a text editor    15. Find the following lines and remove the ; to uncomment them          extension=gd          extension=intl          extension=openssl          extension=soap          extension=xsl          extension=zip          zend_extension=opcache    16. Search for the phrase error_reporting and updated the value as shown          error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_STRICT    17. Save the changes to php.ini and close the text editor    18. Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe    19. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL    20. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin    21. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...    22. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the SolidInvoice database          .\mysql -u root          CREATE DATABASE solidinvoice;          GRANT ALL ON solidinvoice. TO 'solidinvoice_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'SolidInv0ic3!';          FLUSH PRIVILEGES;          EXIT;          exit

SolidInvoice Web Installer

   01. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080    02. Click the Next button at the lower right corner of the System Requirements page    03. Complete the Database settings as follows:          Driver: Mysql          Host: localhost          Port: 3306          User: solidinvoice_rw          Password: SolidInv0ic3!          Database Name: solidinvoice    04. Click Next    05. After the database schema is created successfully ≫ Click Next    06. Click the Log In Now button    07. Login with the admin credentials created earlier    08. Enter a Company Name and select the default currency ≫ Click Create    09. Welcome to SolidInvoice   Source:  https://docs.solidinvoice.co/en/latest/guide/getting_started.html  

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