[Guide] Setup your Web server

[zeeshawn]

Tool(s) required: WampServer 2, KearTS CMS (optional)
Download and install it, run WampServer.exe and put it online.
At this point you should your WampServer is put online and is running, the icon should looks like this.

Some of the things you should know,
WampServer comes with MySQL and phpMyAdmin
Your default port for web is 80
Short open tag is disabled at default
URL rewrite module is disabled by default
The folder you should use for your web is X:/Wamp/www

Enable short open tag
Left click on the Wamp icon, move your mouse over to PHP > PHP settings > short open tag

Mine with a tick because I already enabled it, after you click it, it will automatically restart apache.

Change your default port 80
Left click on the Wamp icon, move your mouse to Apache and click httpd.conf

httpd.conf will open, search (Ctrl+F) for

Quote:
Listen 80

Replace 80 wit hthe port you want, for this tutorial I will be using port 8080
so I will change it to

Quote:
Listen 8080

Now close and save the file, restart all your services.

If you want to view your page, it will be

Set up your page
By default when you install WampServer, they will install a homepage. We're not going need it so let's go to X:/Wamp/www
remove everything inside it, so now your www folder is empty. That's right.

I will use my own script for this example, download and extract KearTS CMS, you will see a folder (example: KearTS CMS v2.1), copy everything inside and past it to your www folder.
This is what your www folder should looks like for now,


Open up config.php and change the settings over there, and you're done.
To view your page you can go to

if you're using port 80,
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if you're using other port, for example 8080
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You can get your Global IP at What Is My IP Address? - IP Address Lookup, Info, Speed Test, and more

Make your website public to other people
Make sure your port isn't block
Firewall doesn't block port 80 (or whichever port you use for your web)
Incoming and outgoing traffic isn't blocked
Make sure your apache is running and WampServer is put online

Make your link easier for others
As you know it's more difficult for human to memorise by numbers, but it would be easier if it's words. (for example is easier to remember than )
This section is also for people who have dynamic IP (which will change)

You have to get a domain or free dynamic DNS, for free dynamic DNS you can get it from


or other site.

In this tutorial I will teach you how to get free dynamic dns from No-IP.
Go to register your account, login your account.

Take note of those arrows, that's all ;D

[spritelleh]

Nice post.

[oknoproblem]

Help please...when i click "short open tag", an error comes out: "could not execute menu item(internal error) Could not perform service item: the server has not started"
please help