Installation Instructions for LogiCampus on Windows®

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About Web Applications

A Web application is a complicated system of inter-dependant software. Web applications usually consist of:

• a Web server (i.e. Apache)

• a programming language (i.e. PHP)

• a database server (i.e. MySQL)

• the Web application in question (i.e. LogiCampus)

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The Web server allows your Web browser to communication with the programming language. The programming language runs the installed Web application, and the database server saves all the information and settings that the application needs saved.

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XAMPP

XAMPP is the easiest way to install the first 3 requirements of a Web application on a Windows® environment.

You can download XAMPP from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html. It is recommended that you install the package into C:\www. If you download the LITE version it must be unzipped into the root C:\ directory and you will have the folder C:\xampplite.

Now you will have to start and stop your new Web server system with xampp_start.exe and xampp_stop.exe. After you have started XAMPP you can open your Web browser and type in: http://127.0.0.1/ and you will see the XAMPP start page.

Now you are ready to install LogiCampus.

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LogiCampus

Now that you have installed XAMPP and have your Web server environment setup you can extract the contents of the downloaded LogiCampus zip file into C:\xampplite\htdocs. The contents of this folder are served to your Web browser when you visit http://127.0.0.1/. After unzipping the LogiCampus package into htdocs you should be able to see the installation page by typing the following URL into your browser:

• http://127.0.0.1/logicampus-1.9.2/public_html/

Note that you should change “1.9.2” to which ever version you have downloaded.

If LogiCampus senses that you have a default Web server environment it will proceed with installation after you click the button “Attempt Installation”. If you do not have a default XAMPP environment or have made changes to passwords then you need to proceed with an advanced installation not covered in this document.