Installing Fitcom

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a WAMP

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Download a copy of WAMP

First you will need to download WAMP from

http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php
. You will have the option to choose either the
32-bit or 64-bit version your choice depends
upon your computers configuration.
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Install the software

Install the software

hen you click next you will be asked to accept the license agreement.
sically it's a GPL license you are free to do just about anything with it so you can go ahead and accep

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Destination Location

step is to select where you would like to install WAMP .

ult will be c:wamp however you can change to which ever directory or partition you choose that pleas
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Additional Tasks

After you choose your directory you will have

the option to setup icons. If you noticed only
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Ready to Install

Once you decide on this click Next and then confirm the installation settings again by clicking Install.
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Default Browser

WAMP will detect which is your default browser at the moment but you can select no and navigate you
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Firewall

NB if your Windows firewall pops up at this point make sure to grant Apache access.
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PHP Mail Parameters

ve this set to the defaults when setting up a testing server on their local computer. If you wish to confi

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WAMP is now installed on your computer.

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Testing

ets test everything out.

tart > start WampServer, you can launch the management console. Once opened, it will appear in th
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Running

ahead and click Start All Services. If you are not sure whether or not WAMP is running, look for the sm
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Stopped or some services running

AMP services are stopped, green means everything is running while orange means some services ar
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Forbidden

onsole, click on Localhost. If you see the following screen pop up in your browser then everything is w

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Fixing LocalHost

Open the WAMP management console highlight Apache then click on httpd.conf
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Localhost Works

ose it.

WAMP has restarted all the services reopen your web browser if you closed it to http://localhost or jus

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Configure Aliases

e connections coming from "::1" which is the IPv6 equivalent of 127.0.0.1. so you'll have to change a

e connections coming from "::1" which is the IPv6 equivalent of 127.0.0.1. so you'll have to change a

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PhpmyAdmin

option then edit alias.From the text editor find the line "Allow from 127.0.0.1" and add "Allow from ::1"

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Configuring phpMyAdmin

skip this step because the server is not going to be live so they dont see the need to protect the data

phpMyAdmin file, located at C:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.x.x and open the config.inc.php file for edi

wNoPassword, change the value to false.

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What do I do next?

n install third-party web applications like WordPress, Moodle, Drupal, etc. to this location. You now ha

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