Spotweb Windows (English)

Install instructions for Spotweb on Windows in just 10 steps, without installing a single program!

Requirements:

• Xampp
• Spotweb

Installation:

• Create the folder: "\xampp\htdocs\spotweb\".
• Copy all files from spotweb to "\xampp\htdocs\spotweb\".
• Start "\xampp\xampp-control.exe" and click on "start" by Apache and MySQL.
• Go with you bowser to "http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/", databases, type "spotweb" by "Create new database" and select "Create".
• Open http://localhost/spotweb/install.php or http://localhost/install.php and finish the wizard.
• Update the database: Open "\xampp\htdocs\spotweb\retrieve.php" with "\xampp\php\php.exe".
• Go to http://127.0.0.1/spotweb/ or http://yourserver/yourdir/.

When the update is finished the spots will be visible and you have a working Spotweb!

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Remarks:

• retrieve.php can also be started with "\xampp\php\php-win.exe".

• For showing images from sites: Open "\xampp\php\php.ini" and remove the ; for "extension=php_curl.dll".

• For OpenSSL: Open "\xampp\php\php.ini" and add "extension=php_openssl.dll".
  For Xampp 1.7.7 it's necessary to copy libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll from "\xampp\php" to "\xampp\apache\bin".
  Make a "ownsettings.php" or edit the current one to contain:

<?php
$settings['openssl_cnf_path'] = "c:/xampp/htdocs/spotweb/lib/openssl/openssl.cnf";

-  For pgsql: Open "\xampp\php\php.ini" and delete the ; for "extension=php_pgsql.dll" and "extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll".  
   For Xampp 1.7.7 it's necessary to copy libpq.dll from "\xampp\php" to "\xampp\apache\bin".  

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**Add username and password to database**  

Open phpMyAdmin and select the spotweb database.  
Choose privileges, " Add a new User".  
User name ['user']: "spotweb", Host: "localhost", Password ['pass']: "spotweb".  
"Grant all privileges on the database "spotweb".  
By "Globale privileges" select all, Create User.  

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