Install/windows/laptop

OERbit demo install on Windows

NOTE: This page includes instructions for XAMPP (see top) as well as WAMP (see bottom of page).

XAMPP
The process to setup a local instance of OERbit on your Windows machine is simple:


 * 1) Download this file and save it on your Windows machine (~165MB).
 * 2) right-click on the downloaded file (xampp.zip) and choose "Extract all" from the menu to unzip the file. Install this to c:\tmp\xampp. This will create a directory at c:\tmp named "xampp".
 * 3) launch the "xampp-control.exe" program found in the "xampp" directory. You may receive a message box that asks if you want to run this program, if so, select the "run" button. "xampp-control.exe"  will open a window that looks like this:  [[Image:Xampp1.jpg|frame|center|300x300px]]
 * 4) click on the Start button to the right of "MySql"
 * 5) click on the Start button to the right of "Apache"
 * 6) The "xampp-control.exe" windows should now look like this: [[Image:Xampp2.jpg|frame|center|300x300px]]
 * 7) point a web browser on your Windows machine to "http://localhost", you should then see this in your browser window:  [[Image:Xampp3.jpg|frame|center|300x300px]]
 * 8) Congratulations! you can now explore OERbit.
 * 9) You can login as an admin. Go to http://localhost/user. Username is oerbit-admin. Password is 2ndStage.
 * 10) All publishing steps are laid out on our wiki.
 * 11) Once you are done, in XAMPP, stop MySql and Apache. Click Exit.

WAMP
1. Download OERbit-UniServer.zip (55 MB, hosted on HotFile.com) to the disk desired on the Windows machine.

2. Unzip it where you want it. It's important that you unzip/extract the file contents a folder on the hard drive.

3. In the unzip directory, navigate to OERbit-UniServer\UniServer.

4. Execute the "Start.exe" program.

5. You may receive a security warning asking if you would like to run Start.exe. Click Run.



6. Upon running the Start program, you should see the following message window.



7. Click WAMP icon in the system tray - blue square with the number 1.



8. From the WAMP menu, select Start UniServer.



9. You may receive a security warning asking if you would like to run the Start UniServer program. Click Run.



10. You may receive a warning from Windows Firewall for Apache HTTP Server. Select the checkbox next to Private Networks and click the Allow Access button.



11. You may receive a warning from Windows Firewall for MySQL. Select the checkbox next to Private Networks and click the Allow Access button.



12. Your default browser should open to http://localhost/index.php, which should display OERbit.

13. Your browser may indicate that Intranet security has been turned out. Decide whether to enable Intranet settings.



14. Congratulations! you can now explore OERbit.

15. You can login as an admin. Go to http://localhost/user. Username is oerbit-admin. Password is 2ndStage.

16. All publishing steps are laid out on our wiki.

17. Once you are done, close your browser. Click the WAMP icon in the system tray and select Stop Uniserver.

18. You may receive a security warning asking if you would like to run the Start UniServer program. Click Run.

19. Click the WAMP icon in the system tray and select exit.