host a forum

March 26, 2012 in forum

How to create and host your own forum on Ubuntu.

Requirements

A web server With PHP Support. (In this tutorial I use Apache2)

SQL database. (In this tutorial i use Mysql and PhpMyadmin to configure Mysql)

If you already have Apache Php Mysql and Phpmyadmin installed then you are ready to go if not please follow these tutorials first (Lamp on ubuntu and Phpmyadmin)

Installation:

First we will need an empty database where our forum will store contents.

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How to run PHP on Ubuntu

March 21, 2012 in Php

How to run PHP on Ubuntu.

First of all you will need a web-server to host our PHP pages.

In this tutorial I ll use Apache2. You can install Apache2 from the Terminal by using:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

when the installation is finished, Apache is up and running and you can test that by pointing your web browser at http://localhost/

The default page will come up with a message “it works” and some more info.This html file is located under your local file system in folder /var/www/html/

Now you have to install PHP.

To install PHP and PHP support for Apache, just write the following in console:

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How to install WordPress 3.3 on ubuntu 11.10

March 20, 2012 in CMS

How to install WordPress 3.3.1 on Ubuntu

This is a full article on how to install WordPress on Ubuntu, that means you can use this guide even if you have a clean installation of Ubuntu, and I will try to keep it as simple as I can.

What you will need in order to install WordPress.

First of all you will need a LAMP Server(more information can be found here).

Lets set up our LAMP Server.

1. You have to install a Linux system(you can choose whatever you want. A guide on how to install Ubuntu can be found here).It doesn’t really matter if you choose a desktop or server edition but if you are planning to publish your WordPress website I strongly recommend to use a server edition of Ubuntu for example.

2. You will need Apache (more information can be found here)

3. You will need MySQL (more information can be found here)

4. You will need PhP (more information can be found here)

5. And last but not least you will need to download WordPress from official site.

Let’s go to the next Part and Install Lamp

Joomla 2.5.3 on Ubuntu

March 17, 2012 in CMS

How to install Joomla 2.5.3 on Ubuntu 11.10 Part 1

This is a full article on how to install Joomla on Ubuntu, that means that you can use this guide even if you have a clean installation of Ubuntu, and i will try to keep it as simply as i can.

What you will need in order to install Joomla

First of all you will need a LAMP Server(more information can be found here).

Lets set up our LAMP Server.

1. You have to install a Linux system(you can choose what ever you want. A guide on how to install Ubuntu can be found here).It doesn’t really matter if you choose a desktop or server edition but if you planning to publish your Joomla website i strongly recommend to use a server edition of Ubuntu for example.

2. You will need Apache (more information can be found here)

3. You will need MySQL (more information can be found here)

4. You will need PhP (more information can be found here)

5. And last but not least you will need to download Joomla from official site.

Lets start by installing Lamp:

LAMP

March 16, 2012 in Services

how to install LAMP on Ubuntu

What is LAMP?

LAMP is stand for Linux, Apache, Mysql, and PhP. Lamp is need it by the most popular cms like Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, etc. In order to install successfully one of those cms you have to install LAMP first.

How to install Lamp.

There is no specific way to install lamp. You can install one component at a time or you can use tasksel to install all of them at once. In order to install every component manually you have to follow the instructions on how to install every single one by clicking the following links: Apache, MySQL, PhP.

But here i will saw you an easier way to that, using tasksel!

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Php

February 22, 2012 in Php

PHP

What is PHP?

PHP is one of the most popular HTML-embedded scripting language. You can use PHP to create dynamically generated pages quickly. PHP is a powerful scripting language that is used in most dynamically sites in our days.

How to install PHP on Ubuntu 11.04

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