WinterCMS is a CMS (Content Management System) that is used to build websites and applications running on PHP. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install WinterCMS on Windows 11.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
Navigate to the WinterCMS website and download the latest version of WinterCMS. Extract the downloaded ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
Open the command prompt and navigate to the directory where you extracted WinterCMS in Step 1. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
composer install
This will install all the required packages and libraries for WinterCMS.
Create a new MySQL user and database for WinterCMS, and grant the user all rights to that database. To do this, open the MySQL shell and run the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE wintercms;
CREATE USER 'wintercmsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wintercms.* TO 'wintercmsuser'@'localhost';
Note: Replace "password" with a strong password of your choice.
Rename the .env.example file in the root directory of WinterCMS to .env. Open the .env file and set the following parameters:
APP_NAME="WinterCMS"
APP_URL=http://localhost
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=wintercms
DB_USERNAME=wintercmsuser
DB_PASSWORD=password
Note: Replace "password" with the password you set in Step 3.
Open the command prompt and navigate to the directory where you extracted WinterCMS in Step 1. Run the following command to create the database tables:
php artisan october:up
Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/ (or your configured APP_URL). You should see the WinterCMS installation wizard. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed WinterCMS on Windows 11.
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