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Installing PHP
Go to http://www.php.net/downloads.php and in the Windows Binaries section click the link for the PHP zip package, which should be something like PHP 5.2.9-1 zip package. Beneath that section is also a listing of several installer packages. I usually jump at the site of an installer package because they make it so much easier to [...]
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Installing phpMyAdmin
Go to http://www.php.net/downloads.php and in the Windows Binaries section click the link for the PHP zip package, which should be something like PHP 5.2.9-1 zip package. Beneath that section is also a listing of several installer packages. I usually jump at the site of an installer package because they make it so much easier to [...]
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Installing MySQL
Go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/. You can download the latest version from a couple places.
1. Scroll down a little on the page and on the left hand side of the page, you will find a section titled MySQL Community Server with a Download box beneath it. Click the Download box.
2. Slightly below this section is another section [...]
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Installing Filezilla
Put very simply, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is used to transfer your website files from your computer to your host server. If you understand how to use a command line interface like the Windows MS-DOS prompt window (which I don’t) you can also transfer your files that way instead. If not, there are plenty of [...]
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Installing Apache
This tutorial will provide instructions on how to install Apache on Windows. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with installing on a Mac and am not providing those instructions on siteforstarters.com.
Although you could use Microsoft IIS (Microsoft Internet Information Services), I recommend using Apache as your local web server. Most web hosts use Apache, so it [...]
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