I've installed Apache

What's needed next to build a dynamic site?

[Jimbo]

Okay i have apache installed and have tested it via localhost. it appears to be working. Whats next? download anything else? This page basicly will consist of a front page for news and a forum. So whats next? someone wanna guild me through this? thanks.

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, Jimbo.

Now you develop your content pages ;)

You can use a simple text editor to mock up a page and save it in the folder you designated as the document root and call it up in a web browser.

[Jimbo]

okay Apche is up and running and i can now edit/ make my website. I want to have mysql and php aswell but i am having trouble learning how to set these up. Anyone wanna guid me through these? Thanks a bunch.

[Jimbo]

ok i have done a clean start. Apache is definately installed, setup, and good to go. Now i have installed PHP, and everything to have been done correctly. However when I try the test by going to [localhost...] it tries to download the file i created called phpinfo.php which has this in it <?PHP phpinfo();?>

Is this what is supposed to happen or did I do something wrong? How do i fix this if it is wrong? thanks hopefully someone can chime in so i can move on to installing, and seting up mysql.

[Jimbo]

well i restarted the puter, and apache. Its working now. Guess this is double posting big time hehe. Anyways, moving on to mysql now. :)~

[Jimbo]

Well I installed everything and got to this point in the command prompt/dos prompt.....
mysqladmin -uroot password InsertYourPasswordHere

After this i get an error about making sure its installed on port 3306. How do I do this exactly? Well that enough for tonight. Ps. This forum needs an edit button heh. :)

[Jimbo]

i get this error when testing mysql even though i have the latest version...

Warning: mysql_connect(): Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\mysqltest.php on line 5
Could not connect to MySQL

I am about to give up on this. someone please help me!

[zooloo]

the error says.. "consider upgrading MySQL"

try that.

zoo

[Jimbo]

If you would have read my post more clearly I also said that I have the latest version.

[coopster]

It's probably this known MySQL issue ...

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[Jimbo]

all i need is someone to point me to a guide through instaling, and setting up mysql so i can run my forum software. Anyone?

[coopster]

[dev.mysql.com...]