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4 "<u><b>What is it?</b></u>
5 <p>
6 <b>XOOPS</b> is a dynamic OO (Object Oriented) based open source portal script written in PHP.
7 XOOPS supports a number of databases,
8 making XOOPS an ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites,
9 intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more.
10 </p>
11 <p>
12 XOOPS is released under the terms of the <a href='http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html' target='_blank'>GNU General Public License (GPL)</a> and is free to use and modify.
13 It is free to redistribute as long as you abide by the distribution terms of the GPL.
14 </p>
15 <u><b>Requirements</b></u>
16 <p>
17 <ul>
18 <li>Web Server: Any server supporting the required PHP version (<a href='http://www.apache.org' target='_blank' title='Apache'>Apache</a> highly recommended)</li>
19 <li><a href='http://www.php.net' target='_blank' title='PHP'>PHP</a>: Any PHP version >= 4.3 (PHP 4.2.x may work but is not officially supported)</li>
20 <li><a href='http://www.mysql.com' target='_blank' title='MySQL'>MySQL</a>: MySQL server 3.23+</li>
21 </ul>
22 </p>
23 <u><b>Before you install</b></u>
24 <ul>
25 <li>Setup WWW server, PHP and database server properly.</li>
26 <li>Prepare a database for your XOOPS site.</li>
27 <li>Prepare user account and grant the user the access to the database.</li>
28 <li>Make the directories of uploads/, cache/ and templates_c/ and the files of mainfile.php writabale.</li>
29 <li>Turn cookie and JavaScript of your browser on.</li>
30 </ul>
31 <u><b>Installation</b></u>
32 <p>
33 Follow this install wizard.
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