REQUIREMENTS
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First you must have the base environment for Mambo.
We have thoroughly tested Mambo on: Linux, Free BSD, Mac OS X and Windows NT/2000.
Linux or one of the BSD's are recommended, but anything else that can run the
3 pieces of software listed below should do it.

Apache	-> http://www.apache.org
MySQL	-> http://www.mysql.com
PHP	-> http://www.php.net


SERVER CONFIGURATION
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You MUST ensure that PHP has been compiled with support for MySQL and Zlib 
in order to successfully run Mambo.

While we have reports that Mambo works on IIS server we recommend Apache
for running Mambo on Windows.


OPTIONAL COMPONENTS
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If you want support for SEF (Search Engine Friendly) URLs, you'll need mod_rewrite and the ability to
use local .htaccess files.


INSTALLATION
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1. DOWNLOAD Mambo

	You can obtain the latest Mambo release from:
		http://mamboforge.net/projects/mambo.

	Copy the tar.gz file into a working directory e.g.

	$ cp MamboVx.x.x-Stable.tar.gz /tmp/Mambo

	Change to the working directory e.g.

	$ cd /tmp/Mambo
	
	Extract the files e.g.

	$ tar -zxvf MamboVx.x.x-Stable.tar.gz

	This will extract all Mambo files and directories.  Move the contents
	of that directory into a directory within your web server's document
	root or your public HTML directory e.g.

	$ mv /tmp/Mambo/* /var/www/html

	Alternatively if you downloaded the file to your computer and unpacked
	it locally use a FTP program to upload all files to your server.
	Make sure all PHP, HTML, CSS and JS files are sent in ASCII mode and
	image files (GIF, JPG, PNG) in BINARY mode.


2. CREATE THE Mambo DATABASE

	Mambo will currently only work with MySQL.  In the following examples,
	"db_user" is an example MySQL user which has the CREATE and GRANT
	privileges.  You will need to use the appropriate user name for your
	system.

	First, you must create a new database for your Mambo site e.g.

	$ mysqladmin -u db_user -p create Mambo

	MySQL will prompt for the 'db_user' database password and then create
	the initial database files.  Next you must login and set the access
	database rights e.g.

	$ mysql -u db_user -p

	Again, you will be asked for the 'db_user' database password.  At the
	MySQL prompt, enter following command:

	GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON Mambo.*
		TO nobody@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

	where:

	'Mambo' is the name of your database
	'nobody@localhost' is the userid of your webserver MySQL account
	'password' is the password required to log in as the MySQL user

	If successful, MySQL will reply with

	Query OK, 0 rows affected

	to activate the new permissions you must enter the command

	flush privileges;

	and then enter '\q' to exit MySQL.

	Alternatively you can use your web control panel or phpMyAdmin to
	create a database for Mambo.


3. WEB INSTALLER

Finally point your web browser to http://www.mysite.com where the Mambo web
based installer will guide you through the rest of the installation.


4. CONFIGURE Mambo

You can now launch your browser and point it to your Mambo site e.g.
   
   http://www.mysite.com -> Main Site
   http://www.mysite.com/administrator -> Admin
   
You can log into Admin using the username 'admin' along with the
password that was generated or you chose during the web based install.

   
MAMBO ADMINISTRATION
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Upon a new installation, your Mambo website defaults to a very basic
configuration with only a few active components, modules and templates
(CMTs).

Use Admin to install and configure additional CMTs, add users, select
default language and much more.

Note that additional community-contributed CMTs and languages are
available at http://mamboforge.net.