Written by Douglas Robar     For umbraco versions: umbraco3.0

Install and setup
A step-by-step guide to install and configure everything you need to run umbraco 3.0.x on Windows XP Pro. (including IIS, MSXML, .NET Framework, AJAX, SQL Server 2005 Express, SQL Server Management Studios Express, and umbraco 3.0.x)

Chapters

Configure umbraco 3.0.x

You will need to edit the web.config file to specify the location and connection string information for your database.

  1. Using My Computer or the Windows Explorer, navigate to the folder containing the umbraco web site files.
    Note: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot, according to these instructions.
  2. Double-click the Web.config file.
    umb_config_01
  3. If prompted, select the radio button next to “Select the program from a list”, click OK, click Notepad, place a check mark in the box next to “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file”, and click OK.
  4. Near the bottom of the file, find the following line:
        <add key="umbracoDbDSN" value="Server=SERVERNAME;
          Database=DATABASE;User ID=DBUSER;
          Password=DBPASSWORD;Trusted_Connection=False"/>
  5. Modify the following umbracoDbDSN items to match your database configuration.
    Note: according to these instructions, the values would be as follows, though your settings will likely be different:
        Server=127.0.0.1
        Database=umbracoCMS
        User ID=umbracoUser
        Password=denmark
        Trusted_Connection=False
    umb_config_02
  6. Save the Web.config file.

Set up umbraco from a web browser

  1. Using a web browser, navigate to http://localhost.
    umb_config_03
  2. Click Next.
    umb_config_04
  3. Click Next.
    umb_config_05
  4. Click Install.
    umb_config_06
  5. Click Next.
    umb_config_07
    Note: If there are any permission problems, return to Set File Permissions, above.
  6. Click Next.
    umb_config_08
  7. Enter a password for the umbraco user interface, and click Change Password.
    umb_config_09
  8. Click Next.
    umb_config_10 

Finalize umbraco configuration

  1. Finally, delete the \install folder
    Note: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\install, according to these instructions.

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