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XOOPS Cube Requirements

Whether you want to create your own personal website or social network with blog, forums, news, photo album, portfolio, etc. You need a reliable Web Host running Apache, MySQL and PHP.

XOOPS Cube will run smoothly on a LAMP environment. In most cases your site will be hosted on the popular open source web platform consisting of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Though XOOPS Cube can run on any other Operating System (OS) as well.

Server	Database	Server-Side

Apache version 1.xx or 2.xx	MySQL version 4.xx or 5.xx	PHP version 4.xx or 5.xx

Tools and Tutorials to personalize your web site

Beginners: For those wanting information firstly on how to setup XOOPS Cube Legacy and start your own website, we recommend starting with our Install Tutorial. You will also need to grab yourself a HTML Editor and eventually a Graphic Editor.

Intermediate: At this level you already know how to install XOOPS Cube Legacy, modules and blocks to create a basic website and are ready to start your own theme design. In this case, you might like to check out CSS Frameworks, Ajax librairies and online website tools. Dreamweaver Tutorials are also popular for those running a more professional website editor.

Advanced: Webmasters who have been around for quite a while will find our tutorials and Preloads samples useful, as well as our articles on how to extend Legacy and modules features.