You now need to create the DB where ACH is going to live. MySQL: mysqladmin -u dba_user -p create ach mysql -u dba_user -p GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ach.* TO ach@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'passwd'; mysql -u ach -p passwd ach < %%WWWDIR%%/db.sql In %%WWWDIR%%/code/common_db.php, add your database connection details: $dbhost = '127.0.0.1'; $dbusername = 'ach'; $dbuserpassword = 'passwd'; $default_dbname = 'ach'; At the top of %%WWWDIR%%/parts/includes.php, edit the following lines to reflect your environment, replacing SITEURL with your own domain and application URL. Do not include a trailing slash (eg. domain.com instead of domain.com/) in the PHP base_URL variable. You also need to add appropriate configuration directives to your webserver. A typical configuration might read: Alias /ach "%%WWWDIR%%" Options Indexes FollowSymlinks AllowOverride All Order allow,deny Allow from all Finally, change the RewriteBase URL in %%WWWDIR%%/.htaccess so it matches the URL in the Alias directive above, e.g.: RewriteBase /ach