CiviCRM

Preparing development environment

PHP 8.x
WP-CLI
1. Installing via Homebrew would be the easiest option for macOS users.
2. If not, all other installation options can be found in the same page.
MySQL 5.7.5+ or MariaDB 10.2+

First we will setup a WordPress site on top of which we will setup CiviCRM. For creating the WordPress site we will require a database.

Login to the MySQL terminal
```
mysql -u root -p
```
From the MySQL terminal, create a database
```
create database civicrm;
exit
```

Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/coloredcow/civicrm.git

Change to project root directory
```
cd civicrm
```
Create the WordPress config file (specify the correct database credentials)
```
wp config create --dbname=civicrm --dbuser=root --dbpass=
```

Install WordPress and create admin

wp core install --url=civicrm.test --title="CiviCRM" --admin_user=admin --admin_password=admin --admin_email=admin@example.com

Activate the plugin
```
wp plugin activate civicrm
```
Go to https://civicrm.test/wp-admin and configure CiviCRM.
1. Check all the Components
2. And click on Install CiviCRM

You probably don't need to do it. @pokhiii has already done these and pushed it in this repository.

WordPress site setup

First we will setup a WordPress site on top of which we will setup CiviCRM. For creating the WordPress site we will require a database.

Login to the MySQL terminal
```
mysql -u root -p
```
From the MySQL terminal, create a database
```
create database civicrm;
exit
```
Make project directory
```
mkdir civicrm
```
Change to the project diretory
```
cd civicrm
```
Download the WordPress core files in the current diretory
```
wp core download
```
Create the WordPress config file (specify the correct database credentials)
```
wp config create --dbname=civicrm --dbuser=root --dbpass=
```

Install WordPress and create admin

wp core install --url=civicrm.test --title="CiviCRM" --admin_user=admin --admin_password=admin --admin_email=admin@example.com

Create a virtual host
```
valet link civicrm
```
Secure the virtual host
```
valet secure civicrm
```
Go to https://civicrm.test/wp-admin and login using the admin credentials step 7.

In the project directory, run the following command to download the CiviCRM plugin
```
wp plugin install https://download.civicrm.org/civicrm-5.73.2-wordpress.zip
```
Activate the plugin
```
wp plugin activate civicrm
```
Go to https://civicrm.test/wp-admin and configure CiviCRM.
1. Check all the Components
2. And click on Install CiviCRM