Install XAMPP.

In XAMPP, start Apache and MySQL.

Log in to phpMyAdmin by navigating to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ in your browser.

Create a database in phpMyAdmin named "ffdb".

Create a table in ffdb named food_entries with seven columns:

• Building (varchar(255))
• Location (varchar(255))
• FoodCategory (varchar(10))
• FoodType (varchar(255))
• FoodDescription (varchar(255))
• id (int(255))
• price (varchar(255))
• Votes (int - default 0)
• syncsts (tinyint - default value 0) - this will possibly be used for syncing new entries.

Create another table in ffdb named users with 4 columns:

• user_id (varchar(255))
• submissions(int()- default 0)
• comments (int()- default 0)
• karma (int()- default 0)

Create another table in ffdb named votes with 2 columns:

• id (int(255))
• user_id (varchar(255))

Create another table in ffdb named food_entry_comment with 2 columns:

• id (int(255))
• comment (varchar(1000))

In FFDBController change the IP_ADDRESS IP address to the address of your local machine.

Create a folder in xampp/htdocs named foodflip and copy the contents of the php folder to xampp/htdocs/foodflip.

In XAMPP click on Shell.

In the bash that opens up, type mysql -u root -p. When it asks for a password, just press ENTER.

You should now see 'mysql>' on the left. Type the following, pressing ENTER after each input:

• use mysql;
• UPDATE mysql.user
• SET Password=PASSWORD("admin")
• WHERE User="root";
• FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
• exit

Back in XAMPP click on Config for Apache, then click phpMyAdmin (config.inc.php).

Find the line that says "$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';" and change it to "$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'admin';".