What You Need for This Book

To use this book, you will need the latest version of Mambo, which can be freely downloaded from http://mamboxchange.com/frs/?group_id=5. The steps to get Mambo up and running are detailed in Chapter 2.

To get Mambo running, you need a working Apache/MySQL/PHP (AMP) environment on your local machine. The detailed installation of the latest XAMPP package is covered in Appendix A.