Folio — Portfolio Platform

First-run setup. This takes about a minute.

Step 1 · DatabaseStep 2 · WebsiteStep 3 · Your account

System check

✓PHP 8.0 or newer — this server runs PHP 8.3.36
✓PDO MySQL extension — available
✓mbstring extension — available
✓_core folder is writable — the installer can write the config file
✓GD extension (gallery thumbnails) — available

Database

Host Database name

Database user Database password

Create the database first in your hosting panel (e.g. MySQL Databases), then enter its details here.

Website Site URL

Admin host Site title

The admin panel only answers on the admin host. Leave blank to run it on the site domain itself (your-site.com/admin) — nothing else to set up. Only fill this in if you have a separate admin subdomain pointed at the admin/ folder.

Your admin account Username

Password (12+ characters, letters & numbers) Repeat password

Load demo content — fictional sample projects, publications and skills for “Alex Carter”, so you can see the platform working. Easy to replace or delete in the admin.