You can start developing immediately by cloning it locally or to your server.
Speeding up and streamlining the development process
git clone https://github.com/ferdiozer/Codeigniter.git
If you have an SSL certificate, update the htaccess file as follows
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [L]
RewriteRule .* http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]