Lesson -1 Introduction and Installation of Joomla

Joomla Introduction and Installation

Joomla is an open source Content Management System(CMS). Joomla is written in PHP and Is compatible with MySQL and MS SQL Server.

Installation of Joomla on WAMP Server on Localhost

I divided the installation of joomla in following steps. This tutorial is helpful to install joomla on WAMP Server on localhost:-

Step 1:-

Download the code for joomla by clicking on the following link:-

http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5428-joomla-256-released.html

After downloading extract the files

Step 2:-

Then go to the C->WAMP->www and create a folder and give it name joomla( this name can be anything)

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Step 3:-

Then open the folder where you extract your joomla code and paste it in this folder (which you created in www folder)

Step 4:-

Now start the wamp server and open the phpmyadmin and create the database where joomla stored the data. I am creating the database and give it name TechAltum

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Step 5:-

Now start the wamp server and open the localhost by typing the following code:-

Localhost:80/joomla

As genralley the port will be 80 but if you are running two  server then the port number will be changed as I am using port number 8080. So I will type the following url:-

http://localhost:8080/joomla/

it will open the following page:-

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This is joomla installation page. Select language and press next

Step 6:-

In this step this is pre installation checking.

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All option must be true.

Step 7:-

This is joomla license window just press next

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Step 8:-

In this step connect your database with your joomla. As we are installing on localhost so put host name as localhost and username is root. Enter your database name and press next.

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Step 9:-

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As we are installing on localhost so we need not to install any FTP details so skip this page and press next

Step 10:-

In this step give the site name and set your username and pwd so that after installing you can login at joomla administrator and work on it.

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Step 11:-

Now your joomla installed on your system. This is the step where you have to delete your installation folder. This step is for security concern. Without doing this step you cannot work on joomla.

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If you do not remove the installation folder in this step then you cannot move further. In that case go the C->WAMP->www->joomla and delete the installation folder.

Now click on site and you will get following sample window:-

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If you press administrator then you will get following window where you will enter your login id and pwd which you set at the time of installation

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After login you will get following window and you can start work on joomla

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