Installation Caveats We are doing a manual install Several steps have been taken care of ahead of time We are using a WAMP server (Windowsbased setup)
Installation Summary Prep the server Download the software from Joomla.org Unpack the software Run the installer
Prep the Server Make sure you can login Backup any existing files on the server Create a blank database for Joomla via MyPHPAdmin Create a new FTP user for Joomla Determine your Server OS Determine your PHP version (PHP 5 highly recommended) Test your Website
Download the Software Download the latest version of the software from Joomla.org Zip package: http://www.joomla.org/download.html Other packages: http://joomlacode.org/gf/project/joomla/frs/ Current version for 1.5.x: 1.5.7 Current version for 1.0.x: 1.0.15 Note: Joomla 1.0 is end of life in June 2009
Unpacking the Software Depending on your OS, unpacking will use different packages, i.e. tar.gz, tar.bz2. Check your server for available unpacking software (zip, tar/gzip, tar/bzip) For this demo, we are using the ZIP package.
Unpack the software to the web root of your server account
Run the Installer Go to your site: i.e. http://localhost/foodpantry for our demo
The installer will begin Follow the directions and fill in the blanks!
Run the Installer – Step-by-step Language Pre-installation check License Database FTP Configuration Site Configuration Finish! (Don’t forget to remove the install directory)
Let’s Install Joomla! What are we going to do: Unpack the software Run through the install program View our new site
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