Absolute Beginners Guide to Installing Joomla On Local Computer (xampp)
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Absolute Beginners Guide to Installing Joomla On Local Computer (xampp)
This is a simple tutorial to installing the joomla on local computer using xampp.
1. Download the Joomla Package, Unpack it.
2. Download the xampp and install it, start it. When the control panel of xampp
showing apache and mysql is running you can go to next step.
3. Show your browser to "http://localhost" or "http://127.0.0.1", now you will see
the start page of xampp. Select your language, click the PhpMyAdmin from the left menu.
4. Create a database, lets name it "joomla".
5. Create a directory for joomla site in side the "htdocs" directory of joomla, lets name the directory "myjoomla" .
6. Copy all the unpacke joomla files inside the directory you have just created (myjoomla).
7. Show your browser to "http://localhost/myjoomla", now you will see the installtion page of joomla.
8. Click Next and enter the database details
Host name : localhost
Database name : joomla
User Name : root
Password : just lieve it empty
9. Click Next, enter you email and password for the backend administrator
10. Click next, Now it is almost complete, it says delete the installation directory, ok delete it which is in the myjoomla directory inside the "htdocs" directory.
11. Congratulation! it is done, show your browser to "http://localhost/myjoomla now you will see your joomla site.
Tell me if you have any problem, I will watch this topic.
1. Download the Joomla Package, Unpack it.
2. Download the xampp and install it, start it. When the control panel of xampp
showing apache and mysql is running you can go to next step.
3. Show your browser to "http://localhost" or "http://127.0.0.1", now you will see
the start page of xampp. Select your language, click the PhpMyAdmin from the left menu.
4. Create a database, lets name it "joomla".
5. Create a directory for joomla site in side the "htdocs" directory of joomla, lets name the directory "myjoomla" .
6. Copy all the unpacke joomla files inside the directory you have just created (myjoomla).
7. Show your browser to "http://localhost/myjoomla", now you will see the installtion page of joomla.
8. Click Next and enter the database details
Host name : localhost
Database name : joomla
User Name : root
Password : just lieve it empty
9. Click Next, enter you email and password for the backend administrator
10. Click next, Now it is almost complete, it says delete the installation directory, ok delete it which is in the myjoomla directory inside the "htdocs" directory.
11. Congratulation! it is done, show your browser to "http://localhost/myjoomla now you will see your joomla site.
Tell me if you have any problem, I will watch this topic.
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Re: Absolute Beginners Guide to Installing Joomla On Local Computer (xampp)
Hey, umm...you lost me on step 5? I don't see a directory or htdocs no where
This is where I am at after step 4
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z56/Artress/data.jpg
This is where I am at after step 4
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z56/Artress/data.jpg
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Re: Absolute Beginners Guide to Installing Joomla On Local Computer (xampp)
The directory of "htdocs" is inside of the xampp directory.
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Re: Absolute Beginners Guide to Installing Joomla On Local Computer (xampp)
Yay! I did it! lol Thank you.
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Re: Absolute Beginners Guide to Installing Joomla On Local Computer (xampp)
Glad to know that it helped you.
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Re: Absolute Beginners Guide to Installing Joomla On Local Computer (xampp)
i all ready using xampp for development. after this how can i upload to live server???????
Re: Absolute Beginners Guide to Installing Joomla On Local Computer (xampp)
hii.
i have followed your tutorial, but not able to start the installation of joomla.
i have installed the xampp successfully, and followed your step.
but one error is coming.
Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
01/02/08 07:55:42
Apache/2.2.6 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.6 OpenSSL/0.9.8g mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.5
plz suggest me any option.
i have followed your tutorial, but not able to start the installation of joomla.
i have installed the xampp successfully, and followed your step.
but one error is coming.
Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
01/02/08 07:55:42
Apache/2.2.6 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.6 OpenSSL/0.9.8g mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.5
plz suggest me any option.