Joomla
1. Download script (always from official website)
http://joomlacode.org/gf/download/frsrelease/10785/42655/Joomla_1.5.14-Stable-Full_Package.zip
2. Now there are 2 ways depending of your hosting.
-unzip it localy if you not managing webserver yourself to local folder and upload all files as below:
Then just go to your website http://yourdomain.com/ in the browser and installation will start automatically.
3. That needs to be done about 24h before instalation as DNS changes are propagating with average TTL 24h (it could be even 36h for some hosts). The domain name and pointed it to my server. You need to point DNS record to your webserver. That is basic stuff. I set the domain up on my server and created a mysql database for this application. That’s more basic stuff.
How to create SQL database? It is very simple and you can do it in the Control Panel from you hosting provider, or locally if you are administrator of web server.
The first screen asks you to choose your language. Simple enough. Since I speak English, I kept the default “English” setting and hit the “Next” button.
The next screen checks the server to see if everything is set correctly and if Joomla is able to utilize it’s resources. In my case, everything checked out fine, but I was told that the “configuration.php” was not writable. After reading the instructions, I found out that this is a regular occurance. I actually didn’t see a “configuration.php” file. I clicked to the “Common Issues & Error Handling” page and read about it. The page gave a few options:
* Do a manual installation
* Create a completely empty file, name it as configuration.php and upload it to your joomla_root/ directory before commencing the installation. Joomla! will then enter the details as the installation proceeds as normal.
* Wait until the end of the installation when at Step 7 the Finished Screen is displayed a list of the variables and settings for the configuration.php file will be displayed. These should then be copied and pasted into a new text document and saved as configuration.php
* As with the last suggestion wait until the end and using the information provided in Step7 manually alter the content of the configuration.php-dist file (this is simply an example file and not a part of the functioning installation) included with all Joomla! installations. There is clearly a greater chance with this method of making mistakes so greater care should be taken. Once the variables have been correctly edited, change the name of this file and save it as configuration.php
I decided to go with creating an empty file named, “configuration.php” and upload it to the root directory. I also chmod the file to 777.
This time, everything checked out, so I clicked the “Next” button.
The next screen is nothing but the license agreement. I read the entire thing and understood it. Then, I clicked the “Next” button.
The next screen is the database configuration. Remember that empty database you have sitting there? Well, you have to fill in the required information.
I entered the information and clicked the “Next” button.
The next screen is the FTP configuration. This is the first time I have come across something like this, but I filled in the FTP information. They suggest to create a local FTP account and not use one that can control the entire server.
Since I am getting slow in my old age, I placed in the FTP username and password and then clicked the autofind path button. That worked and filled in the path automatically.
The next screen is the main configuration. I placed in the main (Super Administrator) email address and password. Then, I clicked the “Install Sample Data” button. I was told that the sample data imported properly.
A word of warning: My first attempt at installing this application gave me an error message that read, “Error: the XML response that was returned from the server is invalid.” on the FTP page and when I tried to install the sample data on the main configuration page. The reason for this had to do with the “configuration.php” file. I needed to upload one and set the permissions correctly. After I did that, I was able to pass those pages. You can read more about the issue here.
The last page looked like this…
Basically, the page gives you the option to view your site or log in to the admin section. I always like to log in to the admin section so I can get the URL. Also, the system says to delete the entire “installation” directory. Lastly, I like to download the now populated config file for backup.
To log in to the admin area, the username is “admin.” Obviously, you should change this.
Once you are logged in to ADMIN CP you can make all changes there including template.
go to Extensions – > Template Manager:
and select one of templates with avaliable buttons as above:
by defult there are only 2, but you can easy download some and put it up via FTP in the folder:
/templates/
some free templates avaliable here
and they gonna show up in CP,just click activate and thats it, you can with one click have unlimited number of designs to choose from for your website.
Plus there are thousands of extensions and plugins:
What can make your website even more attractive
More help http://help.joomla.org/content/category/15/99/132/.