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Tutorial Joomla! & Webmater Tips Installing Joomla! 1.5.x in localhost
Tutorial Joomla! & Webmater Tips Installing Joomla! 1.5.x in localhost
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| Intro… Joomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone. -Joomla.org Ok, I’m sure that most of web developers know what Joomla is. Formerly Joomla has 1.0.x version that is their first wave of Joomla product. After 1.0, now they came out with new version of Joomla known as Joomla! 1.5.x that has lots of improvement. This tutorial teaches you in details how to install Joomla 1.5.x into your localhost web server. Trust me; it’s really simple and easy as you read A,B,C. First you need to install a web server application before you can proceed with this Joomla installation tutorial. Click here to see web server installation tutorial. The Arrival… First of all, you need to download Joomla file from the www.joomla.org website. Just open your web browser and type the URL address: www.joomla.org or you can directly go to Joomla download page at www.joomla.org/download.html to get the latest Joomla and its download link. You also can download Joomla! at my download section. Click Here to go to my download section. After finish loading the website, you can click the latest version of Joomla 1.5. In this case, the latest version is 1.5.9 so, click to the link and download.  Figure 1.0 The full package file is usually around 5-6mb only. In this case, Joomla! 1.5.9 size is 5.78mb. You need to wait in order to give time for download process finish and it may take couple of minutes depend on your internet connection speed.  Figure 2.0 After complete downloading the Joomla full package file, navigate to the folder that you save the .zip file. For example, if you download and save the package to your Desktop, it should be available in your desktop. In this Joomla version I download, I get the file name as Joomla_1.5.9-Stable-Full_Package.zip This name is the default name given by the download server for the package file. You are free to change the file name if you want to do so. The package file is in .zip format, so you need the Winzip application in order to extract it. Usually the windows have the application build with the operating system. The Beginning… Now we have the Joomla full package file. Now we need to copy the .zip package file to the localhost folder. What is localhost and how do I install it? Ok, just refer here! Back to the topic, now you copy the zip package file by right click on it and go to C:\wamp\www and paste the .zip package file into the “www” folder.  Figure 3.0 Still confuse where to find the www folder? Don’t worry; let’s make it simpler and easier for you. Now run the WAMP Server application that you have installed in your computer. Look at the taskbar, and it should display the WAMP Server icon. Now left click the icon and you need to click on the www directory. Now, the www folder will open for you and what are you waiting for? Just copy and paste the full package file as mention above. Why we need to place the Joomla! .zip full package file into www folder? Ok, here some simple explanation about that, WAMP Server is a package of MySQL, PHP, Apache. The combination of those components will help the computer to run or execute the server side script since Joomla is using PHP script and it is also a server side scripting. “www” folder is set by the WAMP Server as the target folder to act as index and run PHP script from the folder. So, every PHP script that want to be execute need to be place in www folder. I think that enough to explain about that. You can Google it if you want to know more detail. Settle with copy and paste process. Now we need to extract the .zip file that we have copy in the www folder. To make the process easier, just rename the file as “joomla”. Then, just right click on the zip file that we copy previously, and then choose WinZip – Extract to folder C:\wamp\www\joomla This process may vary from your computer because the setting of WinZip is not same as mine. So, just search for an option that can extract the zip file into the folder. Others than WinZip, you also can use such as WinRAR, 7Zip or other extracting tool.  Figure 4.0 Now we got the new folder name as joomla after we extract the zip file. You should have a view like this from in your www folder:  Figure 5.0 Ok, if you got the folder joomla, that mean you are on a right track. Good job. The awakening of Joomla! 1.5 Now time to install the Joomla into web server and I’m sure this is the step that you all are waiting for. Ok, next you need to open your web browser and go to the URL: http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1 that also will redirect you to the www folder. Now you can see that under the My Projects, it will show folder name as joomla that we have extract from the zip file and it will view as shown below:  Figure 6.0 Now, click on the link named as joomla and it should display the installation page of Joomla! 1.5.x that we want to install. The screen should display like this:  Figure 7.0 Now you can choose language that you prefer. In this tutorial, I used en-US – English (US) language for my Joomla installation. After selecting the preferred language, now click Next button that can be found on top of right installation screen. Next you will be show the pre-installation check page. This page display the check result of the Joomla installation requirement and the server configuration is met with the minimum requirement or not. This screen should display like this:  Figure 8.0 Most of the web server application will met the Joomla installation requirement but some of the web server have problem with the requirement but usually it is not a major problem. I’ve do several test of Joomla installation with different web server, usually the error only occur under the Recommended Settings, the Display Errors ware recommended as Off but the actual web server behavior will On that function. If you face this problem, don’t worry, you can fix it by left click on the WAMP Server icon, go to PHP – PHP Settings, and then you look for display errors and mark off it by click on it. Here the screenshot:  Figure 9.0 After that, go back to the web browser and push the Check Again button to recheck the PHP configuration is change or not. Then you will get the result as recommended like the in the figure 8.0. You can found the Check Again button on top right of the installation page like shown below:  Figure 10.0 Ok, now the installation configuration should meet the minimum requirement of Joomla installation. So, we can proceed to the next step that is the 3rd step of Joomla installation. In this step, you need to accept the GNU General Public License. Joomla is under the GNU GPL protection. So, you can read the license that also includes the term and condition, distribution and modification of Joomla.  Figure 11.0 After finish read the license, you need to click next button in order to move to the next installation screen. Now you will get the database configuration setup screen for your Joomla. This is the crucial part of the Joomla installation. This part will configure your host name, database name, database username and database password. Ok, let’s make it simple. Here the configuration that I use in this tutorial: Basic Setting Database Type: MySQL Host Name: localhost Username: root Password: (Leave it blank) Database Name: myjoomla Advance Setting Backup-up Old Table (Let it be as default) Table Prefix: jos_ (Let it be as default)  Figure 12.0 Maybe you still wondering why should those configurations we set. Ok, first is about the database, we use the Wamp server, so its support “mysql” database. Second is host name we put “localhost” because the web server that we install in local PC is called as localhost and it is the prefix that we use. About the username we put it as “root” because the default username in phpmyadmin is root and the password; we leave it blank because we don’t setup any user privilege with password in phpmyadmin configuration and the default setting in phpmyadmin is no password. Database name is given as “myjoomla”. This name you can change according to what you want. Database will be automatically created in the phpmyadmin based on the database name given by you. In the tab of Advance Settings, I recommend that you let it be as default given by Joomla setup page. Ok, I think that enough explanations about the setting. After done doing the setting, click Next button on top of installation screen. After you click the Next button, you will be directed to next setup screen that is the FTP configuration. FTP is the abbreviation for File Transfer Protocol that is use to do file transfer file or data between your PC or lappy into the web server. Ok, in this case, we install Joomla in the localhost web server. So, we just set to No for Enable file FTP system layer. If you are installing the Joomla in a live server, it is important for you to setup the FTP system layer. (Please refer to the FTP setup tutorial for the live webserver in my Joomla tutorial) In the Advance Setting, the value you should have is: FTP Host: 127.0.0.1 FTP Port: 21 Save FTP Password: No  Figure 13.0 After complete like in the figure 13.0 now you can click Next button and you will be proceed to the next setup screen called as Configuration. Here you will setup or configure the general information about your website. It is simple because you just need to fill-up several text boxes. Here some quick guide to it: Site Name: My Joomla! (You can change anything you want) Your Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Of course you can put your own email) Admin Password: ****** (You can put anything you want) (Minimum 6 characters) Confirm Admin Password: ****** (Repeat again the same password as above)  Figure 14.0 You should set the screen like in the figure 14.0 Ok, done with that, now if you scroll down the setup screen, you will see the others configuration that ask you to install default sample data or not. So, you click to “Install Sample Data” button. Please refer figure 15.0 in order to ensure that you do the correct things. The others configuration you can leave it as it be. Here the figure 15.0 that show the configuration:  Figure 15.0 Ok, I think it is a simple step. I’m sure that you are able to follow it. Now click on Next button, and you will be directed to the finish setup screen that will show the information of the default username that you can use as administrator login. The default username is: admin and the password is the same password you set in figure 14.0  Figure 16.0 Look good right, but you are not finish yet! Now you need to delete the folder name as “installation” in your joomla folder that would be usually place in “C:\wamp\www\joomla” Just browse to the Wamp folder and go into the joomla folder and you will found the installation folder.  Figure 17.0 Delete the folder because the Joomla security required the folder to be deleted if you want to use it. After you’ve deleted the installation folder, you just need to decide to go to website or to go to administrator page for your web. Ok, I suggest you to click go to “Site” and you will be directed to the home page of your Joomla with sample data and it should be look like this in the figure 18.0:  Figure 18.0 Impressive right? Ok, this is the sample page. You can access the administrator page by enter the URL http://localhost/joomla/administrator then it will direct you to the admin login page as shown below in figure 19.0:  Figure 19.0 Congratulation! Now you have successfully install Joomla! 1.5.x into your web server and you can start to build your own website using Joomla CMS. Don’t know how to use Joomla? Wow, that a really big question. You need to wait for my next tutorial maybe on the Joomla administrator function in details. Anyway, you can try to explore yourself since Joomla is really user friendly I think. It is easier to understand compared to other CMS. Ok, I think that will help you to install Joomla in your web server. Thanks for your reading and hopefully my tutorial can help you to install Joomla successfully. Hope you enjoy with this tutorial and stay tune for my next tutorial.
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  written by Toby, February 24, 2009
Wow, yesterday i browse and read about your tutorial on web server installation. today asyraf.org have the step by step joomla 1.5 installation in localhost tutorial. i think that a good guideline for everyone that want to gain knowledge about joomla. Good job... Keep on upload new tutorial.
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written by mizxnur, February 24, 2009
Thanks for this tutorial...really helpful and now i'm able to install and use joomla. really help me to complete my job. thanks. maybe u can make tutorial regarding to the admin of joomla.
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written by Sarah, February 25, 2009
Thanks for your really nice step by step tut. i really enjoyed following your tut. install wamp and joomla. Can you upload tutorial on FTP setting for live server?
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 written by Asyraf, February 26, 2009
mizxnur: good to hear that my tutorial help u
 soon i'll upload tutorial regarding on the admin but not cover all admin function. maybe part by part. stay tune... Sarah: I've upload the tutorial regarding to the FTP setting for live server. Please do search. Here the link: http://www.asyraf.org/tutorial...ation.html report abuse
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written by Sarah, February 26, 2009
Thanks for the live server ftp setting tutorial. now i understand how to set the ftp for joomla installation. good tutorial... thanks...hey, i really can't wait for ur admin panel tutorial.
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written by Rethnaraj, March 06, 2009
Hello bang asyraf,
saya raj,18 from banting. saya nak buat satu website baru. oleh itu, saya sdng fikir which one to choose( wordpress and jooomla). pls advise me. u visit my current web page http://rethnaraj.blogspot.com u will know purpose of my site.. so, pls advise me report abuse
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written by Calvyn, March 25, 2009
will bookmark ur page, and share with my friend who need
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written by gans, May 05, 2009
Hi, Thanks a lot for your great tutorial... I have set up my joomla 1.5.10 site with your tutorial without any error. I have finish it successfully with in 30 mins.
 I will regularly check out this site for more useful informations. Thanks again. great job!
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