Joomla

Joomla is an open source CMS (Content Management System). It is used for creating, editing and managing content. Using Joomla you can create any kind of website, from personal page, to business website. Joomla has two types of installation - Browser and Manual. Browser installation is very easy, so it can be used even by non-programmers. The Manual installation is not that easy, but by installing Joomla manual you can change a lot of settings.

Browser Installation:

Step1 – Select language. By default it is English.



Step2 – Check if the server meets the requirements.



Step3 – License Agreement. It is GNU GPL v2



Step4 – Database configuration. In the first field choose the database type. By default it is MySQL. In the second field you must fill the hostname. The third and fourth fields are the username and password fields, where you type your MySQL username and password. The last field is about the database name where you choose the name of your database.



Step5 – FTP configure. This part is similar to the database configuring. Again you must enter your username and password, but this time for the FTP system. Also you must enter the FTP Root Path. If you don’t know it, don’t worry it can be detected automatically. In the Advanced Settings section you must enter the FTP host (by default it is 127.0.0.1) and FTP port (21 by default).



Step6 – Fill the forms with your site name, your e-mail – on this mail are sent warnings, errors, messages and e-mails. Then enter and confirm your admin password. This password is used to enter the site as administrator, the default username is “admin”. On the next section you will find option to install sample data or to migrate from old database or backed-up one.



Step7 – Now the installation is done, but there is one more thing to be done. You must delete the directory named “installation”.