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Author: Jenny Nguyen
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To start a new Joomla 1.5 installation package, you first need to download the Xampp package. - You can download xampp here - You can download joomla 1.5 here After you have downloaded the Xampp package, install it onto you computer. Once you have downloaded the Joomla 1.5 software package, unzip it into the Xampp htdocs folder. The path may look something like this: For you to configure PHP and MySQL with IIS (webserver windows), the directory would typically be C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/. However, I would advice for Joomla you use the Apache server. Moreover you should purchase a Linux hosting services that provide automatic installation of Joomla. attention : You server should have SAFE MODE switch to OFF. After you have unpackaged the joomla file, you can browse it on the server using the following URL: Depending on what you have named the folder, in this example I have named the folder joomla15. So the URL is Immediately you will see the following setup page. Step 1: Language In this step, you will select the language for your installation, the default is English, in addition to many other languages.
Step 2: Pre-Installation Check This step will perform some checks to ensure that your system meets the Joomla installation requirements. These are two small parts:
Part 1 is the system settings that you must meet in order for the installation process can go smoothly, if there are any settings in this section are reviews of your red, you must seek to repeated, and then click Check Again to check back.
Part 2 does not impact much of the Joomla installation process, but it will affect the future operations of Joomla, if you have a few settings that are not met (in red font), it is ok, however it is better that you meet all the requirement as illustrated below. I have set register_global to not satifying the requirement, because some of the other packages I will install require it to be On.
Step 3: License: Read and accept a long list of terms and conditions the the license agreement. Step 4: Database:
This is a very important step and it causes many difficulties for the newbie. - Database Type: MySQL now supports MySQL and MySQLi 2 standard (higher), choose mysql - Host Name: if you use MySQL on the machine you install Joomla (90% of cases), you fill in the localhost, but in other cases, you use the MySQL database and accessed through a different machine. Please enter the host name or IP of that host here. - Username: your MySQL account, if you use localhost it is usually a root account (the account with the highest priority), in case you are using shared hosting account, you may have limited features. If you do not know your MySQL account information, please contact your hosting provider for specific instructions. - Password: account password to MySQL database. - Check user's create privileges: this step will check on the rights of the mysql account, if your account has sufficient rights to create new database, then this step is completed. Otherwise if your account has limited access, please contact your hosting provider to request a new account. - Available collations: this step will allow you to choose how the database is encrypted, select Utf8_general_ci. - Database name: this step will enable you to name your database so choose a clear and a relevant name that is specific to your website name. - Advanced Settings: here you should consider to use section prefix. Prefix are characters that will be added to the front of the database table name, enabling your database table to distinguish them from the other database tables. If you plan to install one of these components for Joomla, make a list right now and learn how to use them before installing the software. Step 5: FTP Configuration This step can be omitted if localhost is installed, if installed directly on the host, complete the information requested. Step 6: Configuration
- Install default sample data: if you are not familiar with Joomla, please install the sample data so you can have a quick overview of how Joomla works. You can easily remove the data later on. - Load local Joomla! 1.5 SQL script: if you install a previous page using 1.5 and want to use the data you have on the page, export data from old 1.5 version and load it here. Note the table prefix, you need another table prefix giogn in both the old and new, are encoded in Unicode (utf8) and database matches the structure of Joomla 1.5 - Load the migration script: this is to upgrade from version 1.0.x site to 1.5. You will learn more about this subsequent articles. The final part is to fill in the Site Name and confirm the admin email and password. Step 7: Finish At this point you have completed all the steps in the installation of Joomla. Now remove the installation folder from thei file system to secure your website. Did you like this tip?
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