Joomla Related Questions, Answers, Support and Help.

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[editor]

Hello webmasters,

We have added this thread to discuss any joomla related issues.

I will always come back here to answer your questions.

Hope you like it.

Cheers!
Editor.

[BigBros]

I am always here to take any question about this topic, contact me if you have more questions!

[afam4eva]

You can download joomla here: http://www.joomla.org

Make sure you don't download the latest version cos you'll run into problems if your PHP version is not recent.

[Lagoshost]

Make sure you don't download the latest version cos you'll run into problems if your PHP version is not recent.

that is very correct.

Afam, so you are alos here? Well glad to meet you again on another nigerian forum.

[editor]

At first I think it very difficult to install joomla when read the toturial at website which is too long.
But when I tried to setup by myself, it not difficult as that I think. You don’t need to know anythings about the coding because joomla is a  CMS software (Content Management System). Once you setup joomla, you just need to login as an admin and start your posting.

Tools that need to setup joomla:

1.Wamp Server:
-Wamp server is like phptriad because it have an apache, phpmyadmin, and mysql inside.
-can be download at http://www.wampserver.com/en

2.Download file installation joomla:
-can be download at http://www.joomla.org.
-suggest to download latest version.

How to install joomla:

1.Wamp server :
-Install wamp server
-Then open software wamp server and go to the taskbar and clik wamp icon.
-Click on 'put online' to activate wamp server.
-Then go to php>>php.ini then change to 'magic_quotes_gpc = Off' to 'magic_quotes_gpc = On'
-Then go to phpmyadmin (also at the taskbar) and create new database using any names that you choose and click create.
-After that go to the www directory and delete all files inside the folder to avoid certain file from clash with file joomla.

2.Extract Joomla installation packages:
-After that, extract file installation joomla into the folder www directory.
-if you want your  page more than one (exp: at main menu have a home and contact), create one folder inside www directory rename it with home and insert file installation joomla inside the folder.Also same for contact site.

3. Setup installation at localhost:
-Go to internet browser and type http://localhost and it goes to  setup installation joomla.
-Step 1:
Host Name: localhost
MySQL User Name: root
MySQL Password: 'leave blank'
MySQL Database Name: ' database name that you already create at phpmyadmin'

-Next Step: Based from the joomla version that installed. Important things, when you saw form for administrator password, don’t forget to insert the password because this will be used to access the manager at your website which can be use to post new topic settings and many more.

-Final Step : Go to www directory and delete folder installation joomla named 'installation'. If you didn’t delete that folder you probably cannot access that website.

4.Manage your website :
-Type http://localhost and you will be moved to your site which is totally constructed.What you can see inside is a website without any module and componen.
-To activate the module and componen, you just go to the joomla manager at http://localhost/administrator
-There have a lot of things that you can play around here such as create or post an article or new topic and insert module such as login box, last topic, and create poll.

That’s all good luck

[editor]

Waiting for your questions.

I want to make sure all of us can do it and do it well. I have done www.cfaithmedia.com using joolma and I am sure you can a better site.

So lets talk.

[editor]

How to install Joomla?

In this section you will learn how to install Joomla through Fantastico Autoinstaller. If your host don't have Fantastico, you can move your account to www.lagoshost.com since their server support Fantastico or you prefer to install Joomla 1.5 manually, you can check our tutorial on how to install Joomla 1.5 manually.

To start with the installation log into your cPanel and click the Fantastico De Luxe icon. You can learn more about cPanel from our cPanel Tutorial.

Find the Joomla 1.5 link on the left side of the screen and click it.

[editor]

After the above, then click New Installation.

Check the image below:

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This is part 3 and hope by now, you are already doing the last one. In the following form you will have to type in some informations about your future Joomla website.

You will have to specify the following information:

* Install in directory - this determines the address where your Joomla installation will be accessible at. If you want to use Joomla for your home page (e.g. www.yourdomainname.com) just leave this field blank.
   
* Admin access data - the username and password for accessing the administration panel of your Joomla installation.
   
* Admin e-mail - your e-mail address
* Admin full name - your full name
* Site Name - the name of your website that will be displayed on the front page
* Install Sample Data? - whether sample data should be installed to your Joomla. The sample data includes sample menu items and articles. If you are new to Joomla, we strongly advise you to install the sample data.

Once you have filled in the form, proceed by clicking on the Install Joomla 1.5 button. You will be asked to confirm the installation on the next page.

At the end of the installation you will receive information on how to login to your administration panel. You should bookmark the address of the administrator panel (e.g. www.yourdomainname.com/administrator) and remember your login credentials. 

If you experience problems with the installation of your Joomla website, do not hesitate to reply this thread as we are always here to help out.

[BigBros]

I need more response here. If you are currently using joomla, you want to learn or have got a theme, plugins and so on to share with us, please do that right here.!

[BigBros]

This link below will show you everything that you need to know about adding new admin from Myphpadmin:

http://docs.joomla.org/How_do_you_recover_your_admin_password%3F

Tell us about it if it worked for you.