Joomla™ 3 Minute Installation -
Joomla installation in just 3 minutes guide

Objective:

Although there are documentations available on internet to install Joomla effectively and professionally, this document is meant to guide Joomla Learners to install basic Joomla within 3 minutes.

Technology Used:

• Joomla 1.5 TM
• PHP 5TM
• MySQL 5TM
• Apache HTTPD 2.2TM
• Mozilla FireFox 3.0 TM

Prerequisites:

Before we proceed with the installation of Joomla following things are required to run the Joomla setup.

1. PHP, Apache, and MySQL are installed and running on your machine.
2. All these should be well integrated and able to communicate with each other.
3. You have already created a database schema in MySQL and assigned user name and password to it. In our case let us take -

4. You have assigned rights to this user.
5. You have downloaded setup file of Joomla 1.5 in zip format from the Joomla site http://www.joomla.org/.
6. You have already unzipped the same in <webserver_home>/Joomla_test/

With all these preparations you are ready to start with Joomla 3 minutes Installation.

Installation:

1. Open your desired browser and type the URL http://localhost/joomla_test/administrator
2. You will see the installation screen. The installation process is divided into 7 step (as shown on left-hand side).
3. Select your default language. We have selected en-US – English (US) (Screen 1). Press Next button on top-right hand side to proceed.

 



Screen 1

4. In next step Joomla verifies the installed PHP, MySQL, Apache environment and if any of the required parameter is not satisfied it will mark the status in red color (Screen 2). Press Next button to proceed.

 


Screen 2

 

5. Next screen display the Joomla License Agreement (Screen 3). Read the same carefully and press Next button to proceed.



Screen 3

With this we completed 3 steps of Joomla installation in First minute. Before we proceed to next minute Step 4 – 6 require information related to database, email, password etc. so be handy with all these informations. Now, let’s enter the Second minute of Joomla 3 minute installation.

6. Step 4 requires your database details (Screen 4).  Enter the details as under and press  Next button to proceed –

Database type:	mysql
Host Name:	localhost
Database Schema Name:	joomla_test
Database Password:	dhyerh352
Database User:	joomla_test


Screen 4

7. Next step is for entering FTP (File Transfer Protocol) details (Screen 5). We will avoid the same and move to next step.


Screen 5

8. Step 6 is the last step of Joomla Installation to accept details from the user (Screen 6). Enter the following details –

Site Name:	joomla_test
Your Email:	<your email address>
Admin Password:	hd7hdgu
Confirm Admin Password:	hd7hdgu

* Safeguard the Admin password as the same will be required to access Admin Control Panel.

It is recommended to install sample data so as to enable you to see the effect after Joomla installation.


Click on the "Install Sample Data" button (Screen 7). Once installed successfully you will get the message "Sample data installed successfully".


Screen 6



Screen 7

9. Step 7 confirms successful installation of Joomla (Screen 8). It also tells you to completely remove the installation folder to safeguard the installation.


Screen 8


There are two buttons named "Site" and "Admin" at the top right hand corner of the screen. You can access your newly installed site and admin control panel by pressing these buttons.

Now let’s enter the Third minute of Joomla installation. In this minute we would just check the success of our installation.

10. Delete the installation folder. Go to <webserver_home>/Joomla_test/ and delete the "installation" folder.
11. Now run the site. As you have already installed the sample data, open the browser and type the URL http://localhost/Joomla_test/ to see the sample Joomla site.
12. To access Admin Control panel of Joomla type the following URL in browser http://localhost/Joomla_test/administrator/ . You will get the login screen. Enter the Admin password (as in Step 6 of Joomla. Point 8) to access Admin control panel.
13. If you want to check the Joomla Database then use any of the available client and provide the login details as mentioned in Point 6, Step 4.

This completes the installation process of Joomla. As estimated by the Subject Matter Expert (SME) the same should be over within 3 minutes. In case, it takes longer for the first time trying it for two or three times would make you comfortable to achieve within 3 minutes.

Other Resources:

To find more about Joomla kindly visit http://www.joomla.org/

Feedback:

We would appreciate any constructive feedback on this document. Please let us have your Suggestions, Corrections, or Modification at the given email.

               Manu Gupta
               contact@growthtechnosoft.com

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