Can I Use Joomla Without Hosting To Make A Practice Site On?
January 8, 2010 under FAQ
or do I need to have hosting first? What is the best ecommerce hosting to get ? Thanks!!
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No. You need a host,and a freehost won’t do either: you will not be allowed to install or run it.
You can get simple Php Mysql hostings for less than 100$/year, so it is not really a problem.
Joomla has XAMPP, a pre-configured web-site so you can work on code, at home, on one machine. Or, you can split that to an intranet, or you can split that to a host, client. Joomla is so versatile, you really should read the only book on the framework. “Building Websites with Joomla 1.5.” Packt Publishing.
of course you can
you need to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL on your computer to simulate a real web server.
Ask google for “XAMPP” download. After install it, you can install and run joomla on your machine.
Put the joomla files into xampp_installation_folderhtdocsyour_jo… and then start Apache and MySQL via XAMPP control panel.
And now, you can access your joomla site in browser using address http://localhost/your_joomla_folder
Good luck…
Yes, you can. You do NOT need a host to practice using Joomla. All you need is a computer with an a service on it that will run PHP code along with a MySql Database. XAMPP is a great tool that will do this. Download it here:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Then read up on how to use it. There is a bit of a learning curve, but you should be able to get it off the ground in a couple of hours max..if you run into trouble, come on back here.
This will let you load and view your joomla site on your local machine. It will not be viewable on the internet, but it is great for development and practice.