How Can I Integrate Joomla On A Section On My Homepage, Rather Than Using The Install Page?
July 21, 2009 under FAQ
I want to integrate Joomla on my homepage like www.mypage.com rather than www.mypage.com/joomla/index.php? There is a section on my homepage where I’m wanting to update with a cms… I see over 9000 sites that do it and I can’t figure it out.
Can someone please help me?
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Hi, if you just start make new Joomla installation, you can upload all installation (like: administrator folder, components folder, modules folder, configuration.php file, etc.) directly to the main root of your server (like: public_html, htdocs, etc.). If you do this, your page is http://www.mypage.com because index.php file directly on your server’s main root. Do not upload your Joomla in folder (something like public_html/joomla or htdocs/your_folder). If you do so, your page will http://www.mypage.com/joomla/index.php? or http://www.mypage.com/your_folder/index.php?.
But, if you have installed Joomla in a section of your server (like subdomain of your server) you can easily “redirect” your subdomain web address ( http://www.mypage.com/joomla/index.php?) to your homepage (www.mypage.com). It works if your server has Control Panel(CP) facility. In CP, you can click “Redirects” menu (usually in Domain section). Then, enter your subdomain (www.mypage.com/joomla/index.php?), enter “redirects to” with your homepage (www.mypage.com). Choose type permanent or temporary. Then, click “Add” button. Now, if someone type http://www.mypage.com, your web automatically open http://www.mypage.com/joomla/index.php?.
Alternatively, if your server doesn’t have CP you can type this script in head area of your index.php of your subdomain (www.mypage.com/joomla/index.php?):
In my experience, using Control Panel always works, but using script not always works. So, I recommend to use Control Panel.
OK, I hope it’s useful.
Unzip the Joomla installer package to your desktop, on your PC.
Then, using an FTP client, upload all the loose folders and files to your webroot. This is the folder on the server that is also called public_html or just /html. Don’t upload the single Joomla folder to your site, the URL will be wrong then, it will be http://www.yourdomain.com/joomla/index.php — with an unwanted level in the middle. Just FTP all the LOOSE folders and files within the Joomla folder, up to your site. Don’t put them within a folder.
Then your joomla index page will be: http://www.yourdomain.com. It will also be http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php if coming back to the home page from within the site.
The first job you should do is download the sh404SEF URL and metadata plugin and install that. It fixes all kinds of URL (page address) issues and gives you URLs of any type you want. For a guide to using it see in the links below. Then you can have the right URLs.
Personally I would use Joomla 1.0.15 version and not the new 1.5 series but it’s up to you. Joomla downloads, sh404 download, and sh404 guides are referenced below. Also a forum where you can ask about these issues.
Make sure to download the Joomla 1.0.15 Full Package ZIP, and the [sh404] com_sh404SEF_1.3.8_build_337.joomla1.0.x… - to match it.