How To Install Joomla For Win Xp?
July 27, 2009 under FAQ
Ive downloaded Joomla and have downloaded XAMP as well and have XAMP (which includes PHP, MYSQL and Filezilla). Not sure, how to get working, wanting to build my own CMS (content management system.) Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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If you are new to Joomla, downloading it is not the best way to go. You would be better off using Fantastico to install it directly on your web server (a 2 minute job.)
There are numerous reasons for this. I subscribe to a couple very good web hosts for less than $6 a month that have many CMS’s listed under the Fantastico script manager, Joomla included. If you are wanting to work offline, there are stand alone components you can download that will work with you Fantastico installed CMS.
Lastly, I would suggest you join your local Joomla Users Group where you can go to meetings and talk to people in person who can help you get started. You didn’t say what city you are in. There are many Joomla User Groups on Meetup.com now… it is just a matter of time before there is one in every city. I am the Meetup organizer of my local user group where hundreds of people in our city attend a couple times a month. We even have a beginner’s webinar every so often. Try Meetup, you’ll like it!
Once you have XAMPP installed and running, use your web browser to go to http://localhost/xampp/
You should see a list of links to various tools on the left of the screen.
To install Joomla, you will first need to create a MySQL database and a MySQL user. Click on the link for the tool named phpMyAdmin, which is a database manager. Once inside phpMyAdmin, click on the Privileges link. Then click on the Add a new User link. Now fill in a User name (for example, Joomla001) and a Password. Write these down! Important: Select the radio button labeled “Create database with same name and grant all privileges” before clicking “Go” at the bottom right of the page.
Now create a new directory inside the htdocs directory, which is inside the XAMPP installation directory (probably C:xampphtdocs). Htdocs is the Apache Web Server’s “web root”. Create a folder here named, for example, Joomla1. Unzip Joomla into this folder.
Now point your web browser to http://localhost/Joomla1 and you should see the first page of the Joomla installation “wizard”. Follow the on-screen directions. Use the database information you wrote down when asked. The database name and the user name for the database will be the same. Be sure to use your real email address when asked for it. Your Joomla installation will send various messages to you this way.
After completing the installation, you will have to delete Joomla’s folder called “installation”, which will be at (for example) c:xampphtdocsJoomla1installation
Now you should be able to see the “front end” of Joomla at http://localost/Joomla1 and the “back end” (administration) area of Joomla at http://localhost/Joomla1/administrator
You can log in as an administrator with the user name “admin” and the password you chose during Joomla’s installation (not the same as the MySQL database password).
You can install another Joomla site (in fact as many as you like) on your XAMPP server by unzipping Joomla to another folder you create inside the htdocs folder and by creating another database.