There are number of easy methods to install Joomla on your website, but the easiest and quickest is via Fantastico or Fantastico De Luxe. Using this method you can easily install the Joomla and many more scripts in just 1-2 minutes. Before that, you need to know, How to install Joomla on your website through Fantastico.
Follow the below steps to install Joomla successfully on your website:
- Log in to your web hosting account’s Control Panel. This should usually be http://www.yourdomain.com/cpanel, where your have to replace ‘yourdomain’ by your own website.
- Look for the smiley icon that says “Fantastico” and click on it. This is where you will be installing the Joomla package from. Note that sometimes, it may say “Fantastico De Luxe”.
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- Look for “Joomla” under the “Content Management” category of scripts in Fantastico and click on it. Also, note that the title ‘Joomla’ may sometimes have some numerical suffixes showing which version it is. For example, the title may look like “Joomla 1.5″ for version 1.5 of the CMS. Just click on the most recent version and go to the next step.
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- Look for the hyper linked blue “New Installation” link and make sure you have at least as much as the minimum disk space required for you to install Joomla on your website. This is usually about 25 MB of disk space. This is not usually a problem, with most people’s disk space running into the tens of gigabytes. But it is still good to make sure you have enough to hold a new Joomla installation.
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- Choose where on your website you want to install Joomla. Will it be on your main domain, an existing sub-domain or a new not-yet-existing sub-domain or directory? Indicate it in this part of the installation process.
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- Fill out other required fields that are required to smoothly install Joomla on the site. This includes creating an Admin username and password. Don’t choose ‘Admin’ and ‘password’ as your username and password. Many people do this and have been hacked. Also, fill out the site name or main keyword, email address and other details here. Then click the “Install Joomla” button.
- On the next page, make sure that all the needed information is correct. Also, note down your Admin username, password and backend page (the one that ends with /administrator).
Lastly, press the “Finish Installation” button.
Now, after going the whole process you should be able to install Joomla on your website. Normally, it should take not more than 1 or 2 minutes.
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This post was written by admin on June 2, 2009
