Note: This Joomla administrator Log in page is at “localhost/joomla/administrator/”. It is a security feature.ĩ) Now, you will see the page displaying the message “Installation folder successfully removed”.ġ0) You will see the administrator Log in page. It completely removes the “installation” folder from the folder "joomla". Check, and then click on Install.Ĩ) You will see the installation progresses.Īfter the installation has been completed, you will see the page as shown below.Ĭlick on the “Remove installation folder”. In the "Overview" section as shown above, you can check the information configured before.
#Joomla xampp install install#
Choosing any option other than “None” will install sample content that is included in the Joomla Installation package. Click on the Next button.ħ) You will see the "Finalisation" and "Overview" sections in the page as shown below.Ĭhoose an option for the field "Install Sample Data". Keep the “Table Prefix” and the “Old Database Process” fields at their default values as shown below. If you are using "root" for the "Usename" above, keep the “Password” field blank. (You can see the Security console MySQL here You can change the language at Write the name of the database you have created in the field "Database Name".
#Joomla xampp install password#
Write the password associated with the user name in the “Password” field. You can use "root" which is the MySQL SuperUser. In the field “Username", Write the user name associated with the database you created in step 7. Keep "Database Type" to the default value MySQLi.Įnter “localhost” in the "Host Name" field. Select Language, enter Site Name, Description, and check Yes or No for Site Offline.Įnter Admin Email: email address of the website's Super Administrator.Įnter Admin Username: username for the Super Administrator account.Įnter Password and Confirm Admin Password.Ĭlick on the “Next” button at the top right.Ħ) You will see the "Database Configuration" page as shown below. You will see the "Main Configuration" page as shown below. The browser will be redirected to “localhost/joomla/installation/index.php”. Write “localhost/joomla” in the address bar, and press the Enter key. The image below shows the contents og the "joomla" folder.ĥ) Run Apache and MySQL in XAMPP. Generally, “htdocs” folder is found at “C:\xampp\htdocs”.Īfter pasting, the folder path will look like “C:\xampp\htdocs\joomla”. We are using a database with name as "joomla_db".Ĥ) Now, come to the “joomla” folder in which you have extracted the contents of the file downloaded from .Ĭopy the “joomla” folder. This database will be used by Joomla to store content and settings.Ĭreating a new MySQL Database using phpMyAdmin. Note: you can create the folder with another name. In this tutorial, we are keeping the extracted contents in a folder named “joomla”.ģ) To install Joomla, we need to create a MySQL database.
In this tutorial, we are using Joomla 3.1.5 which requires PHP version 5.2.4 or higher and MySQL version 5.0.4 or higher.Ģ) After the file has downloaded, extract the downloaded file in a folder on your computer and name the folder as “joomla”.
#Joomla xampp install how to#
Note: To know about how to install XAMPP on Windows, click here.ġ) Go to , and download the latest version of Joomla. This tutorial shows how to install Joomla on XAMPP in Windows 7. It is used to build online applications and websites. Joomla is a content management system(CMS).