Installing Joomla using a web browser (easy install).

[dreynolds20]

Hi,

I have copied Joomla_1.0.7-Stable-Full_Package.zip onto machine and unzipped it, copied all of the files onto my sevrer under http://www.domain.co.uk/joomla_folder and I follow these instructions http://help.joomla.org/content/category/15/99/132/ very carefully.

I am using linux, apache and php/mysql on a hosted server.

I can not get the index.php file to start up and allow my virgin install to run.

Please help.

Dave

[sonnypeart]

Dave

I have the same problem. Did you resolve it? If so, how?

Sonny

[dreynolds20]

Hi,

There was two issues I was having.

1. I hadnt actually manually created the mysql database and user.
2. I use a hosting company and cPanel for part of my setup and I had copied the setup file into the wrong directory

Hope this helps.

Dave

[sonnypeart]

Thanks Dave.

I don't know whether my files are in the correct directory or not. How did you find out and move it?

And how does one manually set up a MySQL database?

I'm very new to this (if you hadn't guessed).

Sonny

[dreynolds20]

Hi,

I am a newbie like you but learning daily.

I am guessing you use a hosting company for your site, mine uses cPanel http://www.cpanel.net/products/cPanelan ... cp_whm.htm which is an incredibly powerful tool that allows email handling and domain parking. This allows you to create databases and users in mysql easily and also has a built in file manager where you can copy and run the Joomla software.

I use http://www.nativespace.co.uk which are a UK based company and have excellent support and are great value.

Dave

[k4lch]

have you got joomla up yet?

FTP the files to your root folder, make sure permissions are writable, then in your browser http://yoursite.com/installation/index.php just follow the four steps.
will need the connection details for your database