More than one Joomla site - how is it done?

[Honeybear]

I created a Joomla site using MAMP. It is not hosted yet and doesn't have a domain name. I am just testing Joomla out with it but I might use it as my website later and get hosting for it and so on.

I want to test out another Joomla website by downloading one of the free templates that are out there. I wonder how I can do this? Is it a matter of just creating another database on MAMP?

[imanickam]

What you could do is:

(a) Under the directory that your domain localhost points to (Usually, this would be htdocs, public_html, or www), create a directory (say second_site)
(b) Install Joomla! in the new directory - You could create a new database for this
(c) You could then access your new site by typing your domain/second_site

[Honeybear]

Thanks for the reply.

This is the address of the current site:

http://localhost:8888/Joomla_mysite/index.php/homepage

I think I am supposed to find the directory in MAMP?

I opened MAMP in a browser and this is the window that I get:







And when I click on phpMyAdmin, I get this window:






Can I type a new name in the database field and will this allow me to create a new Joomla site?

Will it have a localhost:8888 address or a localhost: 8889 address or does that not matter?

And if I downloaded a free Joomla Template zip package, can I install it after I've installed the new Joomla?

[imanickam]

From the URL you have provided, it looks like you have currently installed Joomla! in a directory Joomla_mysite. For the second site, create a directory parallel to this directory.

[Honeybear]

Sorry, I don't understand this as I am not good with computers and installing websites. I use a Mac by the way. I don't know whether that makes any difference. I installed Joomla following the directions at this link (for macs):

http://www.joomlatraining.com/newslette ... -on-a-mac/

Actually, when I read the link again, it says:

Copy/move the downloaded version of Joomla 1.5 to your Applications/MAMP/htdocs directory and unzip the file. Leave a copy of this zip file in the htdocs directory for easy creation of multiple Joomla sites ... just unzip the file each time you wish to have a new Joomla installation!

I did leave a copy in the htdocs directory. So can I just unzip this file and what will happen next? Just follow Step 7 of the instructions?

# Rename the unzipped folder to mysite (or whatever you wish).
# In your broswer navigate to http://localhost:8888/mysite (or whatever name you gave your directory).

I guess I should call it a different name to the first site. (I guess this is the parallel site you refer to.)

So I suppose when I want to access the different Joomla sites I just type the different addresses in the browser window.

Thank you for your help, imanickim. I will try it now.

[Honeybear]

I don't have to create a new database do I? Or should I?

[imanickam]

In a localhost, database should be created automatically when you give a different database name during the installation. If it does not, create the database and then use that database.

[Honeybear]

I created a second site but it doesn't look or operate the same. For example, I can't access the backend.



I did create a new database.

[imanickam]

Congratulations!

I notice that you have installed Joomla! without Sample Data and I believe that is what you want.

You could access the back-end of this site by typing the following in your browser's address bar.
http://localhost:8888/[i]your-second-si ... ctory-name[/i]/administrator

[Honeybear]

The third time, I did not create a new database in MAMP, and also I installed the sample Joomla data set (as recommended), and I was able to create a fully-functioning clean new site like the other one.

I notice that you have installed Joomla! without Sample Data and I believe that is what you want.

Thank you, I just saw your comment after I posted mine. I agree that was the mistake.