Joomla! 1.5 Installation Manual: minor suggestions

[mirjam]

I just installed Joomla 1.5 (RC3) for the first time (newbie using XAMPP) with the excellent guidance of the Joomla! 1.5 Installation Manual. Piece of cake this way  :-)

I do have two minor suggestions:
- On http://help.joomla.org/content/view/1947/302/1/8/ Page 9 of 9 (Web Browser Installation) it might be nice to state where the administrative part is located (how to open admin Back-end), e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/administrator. I could not find it at first when I started with the "take a look at the site" option (yes, newbie problem, but solved).
- On http://help.joomla.org/content/view/1944/302/1/2/ Page 3 of 7 - Upload the files to the Web server, it says that the Installation directory is not needed and it can be deleted (in step 3). There is a but (I think): in step 2 the joomla.sql file was changed and this is still located in the installation/sql/mysql directory. It might be something to state that this joomla.sql must be saved in a convenient location other than the installation dir, or that the installation dir can only be removed if this file has been used in step 4.

For the rest:
Very nice lay-out, clear blocks with tips and extra info, nice to read. A thank you to the writer(s)!

[benra]

When first installing via brower method .
The route i took was to first install appache , php amd mysql with XAMPP .. easy and clean.
then used the browser method to install Joomla.
All proceeded without a hitch .. save one v minor step which could have been explained a little better

My browser opened up asking me to delete the installation directory and then refresh.
I had to go back to the last page (page7) of the manual intallation instructions to figure out where the installation directory was located.
Call me stupid. .. but an extra sentence here like ..

"please delete the installation directory (located as a sub directory in the main joomla directory)... " or something like that.
anyway ... as the thread implies ...a minor suggestion.
Thanks for a completely hassle free instalation .. right out of the box.

[dextercowley]

Thanks very much for taking the time to post this suggestion. I totally agree, and will try to get this changed. Mark