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8)Setting up JOOMLA 1.03 on your windows computer using MSAS [Mambo Stand Alone Server]

1. Install MSAS [Mambo Stand Alone Server click there -> http://mamboforge.net/frs/?group_id=106&release_id=3450  look for file msas-web-installer-45232.exe download it and install it
2. Now you should have MSAS installed.
3. NEXT download Joomla 1.03 click there -> http://developer.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/viewRelease/projects.joomla/frs.joomla_1_0.1_0_3 You are looking for the file that says Joomla_1.0.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip
4. If you haven’t got winzip which unzip’s files get it here http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi download the free beta version and install it.
5. NEXT SELECT MY COMPUTER then PROGRAM FILES look for MSAS which you should have already installed.
6. Click on http_root, Click on www , Click File, New, Folder, TYPE IN joomla for new folder name. CLOSE THE PROGRAM FILES WINDOW. The red X up in the right hand corner.
7. START winzip, select use beta, ok.
8. Click OPEN archive FIND the  Joomla_1.0.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip package that you downloaded. Click on it to open it.
9. NEXT click on extract – browse to PROGRAM FILES, MSAS, HTTP_ROOT,WWW,JOOMLA click to extract files. CLOSE WINZIP
10. NEXT , start MSAS standalone server, Click START MAMBO SERVER
11. In the browser window type  http://localhost:85/joomla/installation/install.php
12. open a new browser window and go here for reference http://help.joomla.org/content/view/39/132/
13. SWITCH BACK to your joomla installation AT Step 1 where it asks for
a. Host name = [enter] localhost
b. MYSQL username =  [enter] root
c. MYSQL password  =  [leave blank – do not enter a password]
d. MYSQL DB name =  [enter] joomla
e. CLICK NEXT, EVERYTHING SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY

After you have installed joomla successfully :
• Start my computer, program files, msas,http_root, www,joomla and rename the installation file org_installation or delete the folder completely.
• You should now be able to start MSAS standalone server, Click START MAMBO SERVER, enter http://localhost:85/joomla/
• ENTER you username = admin and password and joomla 1.03 should be up an running

My contribution to the community

Keepin it simple silly

Best of luck
JZ

i did as you said except it says

Problem Report
There was a communication problem.

Message ID
TCP_ERROR

Problem Description
The system was unable to communicate with the server.

Possible Problem Cause

The Web server may be down.
The Web server may be too busy.
The Web server may be experiencing other problems, preventing it from responding to clients.
The communication path may be experiencing problems.


Possible Solution
Try connecting to this server later.

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My question is, this is sposed to work on my computer right? And i dont need the internet on to make it work do i?
I am using XP and i have crappy dial up.
I made a z:/ when i installed msas and it asked for a new drive or whatever it asked for.

So any help would be appriciated.

ok it works in FireFox but not in IE

Yes, the installation instructions I wrote are suppose to work on your Windows XP computer with IE.
To check your version of IE start IE, Click Help, Click About IE.
It should read Version =  6  Version update = SP2 update.

I know about working with crappy dialup service. I just got DSL even though I didn't want to spend the extra money.

I'm happy that my instructions helped someone

Have a profitable day!

JZ  :)

Here are the MODIFIED instructions for people who want to install a server on their Windows XP machine to develop their work without having to log onto the internet to test their scripts.

Setting up JOOMLA 1.03 on your windows computer using MSAS [Mambo Stand Alone Server]

1.  Install MSAS [Mambo Stand Alone Server click there -> http://mamboforge.net/frs/?group_id=106 ... 3450  look for file msas-web-installer-45232.exe download it and install it
2.  Now you should have MSAS installed.
3.  NEXT download Joomla 1.03 click there -> http://developer.joomla.org/sf/frs/do/v ... _1_0.1_0_3 You are looking for the file that says Joomla_1.0.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip
4.  If you haven’t got winzip which unzip’s files get it here http://www.winzip.com/betawz.cgi download the free beta version and install it.
5.  NEXT SELECT MY COMPUTER then PROGRAM FILES look for MSAS which you should have already installed.
6.  Click on http_root, Click on www , Click File, New, Folder, TYPE IN joomla for new folder name. CLOSE THE PROGRAM FILES WINDOW. The red X up in the right hand corner.
7.  START winzip, select use beta, ok.
8.  Click OPEN archive FIND the  Joomla_1.0.3-Stable-Full_Package.zip package that you downloaded. Click on it to open it.
9.  NEXT click on extract – browse to PROGRAM FILES, MSAS, HTTP_ROOT,WWW,JOOMLA click to extract files. CLOSE WINZIP
10.  NEXT , start MSAS standalone server, Click START MAMBO SERVER DO NOT change the default drive letter that Mambo Server wants to use - it most liklely will be either W: or Z:
11.  In the browser window type  http://localhost:85/joomla/installation/install.php
12.  open a new browser window and go here for reference http://help.joomla.org/content/view/39/132/
13.  SWITCH BACK to your joomla installation AT Step 1 where it asks for
a.  Host name = [enter] localhost
b.  MYSQL username =  [enter] root
c.  MYSQL password  =  [leave blank – do not enter a password]
d.  MYSQL DB name =  [enter] joomla
e.  CLICK NEXT, EVERYTHING SHOULD GO SMOOTHLY

After you have installed joomla successfully :
•  Start my computer, program files, msas,http_root, www,joomla and rename the installation folder org_installation or delete the folder completely.
•  You should now be able to start MSAS standalone server, Click START MAMBO SERVER, enter http://localhost:85/joomla/
•  ENTER you username = admin and password and joomla 1.03 should be up an running

My contribution to the community

  Keepin it simple silly

Best of luck
JZ

 

Thanks for the instructions, jz, but after hitting problems with MSAS messing my Windows fonts around (http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,3937.0.html), I've got an even better idea:

Don't use MSAS, use XAMPP instead (http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html).

• XAMPP is available for various platforms including Windows.
• XAMPP for Windows includes lots of extra stuff for Apache/PHP compared to MSAS.
• There is also a "lite" version with just the basic Apache / PHP / MySQL /phpMyAdmin etc.
• The full version is about 25MB and can be downloaded as a Windows installer file, which is very easy to install.
• The "lite" version is downloaded as a zip - instructions on website.
• The website includes full instructions on how to install and set up XAMPP.
• It also advises you to set the "root" password for your local MySQL and gives you a handy link to a page that does this for you.
• There's also a little XAMPP application for stopping/starting the servers etc.

To install Joomla as well, you just have to extract the Joomla zip file into a folder under your XAMPP "htdocs" folder e.g. "htdocs/joomla", then go through the usual Mambo/Joomla installation process via http://localhost/joomla/ and tell the Joomla installer what DB to use etc.

For more information on installing and using Mambo - more or less the same as the current Joomla - you might want to get Hagen Graf's book http://www.packtpub.com/mambo/book.  In fact, the good people at Packt Publishing currently have the chapter on installation online as a PDF:  [url=http://www.packtpub.com/files/Mambo__Chapter2_Installation.pdf]http://www.packtpub.com/files/Mambo__Chapter2_Installation.pdf
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How easy is that?

As for me, I've just installed the full version of XAMPP plus Joomla and it works great.  And even better, it doesn't screw up my Windows fonts.

No more MSAS for this monkey!

Chris

TO ALL YOU NEWBIES, you should be very thankful for the information Icmhwebster  has published on XAMPP web server and the information I published on MSAS to help you set up a web server on your Windows computer.

A month ago when I got started with Mambo/Joomla and was using a dial up modem this information was not available to me.

You now have the information you need  to setup whatever web server works best for you.

Have a successful day!
JZ 
 

Wasn't easy enough for me. I had a successful installation of XAMPP and Joomla, but for the life of me couldn't figure out how to do FTP in localhost! And if that wasn't bad enough, then I couldn't get XAMPP and Filezilla to work due to server being busy. At least XAMPP was easy to uninstall!

Gonna switch to MSAS since I used that for Mambo and will give it a shot for Joomla. All I wanted to do was to learn how to install SMF!!

JSG

I have installed MSAS and Joomla on my PC which is using the XP operating system and it seemed to work immediately, but now when I try to access the site i get the following error message:

This site is temporarily unavailable.
Please notify the System Administrator

Any ideas what might cause this and how to correct it?