Ok, first you need to have a hosted domain and the hosting under the LINUX hosting plan. Economy Plan for Linux is OK until you have a need for more and it is then easy to upgrade with GoDaddy. Once you have this, the steps to install are:
1. Go to
http://www.godaddy.com and log Into your account with Go Daddy.
2. On the right/middle of screen column click on "My Account". It is blue and underlined.
3. There is a list of different things, click on "Manage Accounts"
4. Click on the link to your website
5. Another screen will show up will a lot of information on your website. On the top right corner is a link to click for "Manage Hosting Accounts". Click on it.
6. This will open a list of your website(s) and you should see near your website name the word "open". This opens your Control Panel. Click on this.
7. This will open another screen or tab, and your will see an Account Summary. Underneath you will see "Settings" "Content" "Databases". Click on "Content" to open open this.
8. On the bottom row of choices you will see "GoDaddy Hosting Connection". Click on this.
9. On the right you will see a list starting with "Advertising" "Blogs" "Content Management" etc... Click on "Content Management".
10. You will see Joomla as an option of 10 items. Click on this.
11. Then in the middle of the screen you will see information on Joomla, click the "Install Now" bottun.
12. You will now have 4 steps. 1. Choose your domain. Do this. Press Continue on the bottom right of the screen.
2. Choose a Database Name and a password. You need to do this and write it down. Press
Next on the bottom right of the screen.
3. Next it is to name the directory. You will see your domain name a "/" and "Joomla". DELETE
"Joomla" to install directly into your Root Directory. This is what most people recommend to do.
Press Next.
Note: I did not continue past this point because I did not want to overwrite my directory. But Just follow the instructions and then you're done. It may take up to 4 or 5 hours for you to be able to log into Joomla.
Hope this helps.