Quickstart Template Installation Issue on Local Host

[kapsmax]

Hello friends,

I have been facing an issue with quickstart template installation on localhost. The installation halts at "creating database". I have been following some steps mentioned on google to resolve the issue, however, the issue still remains. Here are the details.

1. I am using Xampp.
2. I have copied and unzipped quickstart template folder in my htdocs folder.
3. I have replaced InnoDB to MyIsam in Joomla SQl and sample data SQL.
4. The max upload size and execution time has been changed to the maximum in php.ini.
5. display_error is off.

Also, I have also tried using FTP to upload the template. But no success.


It would be really great, if any help can be provided.

[Webdongle]

You are supposed to create a new folder in htdocs.
Best uninstall xampp and start again.

Wamp http://www.wampserver.com/en/ is preferable because you can change php versions on the fly. Then create a folder in www (you can create several folders for several instances of Joomla

Also suggest you install the Joomla full package https://downloads.joomla.org/ and learn to use Joomla before you try using modified installation packages.

Default settings for database on xampp and wamp are

Host: localhost
(can also use 127.0.0.1)

Username:root

Password:
(left blank)

On localhost xampp amd wamp will allow the Joomla installation to create the database (but you need the database services running.

First answr to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/223 ... -windows-8 may be of use?

[AMurray]

Quicks-start packages include a copy of the CMS and therefore are not installable "over the top" of an existing joomla installation. As the name Quick-start suggests, it installs joomla, the template, sample data and any other related extensions so that you have a demo site up and running quickly.

If you needed the template only, the developer of the template probably would have provided the template-only distribution package as well - normally that wouldn't come with the extra stuff (extensions and such), and therefore installs into Joomla as normal, and you can then set it to your default template.

Quick-starts may be OK for testing/demo purposes, but it is better to start from scratch when developing a site for production purposes. By all means use that template, setup a secondary demo site with the Quick-start package, learn how to use it; then install the template-only in your production site, put in place the same settings as the demo site has and built your actual website from there.