FAQ - How to set up/install Joomla on Win XP for local testing

[Waseem Sadiq]

Hi Folks,

I ended up helping one of the members set up Joomla on his local machine (Win XP) yesterday. So thought I'd share this with everyone

What you'll need:

• Joomla 1.0.x (meaning latest version in 1.0 series)
• Wamp5 grab it from http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php

Steps:

• Install Wamp
• unzip joomla into your wamp's www folder (eg C:\wamp\www\joomla
• start wamp
• open a browser window and go to http://localhost/joomla
• follow the on screen prompts to install joomla

On screen prompts and what to enter in the boxes

• Host Name = localhost
• MySQL User Name = root
• MySQL Password = blank (don't put anything in this box)
• MySQL Database Name = anyhting you like (eg joomladb)
• MySQL Table Prefix = jos_ (this is set as default but you can change it)
• Make sure that install sample data is ticked
• Click "next"

step 2:

• Site name = your site name

step 3:

• VERY IMPORTANT!! Change the admin password to something memorable (as this is only for testing locally I'd suggest setting the password to admin or password or similar

step 4:

• Remove or rename BOTH of the following: INSTALL.PHP and the installation folder (eg C:\wamp\www\joomla\installation\)

step 5:

• in your browser window click on either the "view site" button or the "Administration" button

Voila!! you now have a local copy of Joomla for testing purposes

Discussion for this topic over here: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,88838.0.html