Installation of Joomla using Xampp server Part-1

Installation of Joomla using XAMPP Server –
Part I
Ms.Rachana Pathak
(rachanarpathak@gmail.com)
Assistant Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering
Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur
(www.witsolapur.org)

Learning Outcome
2Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur
At the end of this session,
Audience will be able to explain basic concepts of Joomla and
installation process for JOOMLA.

Overview
• Introduction
• Step-wise Procedure
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Introduction
• Powerful Open Source Content Management Systems.
• Develops simple websites to complex corporate applications.
• Installation is easy and simple to manage.
• It enables you to build websites and powerful online applications.
• With the minimal amount of instructions, you can empower your users to easily
manage their own sites.

Introduction
• Available for a large number of extensions
• Uses Plug-in as extra features in websites
• Transforms website accordingly
• It is an all inclusive application.
• Joomla runs on PHP/MySql.

Five Famous Websites Built Using Joomla
e-Bay
Image Source : https://www.goodworklabs.com/5-famous-websites-built-on-joomla/

GE Tansportation

Harvard University

Holiday Inn

United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe UNRIC

Stepwise procedure to install Joomla
Click on official joomla.org

Click here to
start download,
there are
different
versions of
Joomla we are
looking for 3.9.1

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Now,copy this zipped
folder and paste in
htdocs folder nested
in xampp(Your
location may vary)
Eg.C:/xampp/htdocs/
Joomla

Create a new folder
where your xampp
is located. I have
created folder
named it as Joomla

Extract
here.

Extraction Step

Extracting here

Now, this is an
unzipped folder

Now,start your
xampp server and
run Apache and
MySQL

Type : Localhost:/Joomla( your folder name)

• Fill your fields as :
i. Select Language = English (United Kingdom)
ii. Site Name = Joomla Test (you can give according to your choice or necessity)
iii. Description = Testing Joomla for my video (Overall description of your website.)
iv. Email = rachanarpathak@gmail.com (your valid email id)
v. Username = Rachana (As per your choice)

Lets fill up all
essential data.

Next Step

Create database .
Here, Host name will
be “root” and
password will be
empty.

Click Next

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Just scroll
down

Click on install

Wait till
installing

Think and Write
• After this complete session can you answer what are essential
changes needed during Joomla installation on different
operating systems?

Answer
• The only thing changes is type of servers used.
• Windows
• WAMPSEVER
• XAMPP for Windows
• Linux
• LAMP Bubdle
• XAMPP for Linux
• Mac OS
• MAMP & MAMP Pro
• XAMPP for Mac OS

References
• Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing - By Andrew M. St.
Laurent, Oreily Media. e-Resource available at:
• https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/osfreesoft/book/index.html
• Apache HTTP Server Documentation Version 2.2 by by Apache Software
Foundation
• Official Documentation of ATutor, Moodle, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, Liferay
Portal,
• Alfresco, Umbraco, Redmine, Nagios, Cacti, Icinga, OpenProject, LibrePlan
(eResources)

Thank You !!!

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