Saturday, November 28, 2009

Joomla

Here right now through the joomla we are going to see CMS.
Joomla is one of the most powerful Open Source Content Management Systems(CMS). It is used to
manage web sites in easy way. Joomla is easy to install, simple to manage, and reliable.

Here are minimum requirements needed for Joomla:
a) PHP 4.2.x or above
b) MySQL 3.23.x or above
c) Apache 1.13.19 or above

The following steps for Joomla installation in Linux

Step 1. - Install mysql-server, php, mysql.

step 2. - Download Joomla CMS
Go to http://www.joomla.org and download the latest Joomla CMS
(Example: Joomla_1.5.15-Stable-Full_Package.zip )

Save the Joomla package under /var/www/html and extract it using the commands:
# cd /var/www/html
# unzip Joomla_1.5.9-Stable-Full_Package.zip

Step 3. Create the configuration.php (Joomla) and restart needed services

# touch configuration.php
# chown -R apache.apache *
# /etc/init.d/httpd restart && /etc/init.d/mysqld restart

Step 4. Open your browser (Firefox) to your server's IP address

Open Firefox to : http://localhost/ or http:// of your linux box
Continue with your Joomla Installation (use default settings)
For mysql username/password use : Username : root , Password :

Step 5. Finalized installation
After installation finished you need to remove the installation directory,
# cd /var/www/html
# rm -rf installation
Your new website is Up and Runninng. Use Joomla's administration to add content to your site..

You WebSite : Http://localhost - Administration : http://localhost/administrator/

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