JOOMLA INSTALLATION AND MANAGEMENENTPR 2.0 ONLINE PRESENCE MANAGEMENT TRAINING

JOOMLA INSTALLATION

joomla installation guide step by step(joomla(3.0.3)

What is Joomla?Joomla is a leading open source Content Management System (CMS) platform. Joomla! is a well-tested, extensible and effective tool supported by a very active and friendly community of developers and users .

INSTALLING JOOMLA 3 ON WINDOWS

Download and install Microsoft visual C++ runtime libraries

Redistributable Package x86 or x64 VC10 SP1 vcredist_x86.exe 32 bits : http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8328

VC10 SP1 vcredist_x64.exe 64 bits : http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13523

Download and install wampserver http://www.wampserver.com/en/

Ensure the wampserver icon is green if not seek technical assistance. Normal reason for not turning green is skype and not installining visual C++ above

Download Joomla http://joomla.org Create Database phpMyadmin (see next slide

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Copy the Joomla Source file in the folder C:/wamp/www/mysite(you have to change the mysite name your convenience) Enter Path URL address Like localhost/mysite ,then one window display as seen below

Here you can Enter Site Name,Description.AdminEmail,Adminpassword.as seen below

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Then Click Next Button You will See Database Configuration Details

page. Fill in the host, username, password and

database information For our case these are localhost, root,

password empty and database nnme is what we created at first

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Here Click on any prefffred site layout e.g Default Sample Data Radio Button  and click Next Button one window display ,here installing all files as seen below

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Click next to install, as in the next slide,

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Once installtion is complete, click on ‘remove installation folder’

Go to your ‘site’ or ‘administrator’

SITE

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You can always visit the administrator on the local computer

http://localhost/mysite/administrator If your site is online:

http://www.mysite.com/administrator(Mysite= name of you joomla installation

folder) Login to administrator with username and

password

ADMINISTRATOR

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What you will see: System –for configuration, SEO, security,

etc Users –Manage Users, publishers, editors etc Menus –create and manage website menus Content- for content publishing and

categorization Components – manage contacts, search an

other installed components Extensions- For enhancing your web

applications Help- hope it does what it says

JOOMLA ADMINISTRATION- CONTENT

Create a new content category Add a new article Fix article attributes and metatags for SEO Learn about publish, unpublish, archive,

featuring Learn how to use media manage The dos and donts

JOOMLA ADMINISTRATION-MENU

Add a new menu Add a new menu item Link a menu to article, menu alias, external

url,

JOOMLA ADMINISTRATION- COMPONENTS

Create new contact Edit existing Search Manager: Search Term Analysis

JOOMLA ADMINISTRATION- EXTENSION

Used to extend the capability of Joomla with themes, modules and components that may be industry specific

Used to integrate advanced web applications Used to integrate web services/ social media

eg Google maps, Twitter, Facebook

JOOMLA ADMINISTRATION- TEMPLATE

How to view various template and positions an how to place a module in a specific position

How to configure menu module How to control the appearance of modules

across the pages

JOOMLA ADMINISTRATION- EXTENSION

Lets do some examples Example 1: Install a new theme/template Example 2: Twitter integration Example 3: Google map integration Example 4: Image slideshow

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