Difference between revisions of "Ross Bayer"

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09/17/10
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10 Goals:
  
Today is Friday the 17 of September. So far on my web design project for advanced topics I have installed Xampp and created a local web host and am in the process of installing either Joomla or MODx, however I have been having difficulty with the install. Something always goes wrong. I'll try again and post later if it worked.
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1. Chose a CMS (Content Management System) to create a website for
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  - I decided on Joomla. Mainly because I wordpress and modX didn't fit my needs for a simple website meant for my TaeKwonDo studio.
  
09/27/10
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2. Install Xampp (to create a localhost)
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  - I installed Xampp for linux by downloading it from here[http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#374] and moving it to the suitable directory. once this was complete I had, essentially a mini webserver known as localhost where my site can reside until it is complete.
  
I have successfully installed joomla version 1.5 onto my localhost web server. At  the moment I am working on customizing or possibly building a template for the website.
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3. Install Joomla
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  - This was a bit of a challenge, After much trial and error and finally google, I found where to move the file with joomla in it. For me running Ubuntu 10.10 the directory was /opt/lampp/htdocs. All that was left was to start Xampp with the terminal command <math>sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start</math> and navigate to "http://localhost/JOOMLAFILENAME" and run through the install.
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4. Fix Error Messages in Joomla
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  -When I had sucessfully

Revision as of 13:52, 26 October 2010

10 Goals:

1. Chose a CMS (Content Management System) to create a website for

  - I decided on Joomla. Mainly because I wordpress and modX didn't fit my needs for a simple website meant for my TaeKwonDo studio.

2. Install Xampp (to create a localhost)

  - I installed Xampp for linux by downloading it from here[1] and moving it to the suitable directory. once this was complete I had, essentially a mini webserver known as localhost where my site can reside until it is complete.

3. Install Joomla

  - This was a bit of a challenge, After much trial and error and finally google, I found where to move the file with joomla in it. For me running Ubuntu 10.10 the directory was /opt/lampp/htdocs. All that was left was to start Xampp with the terminal command <math>sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start</math> and navigate to "http://localhost/JOOMLAFILENAME" and run through the install.

4. Fix Error Messages in Joomla

  -When I had sucessfully