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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 <nowiki>sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start</nowiki> and navigate to http://localhost/JOOMLAFILENAME and run through the install.
 
: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 <nowiki>sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start</nowiki> and navigate to http://localhost/JOOMLAFILENAME and run through the install.

Revision as of 14:24, 26 October 2010

10 Goals:

1. Chose a CMS (Content Management System)

I decided on Joomla. Mainly because I Wordpress and ModX didn't fit my needs for a simple website meant for my TaeKwonDo studio. Things like Wordpress were mainly coded for creating blogs. I had no need for a blog. ModX would have been my first choice, but it wouldn't install properly and I soon gave up on using it. So lastly there was joomla, who as it so happened is very easy to create templates for.

2. Install Xampp (to create a localhost)

Installed Xampp
I installed Xampp for linux by downloading it from here[1] and moving it to the suitable directory. Onece it was set up I had to tweak a few settings. At first I messed up and put security passwords on it and had to uninstall and then reinstall. Once everything was up and running I opened MySQL and made a database for my site. (this was used later for the Joomla Setup)

3. Install Joomla

Installed 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 sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start and navigate to http://localhost/JOOMLAFILENAME and run through the install.

4. Fix Error Messages in Joomla

When I had sucessfully