Manually Installing Joomla! 1.5.22 on Your Hosting Account
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NOTE: Joomla! is a PHP-based application and will not work with Windows® hosting accounts running IIS6.
This article assumes you already set up the hosting account you want to use.
This article assumes you already set up the hosting account you want to use.
To Manually Install Joomla! 1.5.22
- Create a MySQL database. For more information, see Setting up a MySQL or SQL Server Database for Your Hosting Account. Note your database user name and password.
- Once your database has set up, locate its host name. For more information, see Locating Your Database's Host Name.
- If you are using a Linux hosting account, create a new FTP user. For more information, see Adding FTP Users to Your Shared Hosting Account. Enter the subdirectory where you want to install Joomla! as this user's Path.
- Download the Joomla! 1.5.22 Full Package here.
- Upload the
ZIP
file to your hosting account. For more information, see Uploading Files to Your Website or Using the Hosting Control Center Web-Based Java FTP Client.NOTE: If you want to make Joomla! your website's home page, install it in the root of your hosting account. - Unarchive the
ZIP
file to the directory where you want to install Joomla! For more information, see Unarchiving Files and Directories. - Go to coolexample.com/installation where coolexample.com is your domain name and the folder where you unarchived the
ZIP
file. - Select the language you want to use, and then click Next.
- On the Pre-installation Check page, click Next.
- On the License page, click Next.
- In the Basic Settings section, complete the following fields, and then click Next:
- Database Type — Select mysql.
- Host Name — Enter your database's host name.
- Username — Enter your database's user name.
- Password — Enter your database's password.
- Database Name — Enter your database's user name again.
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- If you are using a Windows® hosting account, select No for Enable FTP file system layer, and then click Next.
- If you are using a Linux hosting account, select Yes for Enable FTP file system layer, complete the following fields, and then click Next:
- FTP User — Enter the FTP user name you created.
- FTP Password — Enter the FTP user password you created.
- FTP Root Path — Click Autofind FTP Path.
- Complete the following fields, and then click Next:
- Site Name — Enter the name of your site.
- Your E-mail — Enter the email address you want your installation of Joomla! to notify.
- Admin Password & Confirm Admin Password — Enter the password you want to use to access Joomla!.
- (Optional) Select Install Default Sample Data, and then click Install Sample Data, or select Load Migration Script, complete the on-screen fields, and then click Upload and Execute.
- Delete Joomla!'s installation folder from your hosting account. For more information, see Deleting Files or Folders Using the FTP File Manager.