How to install Joomla on WAMP server?
In this lesson we are going to learn how to install a Joomla site on a WAMP server.
Installing WAMP server
1. We have to setup first our WAMP server on our machine. Click this link http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php to download the latest version of wamp.
2. When the download is complete, Double click on the downloaded file and just follow the instructions. WAMP server includes the latest version of Apache, MySQL and PHP.
3. The default installation path of your WAMP server is located in c:\wamp
Installing Joomla on your WAMP server
1. Download the latest stable version of Joomla at joomla.org
2. Navigate to “www” folder in your wamp server installation path (c:\wamp\www) and create a folder called joomla or whatever you like.
NOTE: Put all your projects in the www folder
3. Extract all the files from the downloaded joomla zip file to the joomla folder you’ve created.
4. After you have extracted the file, open your browser and type http://localhost/joomla in the URL address and hit enter.
6. Joomla installation steps:
a. Select language, select English and click next.
b. Pre-installation check, checks if you have met the system requirements, just leave it and click next.
c. GNU General Public License, click next.
d. Database Configuration:
- Database type: Select MySQL.
- Hostname: Enter localhost.
- MySQL User Name: Enter root
- MySQL Password: Leave this blank
- MySQL Database Name: Enter joomladb. You can call your database anything you want — except for Joomla.
- MySQL Table Prefix: Accept the default prefix
- Click next to continue.
e. FTP configuration, just leave it and click next.
f. Main Configuration:
- Sitename: any name that you want.
- Admin Email: Enter email that you used to install the wamp server.
- Admin Username: enter admin or any username that you want.
- Admin Password: any password that you want.
- Click Install Sample Data if you want to load the sample joomla site.
- Click next to continue.
g. Delete the joomla installation folder in the joomla folder.
h. You’re done, open your browser and type http://localhost/joomla. You’ll see the homepage of your joomla site. ENJOY!.
