By choosing and installing ready-made scripts (CMS), many users thus want to save money on creating their site. However, often, nevertheless, questions arise about how to install Joomla on hosting, and users are also interested in what needs to be entered and where.
Many hostings have functionality that makes it technically possible to install various scripts using the "Fantastico DeLux" program available only in CPanel, so it will be much easier and faster to download and install the Russian version of Joomla from the official site. In this case, there will be no issues that often appear when using non-Russian versions.
Installation of Joomla on a hosting is carried out in several stages, but there is nothing complicated in it.
First you need to download the latest version of the script. To do this, you go to the official Joomla website and download the Russian version from there. Here you can also find answers to your installation questions, as well as solutions to the most common problems.
Before you start uploading Joomla to your server, you need to knowdoes it meet requirements such as PHP 4.2.x, MySQL 3.2.x, Apache 1.13.19. These are the basic characteristics (weaker versions are not allowed). PHP needs to support MySQL, XML and Zlib.
The further process called "installing Joomla on hosting" is written on the example of the Russian version of Joomla 1.5.15, however, it is quite correct for newer versions.
The next step is to upload the archive in the section called "File Manager" using an FTP client (or via CPanel). Then you need to unpack the archive on the server. To do this, you need to tick your archive and click on the "Extract" button in the top menu, after which the archive can be deleted.
To start the process itself, designated as "installing Joomla on hosting", you need to open your site in a browser. Thus, an automatic transition to the installation will be carried out. When the "Joomla Installation" window appears on the computer screen, you need to select the language that will be used during the installation of the program (that is, Russian), and then click on the "Next" button located in the upper right corner.
The next step in the installation is a system check. At this stage, there should be no items marked in red in the window that appears. To eliminate them, you need to set permissions on some folders and files or make several modifications to the.htaccess or php.ini file. In the case of items marked in red, you must return to the official Joomla website andlook there for a solution to this problem, or you can ask the hoster for help. If everything is fine, then click on the "Next" button.
After all this, there is a license agreement, which you should read, after which, again, click the "Next" button.
If up to this point most users have been successful, and installing Joomla on the hosting does not raise any questions, then from the next point, many will have them. You go to CPanel and open "MySQL Databases", after which you create a database and a user account there. You need to "link" the user to the database. After all this, continue setting up by entering data in the appropriate fields.
When filling in the main fields, the following is written: site name, your e-mail, administrator password. You also need to click on the "Install" button in the "Install demo signs" field.
In order for the installation of Joomla on the hosting to be successful and safe, you must delete the "Installation" folder (since your site will not work in this case).
