Joomla is an another great CMS for building complex websites.
3 things we required to install Joomla on localhost?
- Windows 10 or Linux or Mac OS
- WAMP server
- Joomla Software Package
Contents
How to install Joomla on Localhost
Step 1: Install Server on Localhost
Download and Install WAMP server or XAMPP server to your system and install the server.
Step 2: Open phpMyAdmin from localhost
Open the phpMyAdmin from your browser using the following link
localhost/phpmyadmin
Step 3: Login to phpMyAdmin
Login to phpMyAdmin using default username and password, the default username is root, password is empty, and Server choice select MySQL.
Click on Go.
Step 4: Create a database
Click on New, Give a database name and finally click on create button.
I have given my database name as joomla31 in my example, you can give any name of your wish.
This step is really essential to install Joomla on localhost.
Remember the database name, we should enter that in the step number 7.
Step 5: Extract Joomla files in Root directory of Server
Copy all the joomla files in WWW root directory on WAMP or htdocs in Xampp
Make sure you are in the correct directory. In my example, I created an another folder joomla31 under WWW directory in WAMP.
I extracted all the files from the package downloaded from Joomla website.
Step 6: Start the installation of Joomla
Start the installation of Joomla by opening the folder from browser.
localhost/joomla31/
index.php will be called automatically from the above link.
Fill all the required details as shown in the above image.
Step 7: Give Database details from Step 4
Enter the database details that you created using phpMyAdmin from step 4.
Enter database type as MySQLi,
Host name is localhost
username is root
password is blank, I haven’t created any password for root.
click on next to start the installation of joomla.
Step 8: Install Joomla
Now check all the configuration and start the installation process. You can leave everything with default settings.
Step 9: Remove Installation folder
Remove the installation folder as shown in the below image. This is mandatory step to complete the installation process.
Click on remove installation folder button on the screen
Step 10: Open Administrator page to manage site
We are now completed the installation process successfully.
Site: site is a main website that users can see.
Administrator: Administrator is a backend of the website, where you can perform all the administrator activities.
Click on Administrator, you can see the following screen
How to open Administrator in Joomla
localhost/joomla31/administrator
Normally, to open administrator in joomla,
sitename.com/administrator
We are done, we successfully installed Joomla on localhost.