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• In this tutorial we will be installing Joomla using cPanel and the cPanel file manager.
• Begin by uploading the Joomla tar.gz file to your website.
• Browse to the file on your harddrive.
• Double click the file to upload.
• Click Upload to upload the file.
• You can now see your file has been uploaded
• Click the file name to see a list of options for the file.
• We want to extract the file.
• A new window will open verifying the extracted files.
• Now point your browser to the site/folder you have uploaded Joomla to.
• Check the settings for your files on this page. The most important is to make sure all of the appropriate files/folders are writable.
• If you make changes to your settings click Check Again to refresh the page. When you are ready to install click Next.
• This page has a copy of the GPL license. Click Next to continue.
• On this page we will input the database settings. We need to go back to cPanel to create the database.
• Click Manage MySQL to create the database
• Type the database name and click Add Db.
• You database has been created. Click Go Back to create the database user.
• Enter the username and password and click Add User.
• Your database user has been created. Click Go Back to associate the user with the database.
• Select the appropriate user and database and click Add User to Db.
• The user can now access the database. We can now switch back to the Joomla installer.
• Enter the database info you just created.
• You can change any database import setting you need now.
• Click Next to continue the installation.
• Click OK to confirm your database settings.
• Enter a name for your site.
• Click Next to continue the installation
• Enter your email address and the password you want. Joomla creates a default password automatically.
• If you want to change the permissions settings you can do that here.
• Click Next to continue the installation.
• Joomla has now been installed. We need to go back to the file manager to delete the installation folder.
• Click the installation folder.
• Delete the folder.
• The folder has now been deleted. We can switch back to Joomla.
• Click View Site to see your newly installed site.
• Here is your newly installed Joomla site.