Late Night Dev

In part one I will cover the basic requirements needed to install Version 1.5 of Joomla – the award winning open source content management system.

Joomla can be installed on localhost if you wish to run it there before deploying it to a hosted environment.  This is a good alternative for learning your way around Joomla and building your sites before incurring hosting costs or moving to your production servers.

To install Joomla 1.5 you will need the following (this installation assumes Apache web server):

• PHP Version 4.3.x or higher (Version 5.0.x considered optimum) – Ensure that you have the MySQL, XML, and Zlib functionality enabled in your PHP install – configured in the php.ini file.

• MySQL Version 3.23.x or higher (Version 5.0.x considered optimum)
• Apache 1.3 or above (Version 2.0.61 considered optimum)

If you are running a Windows based pc and wish to run Joomla on localhost WAMP is a very straightforward and easy method to use.  You can download the WAMP server here – http://www.wampserver.com/en/

WampServer will allow you to run an Apache, MySQL, and PHP web environment on your Windows machine which can be configured to duplicate your production environment.  This will allow you to fully install and test your Joomla sites prior to deploying them.

In my next post I will cover the actual installation of the Joomla CMS software including a quick check of your environment to ensure you are ready for Joomla.

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