Free Training: Installing Joomla! from Scratch in XAMPP

Posted on December 4, 2009

The free Joomla! training on how to install has been bumped to Friday, December 18th, 2009 at 4pm.

This class is for people who want to gain a better understanding of how to setup the content management system, Joomla.

Level: 201 Intermediate or Enthusiastic Beginner
Time: 2 hours
Location: Online
Cost: Free

What You Will Learn

1. Building Websites – Why people get stuck in with outdated sites

2. Why Joomla!

3. Review of workshop outline and minimum technology requirements

4. Discuss possible “Gotchas” during install (Skype port 80/443)

5. Setup local webserver with XAMPP

6. Download Joomla! Files

7. Download Filezilla FTP Client

8. Install XAMPP on your computer

9. Test XAMPP

10. Setup database and user in database using phpMyAdmin

11. Install Joomla!

12. Login to Joomla!

13. Questions and Answers