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Chapter 5 - Set Up Joomla

This page will guide you through the process of setting up Joomla at your new hosting account. By the end of this guide you will have your own Joomla instance set up in the root of your domain name and a username and password with which to access the "backend" administrator for your Joomla website.


Step 1

Login to your account, if you are not already. Select "Hosting Plans" from the "Web Hosting" drop down menu.

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Step 2
Select "Hosting" under My Products. Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 1
Step 3
Under "Control Panel" select "Manage Account". This will open the "Hosting Control Center" Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 2
Step 4
In the Hosting Control Center, select the "Your Applications".button. This will open the "Value Applications" window. Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 3
Step 5
Select "Content Management". Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 4
Step 6
Now select "Joomla". Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 5
Step 7
You will now see a Joomla information page. Select "Install Now". Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 6
Step 8
You will now choose which hosting account to set up Joomla in. If you are following this tutorial, you probably only have one hosting account at this point in time. Select the radio button next to the hosting account you want to set up Joomla in and select the Continue button. Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 7
Step 9
Enter a description for the database. Something like, "My Joomla Database" will be fine. Then enter a password between 7-14 characters containing at least one lower case letter, one upper case letter and one number. Most Joomla website administrators will not directly access their database with this information. However, we still recommend that you save the database username and password for your records. Select "Next". Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 8
Step 10
Under "Choose Directory" erase "joomla" from the end of "http://www.yourdomainname.com/joomla". This will ensure that Joomla is installed in the root of your web domain and not in a subfolder. Select "Next". Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 9
Step 11

Under "Configuration" you will select the administrator name and password that you will use to administer your Joomla website. It is very important that you keep records of this information in order to complete this tutorial. Use "admin" for your "Admin Name". It is better to use "admin" for now and change it later. Enter a password and your preferred email address.

Do not select "Yes, Install the Joomla Sample content". If you do install the sample content, you will require the additional step of removing all the sample content in order to complete this tutorial. When you are ready, select "Finish"

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Step 12
It will take about 10-20 minutes for Joomla to finish setting up. You may want to log out and check back later. Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 11
Step 13
Go to your domain name by entering it into your browsers url bar. You will either see a "This Website Coming Soon" page if Joomla has not yet installed yet or if Joomla has installed you will see a default Joomla website like the one in the image to the right. Chapter 5, Set Up Joomla 12


Congratulations! You have installed Joomla on your website.

You are now ready for Chapter 6 - Create Website Pages.

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