2 Downloading and Installing Joomla

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Friday, 16 November 2007 16:16

Joomla is one of the most popular open source content management systems on the planet. The first step in becoming part of the “Joomlasphere”, the vibrant community that exists around the Joomla Project, is to download Joomla and install it on your web server.

This chapter shows you how to get up and running with a Joomla site. The two steps are to find and download the latest files and to install them on a web server. This chapter describes both a local (your home computer) installation to use as you read this book (if you don’t have a hosting account or have a slow internet connection) and real web server installations.