You've got all Joomla! files copied to the web server, and you've got a database ready to be filled. Let's finally install Joomla!!
1. Enter the URL for your site (for example, http://www.example.com) in your browser. The installation screen will come up:
2. Select the language you want to use during the installation.
3. Click on the Next button. Joomla! will now verify if all of the web hosting settings are correct:
Note
If any of the settings in the top row doesn't meet the requirements, you can correct this and click on Check Again. If
configuration.php
is not writable, this means Joomla! can't access your install directory. If this is the case Joomla! won't be able create the requiredconfiguration.php
file during installation. To make the installation directory writable, use your FTP program to change directory access permissions. After the installation you can change permissions back to their old (safer) value. To read more about...