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Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook

By : Tom Canavan
Book Image

Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook

By: Tom Canavan

Overview of this book

If you are a Joomla! site owner, you must already be aware of how this robust, easy to use, open source content management system can help you build a great looking site instantly. You must also be aware of the many problems that it can throw up from time to time. Find the solutions to all your basic and advanced Joomla! queries, so you don't have to wait for someone on the forums to help you out every time.The Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook will provide you with quick and direct solutions to the most common and uncommon problems faced by you, the Joomla! site owner, sidestepping all the theoretical fuss.Joomla! is the insanely popular, award winning content management system which helps you build professional looking websites, even if you don't have any HTML programming experience or design skills.Although, sometimes you might trip over some common pitfalls which would slow the progress of your website down. This book will help you find a direct and quick way through these common problems which can be easily avoided with a few tips and tricks. It starts of with solutions the most common queries that you might face during the installation and setup for Joomla! 1.5 moving on swiftly to guide you through Joomla! templates, modules, security, managing your users and much more. So the next time when things go wrong with your Joomla! site and you are wondering, for example, how to work with your site's database; just pick up this book and quickly find your way through this.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Joomla! 1.5 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
Index

Exporting a MySQL database using phpMyAdmin


Backing up your database is critical to long term safety and reliability of your Joomla! site. Should the database become corrupted or get damaged, having a copy to restore is vital.

In this recipe we will "export" or "backup" our database.

Exporting is the process of making a copy and saving it locally on your desktop or other means of storage.

Getting ready

You will need your username and password for accessing your database in your control panel. Depending on your hosting you may need your username and password for the database.

How to do it...

  1. Log in to your hosting and navigate to your cPanel®.

  2. Locate your phpMyAdmin.

  3. Click the phpMyAdmin button to open. You will see a screen like the following:

  4. Choose your database

    In our example, we're clicking the database _15. You will need to choose your database. The next screenshot will show a screen that should be similar to yours.

    This is a view of all the rows and tables in our database. Your screen will scroll...