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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

Importing a MySQL database using phpMyAdmin


In the event of a problem, such as corruption of data, or loss of the database, it may be necessary to restore your database. This is known as importing.

Importing is the process of putting copy back into a database. This is also known as restoring.

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...

IMPORTING:

  1. Login to your hosting and navigate to your cPanel®.

  2. Locate your phpMyAdmin.

  3. Click the phpMyAdmin button to open. You will see a screen as follows:

  4. Select your database

    Tip

    For the purpose of demonstration, a blank database has been created. However the steps to IMPORT are the same.

    The database in this case is being indicated by the arrow.

  5. Once you click on your database if it contains tables and rows, you will see a number next to it and all the tables on the left side of your screen.

    In our case, we...