CHAPTER 2Quickstart: Setting Up aJoomla! Site in 20 Minutes

Joomla installation can be a tricky process, because it leverages the operating system's security functions as well as three independently developed server systems: web server (Apache or IIS), code execution engine (PHP), and MySQL. Running into at least one problem during installation is fairly common.

For this reason, I've tried to include as many screen shots as possible in this Quickstart chapter, so you can see what's going on at each step of the process. If you encounter a problem, please take a deep breath and don't worry—you won't be left to your own devices. If you can't find the solution to your problem in the "Troubleshooting" section of the next chapter, you can turn to ...

Get Beginning Joomla!, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.