Time for action – downloading the Joomla files

Let's begin by downloading the current version of Joomla.

  1. Point your browser to www.joomla.org. On the home page, click the Download button.
    Time for action – downloading the Joomla files
  2. You will be taken to the download page. Select the latest release (at the time of writing, this is 2.5.0).
    Time for action – downloading the Joomla files

    Make sure to download the full package (the other versions are upgrades for existing Joomla installations).

  3. The default download file is a ZIP file. Download this file to your hard drive.
  4. Unpack the compressed file to a folder on your hard drive. If you don't have ...

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