3. Installing Joomla!
This chapter will explain how to download and manually install Joomla! and will explain the basic configuration options. The screenshots and instructions will reference a common Web hosting control panel called Cpanel. Cpanel is an interface that allows users to control the various functionalities of their hosting account. A number of hosts have their own hosting control panel account interfaces that are similar to Cpanel, and your host will have documentation that shows you the equivalent actions and functions that we describe in this walk-through.
The main functions we will be referencing are creating a database, accessing phpMyAdmin, and using File Manager. If your host does not use Cpanel, please refer to the documentation ...
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