What is Joomla 2.5 #
Joomla 2.5 is part of one of the most popular content management Systems. It is the next part of the 1.6 and 1.7 Joomla version. And it is absolutely free to use. Basically, Joomla provides the feature to create dynamic websites. With require high security. You can download the Joomla version from the official website of Joomla. In this article, we will see how to install Joomla 2.5.
Use of Joomla 2.5 #
- Developers:- if you are the developers building websites and apps the Joomla is useful for you to create a secure and mobile-friendly content management system.
- organizational websites:- Joomla is useful for organizations for their use.
- Personal or family homepages:- if you want to build a website for your family friends or just for you, you can use Joomla to build your website.
- E-commerce:- many of the e-commerce websites are built on Joomla.
- Online magazines, newspapers, and publications:- many of the newspaper and magazines website use Joomla for them
System requirement of Joomla 2.5 #
Software | Recommended | Minimum |
PHP | 5.6 | 5.2.4 |
Database | ||
MySQL | 5.0.4+ | 5.0.4 |
SQL Server | 10.50.1600.1+ | 10.50.1600.1 |
Webserver | ||
apache | 2.2+ | 2.0 |
Nginx | 1.1+ | 1.0 |
Microsoft IIS | 7 | 7 |
The installation process of Joomla #
There are two methods to install Joomla on your system. You can use one of them to install Joomla on your system.
- installation using the auto-installer
- installation manually
installation using the auto-installer #
To install Joomla quickly we have to use a softaculous installer. for installation Joomla perform the following steps
Step1: login to Cpanel, go to softaculous app installer you will see the Joomla cms click on it, the new interface will open.
Step2: in the new interface you will see the information about Joomla and also the install button, click on install to install the Joomla on your hosting.
Step3: In the next interface you will see the information required for the installation of Joomla. This information is divided into 5 parts
- Software setup
- Site settings
- Database setting
- Admin account
- Install
- Software setup
- In software, set up select the version of Joomla 2.5 you want to install on your system.
- In the next part select the protocol of your website (HTTP:// or HTTPS://) then select the domain and directory you want to install Joomla.
- Site settings
- In the site setting part select the site name and site description.
- Database setting
- In the database, the setting imports the sample data.
- Admin account
- In admin, the account setting creates the username and password.
- Then give the admin mail
- Install
- Choose the language you want to install Joomla
- And click the install button to install Joomla.
installation manually #
To install Joomla manually perform the following steps. To install Joomla the procedure is divided into 3 parts.
- File configuration.
- Database configuration
- Website configuration.
- File configuration
Step1: go to https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla25/ this URL and download the Joomla 2.5 version of Joomla in the zip file.
Step2: login to the Cpanel of your hosting, go to file manager.
Step3: in the public_html folder paste the Joomla file you downloaded, and extract it.
- database configuration
Step1: To create the database go to the database section in your Cpanel, click on MySQLDatabase.
Step2: write the database name and click create the database.
Step3: Add the user to the database you created.
Step4: give all privileges to the user.
- Website configuration
To configure your website there are 3 steps
Step1: In the first step you have to give the information about the site and administrator,
Add username password to your site
Step2: configure your database with your website, fill in the required information like the username password of your database, and give the name of your database to add to the website
Step3: Here you will see the overview of your website. Like your email, username database configuration, and some recommended settings.
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