Help to make a web server, please?

[viking60]

Suggestion:
make a folder called joomla and unpack all there.
go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin and create the database "joomla" or "pannekaker" or whatever
go to http://localhost/joomla and do the stuff follow the steps etc etc.
when you get to the database configuration page you enter
localhost
root
password
joomla or pannekaker or whatever

Joomla will populate the database for you with the install script (the part we did manually before)

select the "install example data" option that will make it easier to check out the possibilities.
Your admin userid will be "admin" when you are finished

[rolf]

It sounds like I need to put folder joomla at /var/www/html, ja?

Edit: I have done and installing now.

[viking60]

It sounds like I need to put folder joomla at /var/www/html, ja?

Edit: I have done and installing now.

You don't need to, but I think it is easier to have a folder.

[rolf]

ok, i copy/pasted the configuration.php the installer provides to /var/www/html/joomla/ but I don't understand what to remove for this:

PLEASE REMEMBER TO COMPLETELY
REMOVE THE INSTALLATION DIRECTORY.
You will not be able to proceed beyond this point until the installation directory has been removed. This is a security feature of Joomla!.

I am not getting what is "Installation Directory".

oh, maybe this:

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# ls /var/www/html/joomla/
administrator/  configuration.php-dist  images/   -->  installation/ <--  LICENSE.php   modules/    tmp/
cache/          COPYRIGHT.php           includes/   INSTALL.php    LICENSES.php  plugins/    xmlrpc/
CHANGELOG.php   CREDITS.php             index2.php  language/      logs/         robots.txt
components/     htaccess.txt            index.php   libraries/     media/        templates/


[viking60]

This is when you go to /var/www/html/joomla and rename the folder called "installation" to "installation_finished"

[rolf]

Yes, although rm -rf was my strategy. thanks!

So, sample data is installed but I couldn't enable the ftp layer; I guess the ftp packages needed are not installed...

[viking60]

No I did not bother with that either. It can be fixed later on but there is no immediate need. The rest can be done via the control panel now.
And your strategy is clearly the most secure one Remember when you create users to pick the tiny_mc editor or something. It makes editing the posts easier. Good job

[rolf]

Thank you for all your help. The website is going to be very low traffic, something for a sole proprietor of a beauty salon to create a web presence, a little extra exposure. I don't know where to go from here but I've seen the joomla manual and forum, so I'll be looking at that.

Also, I think I need to get into the Linksys and assign this machine a static url, route http (port 80) requests to it, as I seem to have read, somewhere, many new things. Thanks again!

[viking60]

De nada - I love a good happy ending. Just start with creating some users and start editing/deleting the sample data. Global configuration is were you put the company name and meta tags etc etc. Lots of options (too many )
Once the content is up it will be easy to change prises pics and content for the shop owner (or you).