Jan 10 2008

Installing Joomla using Fantastico

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Written by David Towers   
Thursday, 10 January 2008

Our first Joomla tutorial couldn't really be any simpler: we're going to show you how to install the content management system Joomla (v1.0.13) on your webhost using Fantastico. Fantastisco is an auto-installer script that is available with certain hosting packages. In this example we're using Hostmonster, but there are plenty of other hosts that offer Fantastico as well.

First step, login to your host. If you haven’t already got a host, you should signup for an account .

If your host is running Cpanel like HostMonster does, scroll down to Software/Services and select “Fantastico De Luxe”.

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Once you are in Fantastico, choose “Joomla” from the side menu, it’s under the “Content Management” section.

You should come to page that looks like this:

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This is your Fantastico Joomla control panel. (If you have already installed Joomla on your server, it will be listed here and you have the option to “remove” the installation. In our example, we have already installed Joomla on our server under the folder Joomla113.)

As we want to install Joomla, simply select "New Installation".

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Here you need to select the domain to install Joomla on, in this example its goodwebpractices.com.

If you would like to install Joomla in a folder on a domain, then you need to enter the name of that folder in the directory box. In our example, we are leaving this box blank: this means that we are installing Joomla in the root directory of the domain goodwebpractices.com

Enter the admin user name and password you would like to have. Try and be inventive when choosing your username rather than opting for the usual "admin". We recommend using password generator software like KeePass to generate secure passwords like the one we have used in our example: "TRU2EHygean2a158LwBJ".

Under base configuration, the admin e-mail is the one that will be used to send emails from when you are running the site so we recommend using an email address like This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , rather than using a personal address.

The admin name you enter will be used when you send out emails or post new articles.>

The sitename will be used as default in the title tags on each page.

If you're not too sure about what to enter in any of these, don't worry, as you can change them easily after through Joomla administrator control panel.

Once you've checked all the information is correct, click "install Joomla"

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This page confirms that the installation is going ahead and will automatically create the MYSQL database and user that Joomla requires to be installed. You don't need to really worry about this so click "finish installation"

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Congratulations! Joomla is now installed on your server!

Make sure you write down your username and password on piece of paper and keep it safe. It's a good idea to bookmark the URL of your admin access point too, just click on the (Bookmark this!) link.

Try going to where you installed Joomla to see how it looks.

So there you go, it really is amazingly simple to install Joomla using Fantastico on a host like HostMonster.

6 Comments
Jez
January 24, 2008
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Can you install Joomla 1.5 using Fantastico too? I'm having difficulties installing it and would like a simple solution.

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David T
January 25, 2008
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Hi Jez, welcome to Good web practices!

At the moment it's not possible to install Joomla 1.5 using Fantastico but I expect it will be possible soon. Joomla 1.5 has only just been released, so that's why it's not available yet through the Fantastico control panel. I will post back in here when fantastico is offering Joomla 1.5 installation.

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Cerman
January 30, 2008
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how can install joomla 1.5 on Hostmonster ? do Host Monster support that new cms ? i like to try joomla 1.5 with Hostmonster but start how ?

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David T
January 30, 2008
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Thanks for posting your question here Cerman. Welcome to Good web practices!

Installing Joomla 1.5 on Hostmonster (shared hosting) can be done relatively easily. Although you can't install Joomla 1.5 using Fantastico yet, you can do a manual install.

I will try and write a blog post running you through how to do it, watch this space. :-) In the mean time I have written this blog post discussing Fantastico for Joomla 1.5: http://www.goodwebpractices.co...stico.html

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David T
February 21, 2008
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It's worth noting if you followed this installation guide to install Joomla 1.0.13, you should now go back into the Fantastico control panel to upgrade Joomla 1.0.13 to Joomla 1.0.14. Fantastico released the upgrade today. Joomla 1.0.14 is a security upgrade so it's best if you carry out the update soon.

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Namus
June 20, 2008
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Joomla 1.5 can now be installed using both Fantastico and SimpleScripts in Hostmonster. My site is running fine there. smilies/smiley.gif

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