Joomla! 101: Installing Joomla! from Scratch

TIME: 2 hours

LOCATION: Online

COST: Free

LEVEL: 201 - Intermediate or enthusiastic beginner

Great For: Individuals who are learning to work in Joomla, website designers learning to use Content Management Systems (CMS), staff at organizations who have to support Joomla

You Will Learn

1. Building Websites - Why people get stuck in with outdated sites
2. Why Joomla?
3. Review of workshop outline and minimum technology requirements
4. Discuss possible "Gotchas" during install (Skype port 80/443)
5. Setup local webserver with XAMPP
6. Download Joomla Files
7. Download Filezilla FTP Client
8. Install XAMPP on your computer
9. Test XAMPP
10. Setup database and user in database using phpMyAdmin
11. Install Joomla
12. Login to Joomla
13. Questions and Answers

IMPORTANT

This workshop is for people who want to learn to install Joomla

This training will be overbooked so arrive early to secure your spot

This workshop is free to help keep the spirit of Open Source alive

This workshop is 2 hours long. This workshop is for people who want to learn to install Joomla

The instructor is volunteering their time to teach this workshop

It's important that if you sign up, you attend

WHAT YOU NEED TO ATTEND

1. Desktop or Laptop
2. High speed connection
3. Long Distance or Skype)
4. Headset - This will allow you to work easier at your keyboard. Speakerphones will cause problems on conference calls.

FOR EXTRA CREDIT

Certain workshops will require us to download tools. Feel free to download these ahead of time.

1. Download and Install XMAPP local webserver
2. Download Joomla and unzip the files

IF YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW TO INSTALL JOOMLA, DON'T SIGN UP

WORKSHOP GOAL

This workshop is not about getting a website online, it's about getting experience installing Joomla.

I will be asking folks to provide feedback on what can be done to improve this workshop. This class will remain free at Fresh Workshops.