Install joomla using cPanel

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Action Steps:

1. visit http://filezilla-project.org
2. download / run the filezilla client
3. Install the software
4. Open filezilla
5. Click -> File -> Site manager
6. Click - > New site
7. Give the site a name
8. enter the host name, username and password
9. Select -> server type -> ftp
10. Set Login type -> Normal
11. Click -> connect
12. Close filezilla

1. visit www.joomla.org
2. Download joomla - Save it to your desktop or some other location you will remember
3. Unzip the download package
4. Visit your Control panel using the url
5. enter your username / password
6. Click login

1. In your control Panel click on Mysql databases
2. Enter a name for your database
3. Click -> Create database
4. Under add new user add a user name
5. Enter a password
6. Click create user
7. Click go back
8. Under Add user to Database select a user
9. Select a database
10. Click -> Add
11. Click -> all privileges
12. Click -> Make changes
13. Click -> Go back

1. Open Filezilla
2. Click -> File -> site manager
3. Select your site from the -> My sites list
4. Click -> Connect
5. In the right hand pane double click -> public_html
6. In the left hand pane search for the joomla folder you downloaded and unzipped earlier
7. Select all the files in your joomla folder
8. Right click and select upload
9. When complete refresh filezilla to ensure all file have been transferred
10. Close filezilla

1. Visit your websites domain
2. Select your language
3. Click -> Next
4. Once installation check shows ok click -> Next
5. Click -> next
6. Under basic settings select local host
7. Enter the username, password and database name
8. Click -> next
9. Click -> next
10. Enter a name for your site
11. Enter the site administrators email
12. Enter a admin password
13. Click -> install sample data (optional)
14. Click -> Next
15. Open filezilla
16. Click -> file -> site manager
17. Select the site from the My sites list
18. Click -> connect
19. In the right hand pane find the "installation" folder
20. Right click and select delete
21. Visit your website