XAMPP+Setup

=XAMPP Setup= In order to set up Joomla! for this website, you first need to have a server installed on which Joomla! can run. The easiest way to set up a server on your own computer is to use XAMPP. If you are installing Joomla! on a web host, please check out the “Official Joomla 1.5 Installation Guide” at [|http://help.joomla.org].

Do **not** just install the sample content and skip ahead to the “Sections, Categories, and Articles” chapter after your installation is complete. Note: The following instructions are based on a Windows install. Other operating systems will be similar but slightly different. Please refer to the XAMPP installation manual for your operating system.

1. Download the XAMPP installer for your version of Windows from the XAMPP website: []

2. After downloading XAMPP, run the setup and follow the given instructions. Installing Apache and MySQL as services is recommended.

3. Once you have completed the installation, make sure that the installation was successful by visiting [].

4. Congratulations, XAMPP is now installed; now let's go get Joomla! setup!