Installing and Running Joomla! 3: Local and Web-Hosted Sites

Introduction

• Welcome
• Understanding Joomla!
• Running Joomla! locally vs. hosting

1. Working with Joomla! Locally

• WAMP, MAMP, and XAMPP
• Installing Joomla! 3.3 with WAMP
• Installing Joomla! 3.3 with MAMP
• Backups while working locally
• Turning off WAMP error reporting

2. Working with Joomla! on a Web Host

• Choosing a good web host
• Installing Joomla! on Bluehost
• Placing a site in offline mode and changing the offline image
• Moving Joomla! installations from one directory to another

3. PHP Versioning

• PHP version errors
• Update PHP in MAMP
• Update PHP in WAMP

4. Moving Your Site for Development and Deployment

• Moving your web-hosted site to a local environment
• Moving your local site to a web-hosted environment

5. Joomla! Administration

• Editing the site from the front end
• Updating Joomla! to the next version
• Understanding the extension update icon

Conclusion

• Next steps