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Eric Tiggeler
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Eric Tiggeler

Eric Tiggeler has authored several books on Joomla!, such as the highly successful Joomla! 2.5 Beginner's Guide  and Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide, both by Packt Publishing. He has also written several Joomla! guides in Dutch. His books have received excellent reader reviews. He also writes tutorials for several computer magazines and Joomla! community websites. Over the last ten years, he has developed numerous websites, big and small, using Joomla!. He is fascinated by the Web as a powerful, creative, and ever-changing means of communication, as well as by the revolutionary software Joomla!, which enables anybody to create beautiful and user-friendly websites. On a daily basis, he works as a consultant and copywriter at a communication consultancy company affiliated to the Free University of Amsterdam. Over the last few years, he has written more than 20 books in Dutch on writing and communication. His passion lies in making complex things easy to understand. He is married, has two daughters, and lives and works in Hilversum, the Netherlands. On the Web, you'll find him at www.joomla.erictiggeler.nl(in Dutch) and www.joomm.net(in English).
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Time for action – downloading Joomla! and running the installation wizard

To install CMS, download Joomla, place the files on your computer, and start the step-by-step installation as follows:

  1. First, download and unzip the Joomla files. Please refer to the Time for action – downloading the Joomla! files earlier in this chapter for specifics.

  2. On your computer, use the file browser (in Windows this will be Windows File Explorer) to navigate to C:\xampp\htdocs. Create a new folder named joomla3 in the htdocs folder.

  3. Move the files you unpacked in the step 1 to the the joomla3 folder.

  4. In your web browser, go to http://localhost/joomla3.

  5. The Joomla installation wizard starts. You'll follow the same steps as described earlier in this chapter in Time for action – running the Joomla installation wizard. Please refer to that section for detailed information. The only differences when performing a local installation involve the database details (the second step in the following steps). Here's an overview...

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Eric Tiggeler has authored several books on Joomla!, such as the highly successful Joomla! 2.5 Beginner's Guide  and Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide, both by Packt Publishing. He has also written several Joomla! guides in Dutch. His books have received excellent reader reviews. He also writes tutorials for several computer magazines and Joomla! community websites. Over the last ten years, he has developed numerous websites, big and small, using Joomla!. He is fascinated by the Web as a powerful, creative, and ever-changing means of communication, as well as by the revolutionary software Joomla!, which enables anybody to create beautiful and user-friendly websites. On a daily basis, he works as a consultant and copywriter at a communication consultancy company affiliated to the Free University of Amsterdam. Over the last few years, he has written more than 20 books in Dutch on writing and communication. His passion lies in making complex things easy to understand. He is married, has two daughters, and lives and works in Hilversum, the Netherlands. On the Web, you'll find him at www.joomla.erictiggeler.nl(in Dutch) and www.joomm.net(in English).
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