Tutorials
How to install Joomla! 1.5 on VPS with Lighttpd Print

Joomla! can be installed on hosting account with Lighttpd instead of Apache as WWW server. One of hosting companies providing unmanaged VPS with Lighttpd is VPSLink.

HostInABox is a full featured web hosting platform based on Lighttpd, djbdns and pure-ftpd, with LXAdmin as a control panel. It has a lot smaller memory requirements than CPanel, runs perfectly on a VPS with just 128 MB RAM. Plan "Link-2" offers 5 GB disk space, 150 GB bandwidth for just 14.95$/mo.

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How to install Joomla! on hosting account with CPanel. Print

Login into your CPanel for your domain, usually through www.yourdomain.com/cpanel or https://www.yourdomain.com:2083. You should use https since this protects you from eavesdropping.

In next steps you will:

  • create MySQL database
  • upload Joomla! installation file
  • run installation
  • enjoy fresh Joomla!
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How to install Joomla! on hosting account using Fantastico Print

00.jpgFantastico is an add-on found mostly in accounts with CPanel. It allows to install wide range of open source scripts in just few clicks, without creating MySQL databases manually or uploading and unzipping archives. Some of supported scripts are:

  • blogs - b2evolution, Wordpress
  • content management systems - Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, PHP-Nuke, TYPO3, Xoops
  • customer relationship systems - osTicket, PHP Support Tickets
  • discussion boards - phpBB2, SMF Forum
  • e-commerce - OS Commerce, Zen Cart
  • image galleries - 4Images Gallery, Coppermine Photo Gallery
  • project management - dotProject, PHProject
  • other - Noah Classifieds, Open-Realty, PHPAuction, ...
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