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Open another tab within Firefox browser (you ARE using Firefox, aren't you ?) and go to your domain name: www.yourdomain.com.

You should see first Joomla! installation screen:

Ooops! As we can see there are two settings which are not optimal for security reasons. Hopefully in your server all settings are green.

RG_EMULATION setting can be corrected quickly using File Manager from CPanel: click on globals.php file, then on Edit link:

New window will pop-up, where you can edit the content of the file. Just one thing needs to be changed. In the following line change 1 to 0:

define( 'RG_EMULATION', 1 );

change so it's:

define( 'RG_EMULATION', 0 );

Then click Save at the bottom of the page.

Keep in mind the information above: this setting is set to 1 by default due to backward compatibility. If you are not planning to use old plugins or components on your site, you will be more secure with it set to 0.

With PHP register_globals situation is little harder. Since I have PHPsuexec enabled, I had to use php.ini in each folder to change the value of PHP directive. I used "Create New File" link in File Manager, entered php.ini as new file name, then entered the following line and saved the file:

register_globals = 0

In servers without PHsuexec you should be able to add PHP flag to .htaccess file:

php_flag register_globals off

But hopefully it is already set to off by your hoster. For very good Joomla! security overview refer to: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,81058.0.html

Let's proceed with Joomla! installation. Click Next. You should see GNU/GPL License page:

Click Next and in the following screen enter the details of MySQL database and MySQL user. Instead of xxxxxx you have to enter your account name. Enter also MySQL password from earlier step.

In the next step enter the name of your site. It can be changed later in site configuration.

Step 3 shows final detail for confirmation. First 2 lines usually don't have to be changed. Enter your email and password for administrator account:

Congratulations! Just delete /installation folder and INSTALL.php file in File Manager and enjoy your fresh, new Joomla! CMS installation.