Joomla installation on Denwer: detailed manual, features of creation and recommendations

The market of free products for the independent creation of sites and their testing is constantly updated and supported by enthusiastic developers. About two such systems - Denwer and Joomla will be discussed in this article. It will detail all the stages of installing Joomla on Denwer, as well as their configuration and configuration.

Description Denwer - "gentleman's set" of the web developer

Denwer is free software for installing on your local computer your own instance of a web server with all the features of real hosting.

The product is free and available for free download. It usually includes:

• The Apache web server. Local instance of the real server used on the hosting. It is he who is responsible for managing all the sites of the site and the interaction between them;
• Server MySQL. Database management tool that allows you to quickly and conveniently manage stored values, both users and site settings;
• PHP5 interpreter. It is necessary to convert PHP code into the necessary machine code, understandable to the server;
• Phpmyadmin is a handy tool for managing databases.

Installing Denwer on your computer

For security, it is recommended to download the distribution from the official site. After the startup, the installation process will begin. The first question will be asked the user about the installation path. The default is C: \ WebServers. If you press Enter, this value will be saved.

Then you will be prompted to select the letter of the virtual disk to which you will link to the installation folder for faster access. The next step is the process of copying the files necessary for the work of "Denver".

First run the server configuration

After a successful installation, the desktop will have three icons:

• Start Denwer. Serves to run all necessary services and services.
• Restart Denwer. Restarts Denver.
• Stop Denwer. Stops the system.

By double-clicking on Start Denwer, you start all services and services. Now you need to use any web browser. In the address bar, type localhost / denwer. A successful announcement will be announced with the appropriate message with the title "Hurray, earned!". This means that all services are installed and running.

Joomla 3 installation on Denwer - detailed manual

Joomla has long been a good place among content management systems. In many respects due to its free distribution and open source code. At the moment, the third version has already been released. However, the previous ones can also be found on the Internet.

First you need a clean distribution of the latest version of Joomla. Download it only from the official site.

On the path C: \ WebServers \ home, you must create a folder for the future site, for example mysite. In it - the directory www.

After downloading, you need to unpack the archive and put all the files and folders in the www directory located in mysite. Now we need to restart the server.

Before installing Joomla on Denwer, you need to create and prepare a database. To do this, the tool phpmyadmin built into Denver will help. Go to it from the main page of localhost, you need to access the "Databases" tab.

Here you will see the "Create a database" section and the name field. Create a name, click the "Create" button. Now the base is ready, you just need to remember her name - it will be needed later.

Running the Joomla 3 installation on a local Denwer server

Now in the browser you need to type the address of the local site, in this case mysite.

The first stage of installing Joomla on Denwer will open. It contains several fields that need to be filled:

• language. The drop-down menu will allow you to select the necessary localization of the site and the administrative panel;
• Name of the site;
• description. It is a description for the entire site. Search engines are oriented towards it, so it is worthwhile to specify in detail all information about the resource;
• E-mail of the administrator;
• Administrator login. The name by which the user will be logged into the Joomla administration panel;
• Administrator password and confirmation;
• Enable site. The options are yes or no. It allows you to immediately start viewing the site in real time.

The "Next" button will move to the next step. It is called "Database Configuration" and contains the following fields:

• Type of database. MySQLi is always indicated;
• The name of the database server. Here you need to set localhost;
• Username. Here you can specify the value of root;
• password. You can leave this field blank for now. In the future, when you transfer the site to a real hosting service, you will need to specify it;
• Database name. It was specified in phpmyadmin;
• Table prefix. Allows you to use several databases in one, focusing specifically on this value. You can not change;
• Actions with existing tables. You can leave the default value.

In the next window you do not need to change anything, just click the "Install" button.

The final stage

The final stage of installing Joomla on Denwer will be marked with the message "Congratulations, you installed Joomla!"

Now it remains to delete the directory with installation files installation. This should be done in order to limit the access of attackers to the site files. Installing Joomla 3 on Denwer can be considered complete! It remains to check everything and visit the administrative panel.

Testing the site

On the last page of Joomla 3.3 installation on "Denver" there are two buttons - "Site" and "Control Panel". The first will lead to the newly created site and will allow you to evaluate how it works and what it contains. The second will open a window with a suggestion to enter the administrator's login and password. They were specified during the installation of Joomla.

Entering their data, the user will go to the administrative control panel. In it, you can make the necessary settings, create the first material, change the template, configure the modules and menus.

Conclusion

The article described in detail the step-by-step installation of Joomla 3 on Denwer. In fact, there is nothing complicated in it. The main thing is to follow the instructions and read what the system offers.

After installing these two free products, you can easily start creating your own sites of almost any complexity. The Joomla community is quite large, the mass of various modules, plug-ins and components greatly simplifies the life of the webmaster.

A bunch of Joomla + "Denver" will allow you to test the site on your PC, without affecting the main site on the hosting. For example, when adding a new feature or feature. After its successful run-in on the local server, you can flood the data to a remote one.

You can safely conduct a pentest (check for vulnerability) without fear that it will cause real harm. Knowing the structure of your own database and the location of the files, this will be quite easy.

It is worth saying a few words about protection. By default, any site on Joomla has an administrative panel at my_site / administrator. To avoid illegal visits by potential intruders, it is recommended that you hide it. You can do it with special plug-ins and components. After their installation, the login to the admin area will be accessible only to one address, known only to the administrator.