To Install Joomla, please follow the below instructions.
NOTE - For clients who haven't delegated the domain name to Hosting Australia servers, please contact our support team for instructions on how to manage the setup.
- Login to your accounts cPanel. You can access cPanel directly, but Hosting Australia.com recommends
using the Client Area to access. Details on how to do this are HERE. - Scroll to the bottom of the cPanel page, and you will find a section titled "Softaculous Apps Installer"
- Choose the applicable package you wish to install, in this case Joomla. (You can also follow this process
to install other packages) - You will be presented with the installer page, which shows information about the chosen package.
Click the INSTALL button from the sub menu. - Complete all details required. Making sure to enter an email address in the "Email Installation Details
to:" field. - IMPORTANT - under the "In Directory" field, we highly recommend leaving this field blank, removing
the default entry, unless you specially need to have a sub folder install. See below image
- Click Advanced Options
- To enable auto updates, please click the applicable boxes.
- Click Install. Installation will take 4-5 minutes to complete.
- Follow instructions on how to access your site and administrator panel.
