Joomla

1. HOST & DOMAIN

2. MYSQL

3.UPLOAD JOOMLA

4.NAVIGATE TO DOMAIN 

5.EDIT BACKEND TEMPLATE/ARTICLES/MENUS

6. OPTIMIZE SITE

7.SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING-- add social bookmarks- Called sexyBookmarks. 

1.To begin Joomla you must have a domain and hosting ready. Purchase domain and create the folder under public_html

Name the folder you want your files in. 

2Once you have the domain and the host then you must create your MYSQL database. Once the database is established, then you can upload your Joomla Zip file. In your CPanel open MYSQL Database Wizard. Create username, database name & password. You must save these passwords- they are very important. 

Once the database is created then start with Joomla.

3.To download the most updated version of Joomla go to Joomla.org. Once you have it downloaded you must make sure it is a Zip file. Click on File and right click compress. This will make your file a Zip file. You don't need to edit or reconfigure any files. Unlike WordPress where you must change your config file first. Once you upload Joomla, then you have to click on that joomla folder and extract or unarchive it. Once it has been extracted meaning all the folders are now visble then you must highlight and move them into your main domain folder which is the root folder. The best way to explain it is that your Joomla zip files come in archived and you have not copy them to the root folder. Once unarchived you can delete the folder. You have to highlight all the files and move them into the root folder directly. I always delete the folder that it came in with so I don't confuse myself. You really don't need that folder anyway. Now that all your files are directly under your domain's root folder then you can you open a new window and put in your domain in the navigation bar. This will bring you to the installation process if you did it correctly. If you did not do this right then it will not come up. So now that it's correct you have to start answering the questions. First one being language, then mysql database information. The next stepis to make up your username & password and click upload sample data, then click uninstall admin files. Side never use Admin as username always make it hard to guess.

4.Once this is completed then you can now navigate to the front and backend of Joomla. Your front end would be www.yourdomain.com Your back end will always be www.yourdomain.com/administrator. After all this you are now ready to edit Templates. Content & layout.

Ready to edit Joomla

5.Now that you are ready to edit your Joomla website, I would do a search for Free or Premium Template. I always look for Free ones because as a beginner you may not want to spend a lot of money on Templates. Do a search for Free Joomla 2.5 or 3.0 templates. The version of Joomla that you are using is very important, not only will your templates not work but your extensions, modules or components won't either unless they are compatible. To upload a template navigate to your admin panel and click on extension manager, there will be a place to upload a file. In Joomla every file that you upload must be in .zip file format. You must zip Templates, Components, extensions and Modules before installing them into Joomla's backend. Once you upload the file then you can go back to Extensions over and click on template manager. You will now see your new template. In order for it to be the main template that your site uses you have to click default on that particular template. Then click on the name of the template and you can add or un add the pages you want to be assigned to this template. This is called your menu selection. You are assigning menus to the proper template. If some of the menus are not checked they will either not show up or they will show up with the template they are assigned to. In Joomla you can assign different templates to show different pages. Unlike WordPress where you can only have one template and thats basically it. Because you have installed the sample data package you now have generic text, categories, articles and modules. If you had not installed the sample data you would have a very empty backend and you would have to create a lot of it yourself. It is not advised to NOT install the sample data. If you have installed a template then you now have to assign all of the modules to a position. Your positions are based on your template. Depending on the template that choose will decide what and how many positions you have. Next you will want to start creating your categories & your articles. Your categories will be the main section that it is associated with. The articles will created and assigned to a category.

6.To optimize your site go into your contrail panel and answer all the descriptions and metadate and meta descriptions. 

7. Social Media Marketing- Set up a Facebook, Linkedin, Stumbleupon, and other social media sites. 

When you make changes to your website, use your sexybookmarks to share with your social sites. 

vCita another awesome great Plugin for WordPress

I was searching for a nice contact form and online scheduling plugin when I found vCita. vCita is probably one of the best if not the most impressive simple plugins I have found in a very long time. vCita is very simple to upload and the settings are even easier. If you have a Business and you would like a contact form or be able to set appointments, charge for services or give consultations either online or over the phone then this is for You. vCita is Free to use for all basic services, but just like any Good plugin they will charge for UpGraded Services.

To upgrade with vCita would definitely be beneficial if you are running a nice size company because the features are worth it.

If you are a Web Developer then it is definitely beneficial for you to sign up as a Web Developer because then you get to upload and install the vCita on to your clients websites hence they need it. If your clients upgrade then you will get paid for every upgrade that your clients sign up for.

Just rolled out I Teach CMS appointment Setter

At I Teach CMS, we can now set appointments to teach You CMS. Please fill out the contact you form or set an appointment and we will call you. I Teach CMS will one day become one of the largest CMS Teaching Schools.

Designing the Right Website for your Business

Creating a website is an exciting endeavor for any business as this would mean that they would be exposed to various ways to market their company for a cheaper price. Furthermore, online marketing has also proved to be very vital today as people would turn to the internet for researching products and services. However, having a website and a good online marketing campaign is not enough to gain the interest of potential customers, it is also important that you have an interesting and user-friendly web design.

According to inc.com, you should think about the first impression that you will give to your visitors. You should contemplate on whether your site is easy to navigate and if it clearly conveys your products and services; if it doesn’t, visitors may lose interest and abandon your site.

For most businesses, it is important to be as simple as they can be with their design—too much creativity is “too much.” People would tend to be turned off with flashy websites cluttered with irrelevant images. Your goal is to not only bring users in your site but also get them to right place. According to a tip from Forbes Magazine, remember that most visitors would come to your site probably knowing what they need and want out of it, so if they get lost since your site is too flashy and they can’t navigate through it, they would leave immediately. It is important to make your website simple and straight to the point.

Let’s say you own a restaurant and you want to build your own website. Make sure that you feature your dishes—customers don’t care about what your chef looks like or hot models stuffing their faces. Customers care about how appetizing your food is and how much they cost; so it’s best to focus on that. According to 1stQebDesigner, facts that should be included in restaurant websites that are often overlooked are the menu in detail, the price, ongoing offers, original and latest photographs, and location with a link to Google maps, parking information and an advanced booking option that works.

When you have a business, you would want your visitors to look professional. Again, simplicity is the key. Use simple colors rather than striking ones that hurt the eyes. There are some cases that websites need some bright colors, but it is generally safe to use calming and cool colors such as shades of blue or green. A fancy website would just look amateur so the website should not be over decorated. Keep images limited and use simple ones as well. With choosing images use only the most relevant to your website and use real ones—which depict real people, businesses and dealings—rather than graphics.

Fancy and flashy is not the answer when designing your website as people would look for something that is easy on the eyes and friendly enough that they can find their way through the site. According to Npresence, among the millions of websites, only a few actually make it big online and these are the professional websites—those that are simple, straight to the point and very informative.

Bio:

Kenneth Sytian is the owner of Web Design Philippines, a web development company who specializes in providing high quality web design, web development, e-commerce development, search engine optimization (SEO), and other online services at affordable rates.

Five WordPress Plugins You're Missing Out On

WordPress is already a full-featured, powerful blogging platform, but to truly take advantage of everything it has to offer, savvy bloggers know to use the best plugins to power-up their site. Unfortunately, even some of the best and most popular plugins go unnoticed by novice bloggers. To help make these new blogs better, here is a list of five of the most all-around useful plugins for WordPress.

All in One SEO Pack

Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the best methods for bringing new readers to your blog, but the details of WordPress e-commerce sites, Google Analytics and other SEO tools can be daunting for new users. This plugin automates most of the process, allowing you to tailor your design and content, your links and your URLs to direct search engine traffic where you want it: your blog. Novices will also appreciate the user interface which automates most functions.

Add This

Add This uses an easy widget to automate sharing for your blog's visitors. The widget appears on your blog's sidebar and offers visitors the ability to share your content through over 330 popular social networking sites. Visitors can use your widget to subscribe to an Add This account for stats and other information. Best of all, this plugin "just works" and requires little to no configuration by the blog administrator. 

Feedburner

RSS remains one of the most popular ways to access content online, and Feedburner can help make the excellent Wordpress RSS features even better. A Feedburner-based feed will be accessible to almost any reader out there, and visitors will be able to seamlessly add your feed to their readers without any problems. Subscribers to your old feed will be redirected to the new version. Under the hood, Feedburner provides analytics so you can see how many people are reading your feed.

WASABI Related Posts

If you've pulled in a reader with great blog content, you want to keep them reading more. This plugin helps you keep visitors on your blog by offering them a selection of related content at the bottom of your posts. WASABI presents related posts in a neatly-formatted, bulleted list, and works out of the box without major configuration by the blogger. 

Akismet

Spam comments are a blogger's nightmare, but this plugin can eliminate this problem with ease. Akismet checks comments on your blog against the Akismet database and eliminates anything that looks like spam. Even better, the plugin actually gets better over time as the database improves. With less spam, your blog can look forward to a better PageRank and more traffic.

Plugins like these five are a WordPress blogger's best friend. Whether they automate common administrative tasks or improve the reading and sharing experience for your readers, they all serve one basic purpose: to improve your WordPress blog and bring more readers to your content. If your blog is still missing out on these useful plugins, don't waste any more time, and give them a try.

This post was written by Aubrey Phelps, a writer for Fibernet. In her spare time, she loves fishing and hiking with family.  

Blogging For SEO

Many people are now blogging and exchanging Articles for web placement.
There are many advantages to Blogging. For one it creates content and it allows a marketer to get their information out as well as links to their product or service.
In many cases knowledge and education can help a consumer choose a product wisely. Today Google can place a Page Rank and have the authority to optimize your web site based numerous variations. Because of Googles Algorithm bloggers have no other choice then try to put their expert blogs on High page ranking websites. If you choose to use an affiliate network to market your product then you may be able to avoid the whole SEO formula. In many cases this is not feasible nor will it organically optimize your site. In the SEO world this is considered to be a white hat option, meaning it is allowed or approved by Google.

White hat is a term for allowed or Good Business practices. Poor business practices would be spamming a message board or adding no visual links to your page to get rankings.
Today the Blogging industry has grown rapidly. Another term for Bloggers could be Content Writers or Content Specialist. I have found that I like to incorporate both my own Blogging and other bloggers for a different insight in content.

There are many blogging websites out there, there are free ones and there are paid ones. I always focus on the Free ones.

I have found a couple that I use and I would like to share them with you.


http://www.bloggerlinkup.com/
http://myblogguest.com
http://www.bloggerrequest.com
http://www.guestr.com

If you have any sites that you would like to add please list them in the comments...






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3. Understand what a CMS is and why you want one, because you don't want to get locked into being nickel-and-dimed over updates to your website.
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BuddyPress Group Email Subscription

I just found this awesome plugin for Buddy press. 

BuddyPress Group Email Subscription 

http://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-group-email-subscription/

This is a Great plugin for Buddy Press groups. Once you activate it you can then decide how people in the group can get emails pertaining to the Group Posts. I just allowed all options and I will allow my members to decide how they want to subscribe to posts. To see how This works you can view my example under groups. Subscribe to one of the groups and once you are a member you can click on the email to check how you would like to subscribe to group posts.  

First things for SEO

Of course SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization.
In order for your website to be Optimized it actually needs to be submitted to the search engines.
The first thing I suggest is to create a generic email address that you would only use for spam email. You are going to get tons of spam email once you start submitting your URL. Your URL is www.yurdomain.com. If you have to submit your URL so the web crawlers can index it.
Now there are many Search Engines out there, you may think Yahoo, Bing &  Google are the only ones, but they are not.
Ok so now that you have a generic email address made up now you can do a search for "Free URL Submissions." Go to your search engine of choice and put in "Free URL Submissions."
You will find a bunch come up.
Submit express is the first one that came up for me.
http://www.submitexpress.com/free-submission.html
But I'm not going to use this one because it asked for my phone number. I am not giving that out. You will get tons of calls.
So this is my second website that came up.
http://www.free-url-submission.com
I submitted my domain to this one because if you notice it had a ton of search engines that it will be submitted to all in one shot. You can submit your URL to as many as you want. From what I learned it only has to be submitted to a search engine maybe once a year. So I will try to submit to as many Free ones as I can. Then maybe I will do this again in a year from now. This particular website said it submitted my site to 140 search engines. That's a lot of search engines. My main focus would be to make sure that all the major ones were submitted to like google, yahoo, Bing etc...

Now the second SEO suggestion I would give you is to submit your website to Free Press release websites. Now these websites ask you to create an article that is rather lengthy.
So in my search engine I put in " Free Press release Submission, " This particular site has come up in the past and I have used it before http://www.prlog.org/.
Make sure you find a Free Submission site. There are too many free sites out there for you to have to use a paid site. Now after you've been in business for quite some time then maybe you want to do some due diligence in finding a good paid one, but for now this will do.

Once you have created a Great article that will call a Description of your site, then you should save it. Make sure to save everything. In Online Marketing & Advertising you will be asked to always describe or fill out information about you or your company.

So now you have a nice description of your company, you can submit it to as many Free Press release submission sites as you wish.

The next thing I would advise is do a search for "Free classifieds submission." There are many of them out there. Of course each time you go to a new site then you always have to sign up and create an account. For anything like this I would always use your generic spam email address.

Buddy Press

Buddy Press is Such a really Cool Free Plug in for WordPress. Buddy Press is such a simple way to create a community in your WordPress website. I was very surprised at just how to easy it was. To install I would log in to you your WordPress site ex www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin then go to plugins, and add new. I would search for Buddy Press and it should be the first one that shows up in the listings. I have don't it the other way and downloaded the file from WordPress, zipped it and uploaded it myself but for some reason it didn't work. So for now on I always upload Buddy Press from inside the admin plugins add new button.

Once you install Buddy Press you do need to create and or save your settings.
The cool thing about this plug in is that Buddy Press gives developers the framework so they can create add-on plugins for Buddy Press. If you search Buddy Press  plugins you will see that they have over 485 to choose from. I have chosen some simple ones that just compliment my websites.

I have created community websites like Chatz247, Mom and Baby Magazine and Mommy Networkers.

Give me 31 Days and I’ll Give You a Dramatically Better Blog… Guaranteed

Join 19,000 other bloggers and kick-start your blog with this 31 day challenge
Fully redesigned, revised and updated for 2012.
Have big dreams for your blog? Got a list of improvements sitting in the ‘one day’ basket? Visitor numbers a little embarrassing?
You’re not alone.
31 Days to Build a Better Blog is a downloadable ebook designed to help you revitalize your blog. One step at a time, it will transform your blog into the page view powerhouse you’ve always dreamed of.

Designed to Make you Think, but more Importantly DO

The workbook is divided into 31 easy-to-follow tasks that you can work through in your own time.
Each step in the workbook contains:

• A Task – something to DO that step.
• Teaching – each day you’ll be given in depth instruction on both the WHY and HOW of the task of the day.
• Further reading – so you can dive deeper on any task.

This three pronged approach is designed so that you come away from the challenge having not only learned how to build a better blog but you’ll have actually achieved something with the knowledge.

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“In the first day, I implemented 4 days worth of advice from the workbook and tripled my blog traffic overnight. Yes, really. Every day I read and implemented another few day’s worth of advice from the workbook and it has steadily improved my blog traffic without fail.” Yvonne Adele

A Better Blog, at your Own Pace, in your Own Way

Originally designed to be followed every day for 31 days, with 19,000 bloggers already taken the challenge, we’ve discovered 31DBBB is being used in a variety of ways including:

• Intense Training – set aside weekends or weeks to go through multiple tasks at once.
• 1 Task a Day – the way we designed it – one day at a time.
• 1 Task a Week – take your time with the challenge and tackle one task a week.
• Monthly Tasks – build the tasks into your monthly routine.
• Occasional Inspiration –dip into 31DBBB on a more occasional basis – using it on days when you have time or need inspiration.
• Gather a group – find a group of like minded bloggers and take the challenge at the same time.

The great thing about 31DBBB is that you can do it at your own pace and in your own way.

Perfect for Bloggers who want More from their Blog

31 Days to Build a Better Blog is for bloggers at different stages of their blogging including:

• You’ve just started a blog and don’t know what to do next
• You’ve had a blog for a while but it’s stalled in its growth
• You’re a blogger with bloggers block and lacking inspiration.

Note: This workbook is NOT designed for bloggers yet to start a blog (PreBloggers). It doesn’t cover setting up a blog. If that’s you check out the ProBlogger book which covers this aspect of blogging.

“Darren Rowse is the master. Absorb these lessons and prepare to grow your own success.” Chris Brogan

Take Small Steps to Travel a Great Distance

By the end of the 31 steps you’ll have:

• published a variety of different types and styles of posts
• learned techniques for coming up with new post ideas
• promoted your blog in a variety of ways and found new readers
• deepened reader engagement with current readers
• reached out to and developed working relationships with other bloggers
• developed an editorial calendar for your blog going forward
• discovered ways to be more connected to your niche/topic
• designed a plan for the next month of your blogging

… and much more.
After the 31 steps you’ll have transformed you blog into a valuable online asset.

“Darren’s step-by-step program will absolutely help you take the actions you need to build a better blog, based on his success creating niche content-focused communities that have nothing to do with blogging about blogging.” Brian Clark

2012 Update, 7 Bonus Tasks!

This new edition sees the introduction of 7 bonus tasks – that’s a whole additional week of blogging insight and action – bundled up in a bonus mini eBook.
Plus you receive:

• All the original material updated, redesigned and refreshed
• Case studies of blogs, big and small, who are doing it right. Get insights into blogs you may not have heard of, and learn from their expertise.
• Every task includes links to further information, reading and intelligence on the topic, so readers can take Darren’s advice as far as they’d like to go.
• Integrated with social media so you can connect and share you experiences each step—and learn from others.

This bigger and better 2012 update is a must-have, even if you already own the first edition.

“The very first challenge totally changed the way I blog!… How could it be improved?
Well, it could come with a shoe that pops out and kicks my butt so I do the tasks on time. That’s about it. :)” – Angela Mills

The Brains Behind the eBook

Darren Rowse has been blogging since 2002 on over 30 blogs. He’s been earning a full time living from his blogs since 2005. These days he focuses his time upon ProBlogger.net (Blogging Tips) and Digital-Photography-School.com (A Photography Community).
These two sites reach a combined audience of over 4 million a month. Darren is the author of ProBlogger the book, co-founder of the b5media blog network and speaks regularly on blogging and social media.

More Reader Reviews

“The workbook was a total success, I used it on one of my blogs that wasn’t performing very well, used the practices and exercises and the results speak for themselves. From 100 visitors a month to now over +1,300 and going.” – Obed Ward
“The eBook is also a godsend when I get writers block as I just get it up on the screen and look through it. I invariably find that I have inspiration after a few minutes.” – Tessa Shepperson
“I value your workbook because it sells no false dreams of instant wealth, no magic mantra to make us the best that we can be. I love it that you stress the importance of hard work, persistence, and humility. This workbook is brilliant in so far as we’re willing to incorporate these solid virtues as well as the valuable, practical blogging lessons it contains.” Jan Geronimo
“The biggest help for me was having some concrete action step each day to take on my blog. Many of the concepts and material were not new to me, but I need that daily shove to do the things I know.” – John Arnold

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Wordpress Plugin that Gives Great SEO Benefits

If you don’t have proper on-page optimization search engines won’t know what your web page is about and you will have an impossible time getting ranked for the keyword you desire. Some of the more important elements of on-page optimization includes title tags, meta descriptions, naming images, site speed, and the way you distribute link juice.

Linking content in the body of your paragraphs to another relevant blog post on your website  can be very time consuming. However, the more links that point towards a web page the more popular and relevant the webpage becomes. Accordingly, search engines will favor web pages with more links pointing to it and that web page will appear higher in the search engine. Of course, all of the on-page, social, and external factors still play an important role but internal linking shouldn’t be neglected.

Now I’m not recommending that you spend a lot of time going back to link all of your blog posts together. If your website is run on the  WordPress content management system then you’re in luck. Just add SEO Smart links to the list of plugins that you should become familiar    with.

SEO Smart Links Makes Internal Linking Easy

SEO Smart Links allow you to automatically link relevant keywords and phrases to other pages, posts, categories or tags right out of the box. For a society that wants instant gratification, you will be pleased with what this plugin can do.

If you want some customization then this plugin can provide that. If you you have a sales page or want one of your pages to get a lot of link juice then pick a keyword and the URL you want that keyword to route to. Once the keyword appears in any of your posts, the keyword will become a link to that URL.

The Benefits of No-Follow Links

Having links pointing towards your page is a good thing. However, if you have links point towards other sites you don’t want to always give away the link juice. For instance, when you sell affiliate products then you should always make sure the link is considered “no-follow”. To do this, you will have to go into the code and manually add the “no-follow” code to every one of your affiliate links. With SEO Smart Links you can turn all of your affiliate links into “no-follow” in the matter of minutes. You can also turn the content on your page to links that point to affiliate products that you want to sell with ease.

Does this sound to good to be true? Well it isn’t. SEO Smart Links is a very great plugin that can save the weekly blogger a couple of hours a month.

Alex Kennedy is a Palm Beach Seo expert at LocalSeoMonk.com, helping businesses build an online presence and dominate their local market.

Coolest Free Plugins

I know I find a really cool plug in when It works Perfectly & I don't have to pay for it.... I love Free Plug-ins That actually work. Well today I noticed that one of my websites did not have a log in page. I could access it from mydomain.com/wp-admin but I could not access it any other way. So I searched for a login plugin and I found Theme My Login or the link here 
http://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-my-login/. It matches the theme of your template. That is so cool....
I was wondering how I was going to get a regular Log in on my page. I'm so glad I found it. 
Another really cool plug in is User submitted post  http://wordpress.org/plugins/user-submitted-posts/
This plug-in allows users to submit an article to you and choose the category they want it to go under. Of course you get to approve or deny it. And it actually works-- and It's Free ! 

Simpliest Way to add an Image to Wordpress

Login to your Wordpress website  http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin

Them go to Media, add new, Click select files. Find the Image on your desktop folder that you saved the image in. Side Note- If you already have that folder opened on your desktop you can then just drag and drop them in as well.

Once the image is in uploaded you will then see it come in. Once it's done uploading then you can click on edit. Click edit then you can resize it, and set the Title,Caption, Alternate Text and Description.
If you click Edit Image, this is where you change the image size. The best suggestion is to change the scale size. Just change the "width" and the image will automatically scale itself. Click Scale and you will see it nicely transformed as opposed to be distorted. Then click update.

Once the images are all in your media, then when you are writing an article it is so much easier to add your image wherever you want it.

So when writing an article and you want to place your image just place your curser where you want the image. Then click "Add Media"
Then go to Media Library select your image, make sure to select alignment- This is really important.
Then click "insert into Post "

If it's not where you want it once it's in the article then click on the picture. You will see a  little image icon will pop up. Click the image icon and then you can edit the image again.
If you click the red X it will delete your image.


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Starting Joomla

Once you have bought your Hosting & domain and created your folder attached to that to domain, then you begin uploading Joomla. Joomla is different than WordPress, Joomla you do not have to modify any code before uploading the zip file. You can get Joomla secure zip file from http://www.joomla.org/. Please notice the .org. Joomla publishes new versions all the time. I find that Joomla 2.5 is the most stable version, plus you have to be careful with new versions. The versions still has bugs and most plugins/extension/templates will not be compatible with the newest version 3.0. With the most stable version 2.5 you can always upgrade to the newest version right from your admin panel. Joomla has not always been that way. If you are working with Joomla 1.5 then there is a whole process in upgrading to the newer versions.

I suggest you Download Joomla! 2.5.x http://www.joomla.org/download.html Once you have it downloaded it will be in a folder. On a Mac you would right click and click compress. On a PC I'm not exactly sure but you have to compress it into a .zip file. In order to install it must be a zip file. Also your MYSQL database must have already been created and active. I have had problems before when my MYSQL database was not ready I had to do it all over again.

Ok so MYSQL is ready and you know your username & passwords for your MYSQL, then you are ready for the upload. If you are in your File Manager then you can go to your public_html folders, choose the folder that is connected to the domain that you want to start your new site with and upload. Click the folder so it's open, then click upload. The upload will open your files in your computer. Choose the Joomla zipped file. Then ok- to upload. Once the file is uploaded then you have to extract or unarchive depending your File Managers terminology. Once the files are extracted, then you must select all the files and take them out of the original folder. Move them to the main folder. You can always delete the generic Joomla folder that the files came in on. Now go to your browser and type in your domain. www.yourdomain.com it should take you to an install page, here is where you have to put in the MYSQL database information.
You create the user name and password for your admin panel. Everyone says do not use the standard "ADMIN". Not a good idea.
With Godaddy you have to use the real Host name, with Cpanel I use "localhost"
If you have problems with this please contact your hosting company because they are the only ones who know what that should be, Hosting companies can be very different in some things.
Ok so once you have piyt in all the main username & passwords click install, then follow the rest of the directions.

Once everything is set up then you can go back to your domain www.yourdomain.com and you should see the homepage.If you type in www.yourdomain.com/administrator then you can put in your username and password to get to the admin panel.
In the Admin panel you can now start to upload your templates, extensions, components, plugins etc...
You can also start to create your menus, articles, and categories.

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