Comments on: Local Development: How to install Joomla on your local Windows machine

By: Shane Perris

Shane Perris — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:24:52 +0000

Hi Edward,

I’ve never used WAMP, but since Joomla is PHP and MySQL, and if you have successfully similar things on WAMP (eg Wordpress) then I can’t see any reason why it won’t work.

Intuitively, it should work just fine as the whole point of packages like WAMP and XAMPP is to be able to run these sorts of things on your own computer.

Hope that helps.

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:56:51 +0000

Im a PHP developer and i want to try using joomla, after i was adviced that i same a lot of time, I want to know if WAMP can work with joomla i’ve been using WAMP for more than 5years and i want to integgrate joomla into it

please can any one let me know if this is possible
Thanks

By: Linda Appleby

Linda Appleby — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:37:07 +0000

Can I transfer files from my local Joomla database to live site database? Can I develop locally and upload to my live site? or do I have to re-create everything on live site?

By: Shane Perris

Shane Perris — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:37:33 +0000

I’m glad you like it. If you’ve got any ideas for other screencasts you might like to see, just send me an email. I’m always open to suggestions.

By: Sanda

Sanda — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:52:58 +0000

Again, so helpful and so easy!! I stress myself out for nothing!! Am def signing up for RSS, not letting you out of my sight!! ;)

By: John Doe

John Doe — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:51:25 +0000

I installed xammp and joomla but forgot the URL when I reached the final screen on joomla setup which asked to delete the file the installation file. I had renamed it! :) Long story short I deleted it and uninstalled xammp now upon reinstalling it I cannot get Apache/MySQL to run. Any ideas?

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:48:16 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I found this tutorial after being dumbfounded by Joomla for Dummies. Thanks for helping me feel like less of a dummy.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:11:27 +0000

If I install XAMPP and Joomla, and then make a webpage on my computer that I can one day launch online is this possible??? Or does this just allow you to play with Joomla and then I will have to do it all over online?? Anyone follow me and have some advice… many thanks for all the info here!!!!

By: Sandy Boone

Sandy Boone — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:16:17 +0000

Thanks Shane for your wonderful tut! I’ve been trying to install XAMPP for two or three years on my local machine … and this was the first tutorial that actually sent me to a download of it that worked and played nicely with my windows machine. THANKS for spending the time on these tutorials. Blessings! Sandy

By: Shane Perris

Shane Perris — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:25:49 +0000

Luke,

No problems. Glad you found it useful. I would love to do more screencasts but:
(a) they’re pretty time intensive to do properly (and even more time intensive to do excellently – which I don’t :D )
(b) I don’t know what else people might be interested in (if you’ve got any ideas, drop me a line. Email address is on the About page)

Shane