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 After you create the Database for your Joomla download and install Akeeba, it can be download from [http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/backup/1606 Joomla extension directory].  There is a link to full instructions there as well.
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 After you create the Database for your Joomla download and install Akeeba, it can be download from [http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/backup/1606 Joomla extension directory].  There is a link to full instructions there as well.
+[[Category:Tutorials]]
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-[[Category:FAQ]]
-[[Category:Upgrading and Migrating FAQ]]
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	<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/administrator</nowiki> (login to admin area)		<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/administrator</nowiki> (login to admin area)
		+
		+	== Using Akeeba backup to move a site ==
		+
		+	* Akeeba Backup produces a .jpa file
		+
		+	* The .jpa file contains all the folders/files and database files.
		+
		+	* The .jpa file also contains an installer
		+
		+	* Kickstart.php (from Akeeba) unpacks the .jpa file
		+
		+	* You then run the installer and install your site like a Joomla install.
		+
		+	* The installer has an option to change the configuration for restoring to a different location
		+
		+	After you create the Database for your Joomla download and install Akeeba, it can be download from [http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/access-a-security/site-security/backup/1606 Joomla extension directory]. There is a link to full instructions there as well.
		+
		+

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-When you are first trying out Joomla!, it is often recommended that you install it on your local system. (e.g., "localhost"), for example with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAMPP XAMPP], and get your site running locally. In this case, you may do enough work on your local Joomla! site that you want to copy this site to your remote host. Fortunately, this is easy to do.
+When you are first trying out Joomla!, it is often recommended that you install it on your local system. (e.g., "localhost"), for example with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAMPP XAMPP], and get your site running locally. Eventually you may want to copy this site to your remote host. Fortunately, this is easy to do.
-This article assumes you have installed Joomla! 1.5 on your local computer, you have created a website, and you now wish to copy this website to your remote host.
+This article assumes you have installed Joomla! 1.5 on your local computer, you have created a website and you now wish to copy this website to your remote host.
 Here are the steps:
-==Create a place on your remote host to install Joomla!.==
+==Create a Place on Your Remote Host to Install Joomla!==
+If this is a new site, it will just be your home directory. If you have an existing site, for example www.domain.com, that you wish to keep while you work with Joomla!, you may be able to create a subdomain, for example, www.domain.com/subdirectory to hold your Joomla! site.
 If this is a new site, it will just be your home directory. If you have an existing site, for example www.domain.com, that you wish to keep while you work with Joomla!, you may be able to create a subdomain , for example www.domain.com/subdirectory to hold your Joomla! site.
-−
-−
-−
-==Copy files and Directories of your local Joomla Directory to remote host.==
-−
-You have 2 methods, Upload all files by FTP  or Upload only a file compressed by Ftp.
-−
 ===Upload all Files by FTP===
-Normally, the easiest way to copy these files is using an FTP client program, like [http://filezilla-project.org/ Filezilla].
+Select all files from directory localhost (with XAMPP, the directory will be xampp/www/directory) and upload to the remote host HTML directory for a domain, or to the remote host HTML subdirectory.
-−
-Select all files from directory localhost, with XAMPP the directory will be xampp/www/directory, and upload to remote host html directory for a domain , or to remote host html subdirectory and hold the domain installation.
 {| class="wikitable"
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 |}
-===Upload a file compressed===
+===Upload a Compressed File===
 Copying a large number of individual files using FTP can sometimes be unreliable. If you have command-line access to the both source and destination systems you can create a compressed archive file containing all the files on the source system, then transfer that single file to the destination system where it can be decompressed.
-Copying a large number of individual files using FTP can sometimes be unreliable. If you have command-line access to the both source and destination systems then you can create a compressed archive file containing all the files on the source system, then transfer that single file to the destination system where it can be decompressed.
 *'''Creating an archive file'''
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 </source>
-will create a gzip-compressed archive file, called joomlabackup.tar.gz, containing all of the files in your Joomla! installation.
+will create a gzip-compressed archive file, called joomlabackup.tar.gz, containing all the files in your Joomla! installation.
 Important note! You need to make sure you are NOT in the folder you are trying to backup when you run the tar command or you will create an endless loop.
 *'''Extracting an archive file'''
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 </source>
+==Copy the Contents of Your Local MySQL Database to the Host MySQL Database==
+In Joomla!, all the contents of the site (articles, menus, users, and so on) are stored in the MySql database. You need to copy this information to the host database. This is done by creating an export file on your local system and then importing this file into your host MySQL database, as follows:
-==Copy the contents of your local MySQL database to the host MySQL database.==
-−
-In Joomla!, all of the contents of the site (articles, menus, users, and so on) are stored in the MySql database. So you need to copy this information to the host database. This is done by creating an export file on your local system and then importing this file into your host MySQL database, as follows:
 :::#Open phpMyAdmin on your local system by navigating to it's URL with your browser. On your local system, this URL will normally be "//localhost/phpmyadmin". Note: If you have a password on your database, you will be prompted for it.
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 :::#Click Go to import the database
-At this point you have instaled database
+At this point you have installed the database.
-If you want , to create database copy, you can use also MYSQL command lind method.
+If you want to create a database copy, you can use also the MYSQL command line method.
 Usually you run mysqldump to create a database copy:
 <source lang="php">
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 </source>
+==Configure the Site. Edit the configuration.php File==
+Manually edit "configuration.php" to tell Joomla! about your site. The file ''configuration.php'' contains settings specific to your system. This file was created for you when you installed Joomla! on your localhost. The settings in the ''configuration.php'' file that you typically need to change are shown below. This example is from a Windows XP localhost system.
-==Configuration Site. Edit configuration.php==
-−
-Manually edit "configuration.php" to tell Joomla! about your site. The file "configuration.php" contains settings specific to your system. This file was created for you when you installed Joomla! on your localhost. The settings in the configuration.php file that you typically need to change are shown below. This example is from a Windows XP localhost system.
 <source lang="php">
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 </source>
-Now , at you remote host system, the settings in the configuration.php file that you typically need to change are shown below
+Now, at you remote host system, the settings in the ''configuration.php'' file that you typically need to change are shown below
   <source lang="php">
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 </source>
-Nota that if you had uploaded files directory joomla for a subdirectory, remember that you are working on subdirectory, and  the settings that you need, wil be,
+If you uploaded Joomla! files to a subdirectory, remember that you are working on subdirectory, and the settings that you need, will be,
 <source lang="php">
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 var $password = 'your_db_password';
 </source>
-Congratulations! At this point, your Joomla! website on your host should be operational with the exact same information as your localhost site. If you installed it on a subdirectory, navigate to that subdirectory to see or administer the site.
+At this point, your Joomla! Website on your host should be operational with the same information as your localhost site. If you installed it on a subdirectory, navigate to that subdirectory to see or administer the site.
-<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/subdirectory</nowiki> ( for navigate )
+<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/subdirectory/administrator</nowiki> (login to the Joomla admin area with your user and password that your had at your localhost installed)
-<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/subdirectory/administrator</nowiki> ( login to the joomla admin area with your user and password that your had at your localhost instaled)
 and if you installed it on root directory to see the site
-<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/</nowiki> ( for navigate the site )
+<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/</nowiki> (for navigatation to the site)
-<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/administrator</nowiki> ( login to admin are )
 [[Category:FAQ]]

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	+	When you are first trying out Joomla!, it is often recommended that you install it on your local system. (e.g., "localhost"), for example with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAMPP XAMPP], and get your site running locally. In this case, you may do enough work on your local Joomla! site that you want to copy this site to your remote host. Fortunately, this is easy to do.

	+	This article assumes you have installed Joomla! 1.5 on your local computer, you have created a website, and you now wish to copy this website to your remote host.
	+
	+	Here are the steps:
	+
	+	==Create a place on your remote host to install Joomla!.==
	+
	+	If this is a new site, it will just be your home directory. If you have an existing site, for example www.domain.com, that you wish to keep while you work with Joomla!, you may be able to create a subdomain , for example www.domain.com/subdirectory to hold your Joomla! site.
	+
	+
	+
	+	==Copy files and Directories of your local Joomla Directory to remote host.==
	+
	+	You have 2 methods, Upload all files by FTP or Upload only a file compresed by Ftp.
	+
	+
	+
	+	===Upload all Files by FTP===
	+
	+	Normally, the easiest way to copy these files is using an FTP client program, like [http://filezilla-project.org/ Filezilla].
	+
	+	Select all files from directory localhost, with XAMPP the directory will be xampp/www/directory, and upload to remote host html directory for a domain , or to remote host html subdirectory and hold the domain installation.
	+
	+	{\| class="wikitable"
	+	\|+ Select Dir Host and Upload to remote host or subdirectory remote host
	+	! Dir LocalHost !! Upload to Html Root !! Or Upload Sub. Html Root
	+	\|-
	+	\| [[Image:Filezilladircopy.png\|Select Dir.]] \|\| [[Image:Filezilladirectory.png\|Dir Filezilla.]] \|\| [[Image:Filezillasubdirectory.png\|Subdir Filezilla.]]
	+	\|-
	+
	+	\|}
	+
	+	===Upload a file compresed===
	+
	+	Copying a large number of individual files using FTP can sometimes be unreliable. If you have command-line access to the both source and destination systems then you can create a compressed archive file containing all the files on the source system, then transfer that single file to the destination system where it can be decompressed.
	+
	+	*'''Creating an archive file'''
	+	On Unix-style systems (eg. Linux) you can use the [http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ gzip program] to create .zip files, or the [http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/ tar program] to create .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 files. For detailed instructions type man gzip or man tar at the command line. For example,
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	tar cvfz joomlabackup.tar.gz /path-to-joomla
	+	</source>
	+
	+	will create a gzip-compressed archive file, called joomlabackup.tar.gz, containing all of the files in your Joomla! installation.
	+	Important note! You need to make sure you are NOT in the folder you are trying to backup when you run the tar command or you will create an endless loop.
	+	*'''Extracting an archive file'''
	+	Having copied the archive file to the destination system, you now need to unpack it. Use the equivalent command that you used to create the archive file. For example, to unpack the archive file created in the example above, enter
	+
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	cd /path-to-joomla
	+	tar xvfz joomlabackup.tar.gz
	+	</source>
	+	If the user or group IDs are not the same between the source and destination systems, then you will need to amend the ownership of the files you just extracted. For example, on an Apache system, you might need to enter the command
	+
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	cd /path-to-joomla
	+	chown -R www-group.www-user *
	+	</source>
	+
	+
	+
	+	==Copy the contents of your local MySQL database to the host MySQL database.==
	+
	+	In Joomla!, all of the contents of the site (articles, menus, users, and so on) are stored in the MySql database. So you need to copy this information to the host database. This is done by creating an export file on your local system and then importing this file into your host MySQL database, as follows:
	+
	+	:::#Open phpMyAdmin on your local system by navigating to it's URL with your browser. On your local system, this URL will normally be "//localhost/phpmyadmin". Note: If you have a password on your database, you will be prompted for it.
	+	:::#The phpMyAdmin screen will display as shown below. Select the Export link.
	+	[[Image:screenshotphpmyadmin_1.png\|ScreenShot Phpmyadmin.]]
	+	:::#Select the database you want to export in the upper right-hand list. In the example below, the database "joomla15" is selected. Keep all of the default options, including "SQL" as the export type.
	+	[[Image:screenshotphpmyadmin_2.png\|ScreenShot Phpmyadmin.]]
	+	:::#Check the "Save as file" box at the bottom of the screen, and enter the name of the export file, as shown below. .
	+	[[Image:Screenshot_phpmyadmin3.png\|ScreenShot Phpmyadmin.]]
	+	:::#Press the "Go" button in the lower right corner. An Open / Save / Cancel dialog will display. Press Save and select a folder to save the file in. The export will complete and the file will be saved in the chosen location.
	+	:::#Open up the phpMyAdmin on the host server.
	+	:::#Select the Import tab
	+	:::#Click the Browse button under "File to import", then select the database file from your computer
	+	:::#Click Go to import the database
	+
	+	At this point you have instaled database
	+
	+	If you want , to create database copy, you can use also MYSQL command lind method.
	+	Usually you run mysqldump to create a database copy:
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	$ mysqldump -u user -p db-name > db-name.out
	+	</source>
	+
	+	Copy db-name.out file using sftp/ssh to remote MySQL server:
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	$ scp db-name.out user@remote.box.com:/backup
	+	</source>
	+
	+	Restore database at remote server (login over ssh):
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	$ mysql -u user -p db-name < db-name.out
	+	</source>
	+
	+
	+
	+	==Configuration Site. Edit configuration.php==
	+
	+	Manually edit "configuration.php" to tell Joomla! about your site. The file "configuration.php" contains settings specific to your system. This file was created for you when you installed Joomla! on your localhost. The settings in the configuration.php file that you typically need to change are shown below. This example is from a Windows XP localhost system.
	+
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	var $log_path = 'C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\joomla15\\logs';
	+	var $tmp_path = 'C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\joomla15\\tmp';
	+	var $live_site = '';
	+	var $host = 'localhost';
	+	var $user = 'root';
	+	var $db = 'your_local_db_name';
	+	var $password = 'your_local_db_password';
	+	</source>
	+
	+	Now , at you remote host system, the settings in the configuration.php file that you typically need to change are shown below
	+
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	var $log_path = '/var/www/vhost/domain.com/home/html/logs';
	+	var $tmp_path = '/var/www/vhost/domain.com/home/html/tmp';
	+	var $live_site = '';
	+	var $host = 'name your remote host';
	+	var $user = 'your_user_db_name';
	+	var $db = 'your_db_name';
	+	var $password = 'your_db_password';
	+	</source>
	+
	+	Nota that if you had uploaded files directory joomla for a subdirectory, remember that you are working on subdirectory, and the settings that you need, wil be,
	+
	+	<source lang="php">
	+	var $log_path = '/var/www/vhost/domain.com/subdirectory/html/logs';
	+	var $tmp_path = '/var/www/vhost/domain.com/subdirectory/html/tmp';
	+	var $live_site = '';
	+	var $host = 'name your remote host';
	+	var $user = 'your_user_db_name';
	+	var $db = 'your_db_name';
	+	var $password = 'your_db_password';
	+	</source>
	+	Congratulations! At this point, your Joomla! website on your host should be operational with the exact same information as your localhost site. If you installed it on a subdirectory, navigate to that subdirectory to see or administer the site.
	+
	+	<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/subdirectory</nowiki> ( for navigate )
	+	<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/subdirectory/administrator</nowiki> ( login to the joomla admin area with your user and password that your had at your localhost instaled)
	+
	+	and if you installed it on root directory to see the site
	+
	+	<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/</nowiki> ( for navigate the site )
	+	<nowiki>http://www.domain.com/administrator</nowiki> ( login to admin are )
	+
	+
	+	[[Category:FAQ]]
	+	[[Category:Getting Started]]
	+	[[Category:Upgrading and Migrating FAQ]]
	+	[[Category:Administration FAQ]]
	+	[[Category:Version 1.5 FAQ]]

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−	~~{{review}}~~
−	When you are first trying out Joomla!, it is often recommended that you install it on your local system (e.g., "localhost"), for example with XAMPP, and get your site running locally. In this case, you may do enough work on your local Joomla! site that you want to copy this site to your remote host. Fortunately, this is easy to do.

−	~~This article assumes you have installed Joomla! 1.5 on your local computer, you have created a website, and you now wish to copy this website to your remote host. Here are the steps:~~
−
−	#'''Create a place on your remote host to install Joomla!.''' If this is a new site, it will just be your home directory. If you have an existing site that you wish to keep while you work with Joomla!, you may be able to create a subdomain to hold your Joomla! site. Make sure you note the subdomain name for later. The details of creating a subdomain will vary by host, so you will need to check with your host on this.
−	#'''Install Joomla! on your host site.''' Again, the procedure for this will vary from host to host. Many hosts have custom scripts for installing Joomla! that make it very easy. Check with your host if you are not sure how to do this. In the installation, you do not need to create the sample website, since we will be replacing all of the contents of this database.
−	#'''Copy custom files from your local site to your remote site.''' This step will depend on what you have customised in the local site. At a minimum, you have probably added some image files. You also might have installed some extensions, customised the template, or added some template overrides. If you have done a significant amount of customisation, the safest thing to do is to copy all of the files and folders from your local Joomla! folder to your host folder ''except for the file "configuration.php".'' Do '''NOT''' replace this file on your '''remote''' host. Normally, the easiest way to copy these files is using an FTP client program, like [http://filezilla-project.org/ Filezilla]. Your host will provide you with the FTP site name and your FTP username and password.
−	#'''Copy the contents of your local MySQL database to the host MySQL database.''' In Joomla!, all of the contents of the site (articles, menus, users, and so on) are stored in the MySql database. So you need to copy this information to the host database. This is done by creating an export file on your local system and then importing this file into your host MySQL database, as follows:
−	## Open phpMyAdmin on your local system by navigating to it's URL with your browser. On your local system, this URL will normally be "//localhost/phpmyadmin". Note: If you have a password on your database, you will be prompted for it.
−	~~## The phpMyAdmin screen will display as shown below. Select the Export link.[[Image:screenshot_phpmyadmin1.png\|frame\|center]]~~
−	## Select the database you want to export in the upper right-hand list. In the example below, the database "joomla15" is selected. Keep all of the default options, including "SQL" as the export type.[[Image:screenshot_phpmyadmin2.png\|frame\|center]]
−	~~## Check the "Save as file" box at the bottom of the screen, and enter the name of the export file, as shown below. .[[Image:screenshot_phpmyadmin3.png\|frame\|center]]~~
−	## Press the "Go" button in the lower right corner. An Open / Save / Cancel dialog will display. Press Save and select a folder to save the file in. The export will complete and the file will be saved in the chosen location.
−	~~## Open up the phpMyAdmin on the host server. Your host should give you instructions for how to do this.~~
−	## At this point, you need to import the contents of the export file created above. Before you can do that, however, all of the data from the existing Joomla! database must be deleted. An easy way to do that is to select the MySQL database for Joomla! from the drop-down list box in the upper left, as shown below.[[Image:screenshot_phpmyadmin4.png\|frame\|center]]
−	## The list of tables in the selected database will display. We want to delete all of these tables, since the Import will re-create them. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and select the "Check All" link. This will select all tables in the list. Then, in the drop-down list to the right of the Check All link, select "Drop", as shown below.[[Image:screenshot_phpmyadmin5.png\|frame\|center]]
−	~~## You will be asked to confirm that you really want to do this (since you are in effect deleting the entire database). Press Yes and you should get a message indicating that the query was successful.~~
−	## With the database still selected, press the Import Link at the top of the screen and browse to the location in your host folder where the .SQL export file was uploaded. Press Open to select the file and then press Go (lower left corner) to start the import. Again, you should get a message indicating that the query was successful.
−
−	Congratulations! At this point, your Joomla! website on your host should be operational with the exact same information as your localhost site. If you installed it on a subdomain, navigate to that subdomain to see or administer the site. For example, if your subdomain was named "mysubdomain", then navigating to http://www.mysubdomain.mywebsite.com should bring up your home page and http://www.mysubdomain.mywebsite.com/administer should bring up the login to the Joomla! admin area.
−
−	~~'''Alternate Procedure If You Cannot Install Joomla!'''~~
−	~~In some cases, it is not possible to install Joomla! on a host using the normal installation procedure. In this case, we modify the steps (2) and (3) above as follows:~~
−
−	*Copy ALL files from the local Joomla! directory to the host Joomla! directory, ''including'' "configuration.php".
−	*Manually edit "configuration.php" to tell Joomla! about your site. The file "configuration.php" contains settings specific to your system. This file was created for you when you installed Joomla! on your localhost. The settings in the configuration.php file that you typically need to change are shown below. This example is from a Windows XP localhost system.
−	~~<source lang="php">~~
−	~~var $log_path = 'C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\joomla15\\logs';~~
−	~~var $tmp_path = 'C:\\xampp\\htdocs\\joomla15\\tmp';~~
−	~~var $live_site = '';~~
−	~~var $host = 'localhost';~~
−	~~var $user = 'root';~~
−	~~var $db = 'your_local_db_name';~~
−	~~var $password = 'your_local_db_password';~~
−	~~</source>~~
−
−	:*The values for $log_path and $tmp_path point to paths on your remote host system. These will typically be provided to you by your host. Or, if you know your home directory on the host system, use this directory and a "logs" and "tmp" subdirectory.
−	~~:*The $live_site variable is just the URL of your site.~~
−	~~:*The $host variable is often "localhost" and will be given to you by your host.~~
−	:*The $user variable is the MySql user name. This is typically "root" on a localhost but may be a different name on a remote host. If you created the MySql database manually, you can use the username you used for phpMyAdmin. Otherwise, your host will provide this.
−	~~:*The $db variable is the name of the database.~~
−	~~:*The $password variable is the password this database user uses to access the database. Note that this may not be the same as used to access the Joomla! back end.~~
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−	*Create the Joomla! database, typically using phpMyAdmin. You should be provided a $user and $password by your host and you will choose the $db name when you create the database. In a shared hosting environment, the database name may include your URL or some other mechanism to make it unique across all of the sites being hosted by your host.
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−	~~At this point, continue on to step (4) "Copy the contents of your local MySQL database to the host MySQL database".~~
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