Rocket Launcher Install Question
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- J.B. Koskinen
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Is there any way to do a clean reinstall without losing all the info from the previous install? I have alot of info on a site, and I want to reinstall the exact copy of a joomla template demo.
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Johanna
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- JEM
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No, has to be one or the other.
For quick reference:
NOTE!!!
The Rocket Launcher is for a fresh install ONLY.
It contains a complete version of the latest Joomla release, the template, and all the sample data you see in the demo. Whether or not you decide to install the sample data is up to you. If you want to replicate the demo site, use it, if you want a clean install of Joomla with the template applied, don’t use it.
You can not use the Rocket Launcher in an existing install of Joomla. If you already have an existing install of Joomla, you will need to apply the template file to it.
Unzip the Rocket Launcher.
FTP the folder and its contents to, depending on your platform, public_html or httdocs
Alternately, you can upload the zipped RL package and extract it on your server through the control panel.
Before you start, you’ll need to create a database on your server.
Once you’ve uploaded the Rocket Launcher and created a database, browse to the folder,
Ex: www.mysite.com/template_directory_name
You don't have to navigate to the installation folder, if Joomla hasn't been installed yet, it will navigate to the install directory automatically. (How cool is that?!)
Note: It's a really simple point, but don't be confused by the ' www.mysite.com/ ' replace 'mysite.com' with your site's URL, for example, here it would be www.rockettheme.com/template_directory_name
The installation screen will appear.
Screen 1:
Choose language
Screen 2:
Pre-installation Check
Screen 3:
License
Screen 4:
You’ll need the following info to make the database connection with Joomla:
Host Name
Username (for the database you’ve created)
Password (for the database you’ve created)
Database Name (for the database you’ve created)
Screen 5:
You can skip this and use an FTP client
Screen6:
Site Name: This will appear in the title bar of your browser.
Your e-mail: the address you want to use to receive mail from the site
Password: this is for the admin login for Joomla, it can be different than the DB password.
Install Sample Data?
If you want to replicate the site with all the sample content, click on ‘Install Sample Data’.
If you don’t want to install the sample data, click next, a prompt will appear confirming that you want to skip.
Screen 7:
You’ll be prompted to delete or rename the installation directory.
Before you can view the site or login as administrator, you’ll need to browse to the directory in your FTP client or CP and do so. - Thanks,
jim
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- J.B. Koskinen
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Thanks Jem! I've been unzipping and dropping it in public_html for some time now, and you're absolutely right...It couldn't get any easier~!!!
I was trying to avoid losing all the website info, and short of creating prints of everything, I didn't know an easier way. I'm looking at somewhere around 200 documents to move before doing a clean install. They had been using frontpage previously, and then tried to put joomla on top of it, and now they're asking me to clean it up.
I think I'll try and go through frontpage and see if there's a way to transfer that stuff over.
Thanks for the help!
johanna
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- JEM
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Whatever you do, make sure you don't transfer Frontpage or MS Word coding into Joomla.
Look for 'Add Mass Content' over at joomla.org, it will take the bite out of adding all that content. - Thanks,
jim
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