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Joomla on Eircom Webspace

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  • 14-04-2007 11:11am
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    pjq
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭


    I'm thinking of making use of my free 100mb webspace on Eircom and maybe learning how to use Joomla ( absolute newbee ) , will Joomla work on Eircom Webspace ?

    pjq


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    steve-hosting36
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    Not as far as I am aware. The Eircom free webspace doesnt provide mysql databases, or, iirc, even support php scripting.


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    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    No, Joomla will not work on Eircom, but if you want a bit of web space to hack around on Joomla with, I'll give you some and an FTP and all that...Just PM me


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    pjq
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭pjq


    Nevf,
    Thanks for the offer of space , however I won't accept as I don't know what I'm doing or how I'll persevere .
    Is it a good idea to download Apache (Xampp) and set it up on a drive on my PC ? Or am I adding more complexity where I'm already challenged?
    pjq


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    311
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    Sorry for buttin in ,I'm in the same boat myself with eircom webspace.

    I thought there was a freebie program to design a basic webpage ?? can't find one though:( ,


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    is_that_so
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    pjq wrote:
    Nevf,
    Thanks for the offer of space , however I won't accept as I don't know what I'm doing or how I'll persevere .
    Is it a good idea to download Apache (Xampp) and set it up on a drive on my PC ? Or am I adding more complexity where I'm already challenged?
    pjq

    If you are unsure and want to learn a bit, then download xampp and set it up. Xampp is fairly OK to set up. Joomla is handy enough but takes a bit of time to work things out.


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    ethernet
    Registered Users Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    _Brian_ wrote:
    Sorry for buttin in ,I'm in the same boat myself with eircom webspace.

    I thought there was a freebie program to design a basic webpage ?? can't find one though:( ,
    For designing a basic page, try Nvu or OpenOffice. If you're running Linux, try Quanta Plus.


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    311
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    Thanks ethernet ,I downloaded Xampp but I hadn't a clue about it.
    I also got a blue screen and the laptop crashed:eek:

    I'll try nvu or open office ,
    Again sorry to the Op for bunkin in on the thread.

    Brian.


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    pjq
    Registered Users Posts: 377 ✭✭pjq


    _Brian_ Again sorry to the Op for bunkin in on the thread.

    No bother brian , sorry to hear about the "blue screen" , I also downloaded Xampp and then realised it must be put on a separate drive ( there is a "read-me" file in the xampp download), task for tonight!
    pjq


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    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    IBserver is my posion of choice for local testing on windows.


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    311
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    pjq wrote:
    No bother brian , sorry to hear about the "blue screen" , I also downloaded Xampp and then realised it must be put on a separate drive ( there is a "read-me" file in the xampp download), task for tonight!
    pjq

    I went to sourceforge to download ,theres a file with installer in the filename.
    That will install everything for you .(Windows) xampp-win32-1.6.0a-installer.exe
    I did install the file your talking about ,first. And seen all the files where Dos command files etc.
    For some reason I couldn't download from xampp's site ,thats why i went to sourceforge.

    I had xampp running ,clicked the 4 service options etc and went to http://127.0.0.1 ,but later on when I was using Youtube ,the laptop froze.
    I pressed the power button till the machine went off,got a blue screen and the bios jammed when the machine tried to load up.Along with a noise coming from the machine ,like a warning tone.
    So I uninstalled xampp .

    It's the first time the machine crashed since i had it ,15 months.


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