Database Setup

Installing Joomla 1.5 

In order to install Joomla you need to have a database ready to store Joomla's information.
We are going to create a database via phpMyAdmin.

Login to your phpMyAdmin

1. Inside the field create new database enter the name for your Joomla database.
2. You can select the Collation language or just leave the default.
3. Click the create button to make your data base.



The Joomla15X database was created.



Now not all systems are going to have phpMyAdmin as the Database manager.
There is also another step that needs to be done and it is different for all systems.

Which is assigning a user name and password to access the database.
In local installs its fine to use the root user name and password but on the public internet you need to use another username and password.

Each setup is different so I can't go over it please see your systems docs for database setup and username and password and permissions.
Joomla needs to be able read, write, update and delete.

Remember to write down.
Database Name
User name
Password

You will need this information in the next few pages to come.