Upload Joomla to Server

This tutorial explains how to upload a Joomla installation on your local computer to a general hosting server.

1. Select all the files/directories of your Joomla installation, then compress them (*.zip)
2. Using phpmyadmin on your local computer, export (dump) your Joomla database to a *.sql file. Here are the steps:
   • login to phpmyadmin, e.g. http://localhost/phpmyadmin
   • select the database name, then click Export
   • select all tables in the database [Select All], choose formal SQL
   • check 'Save as file' then click the Go button to download the dumped *.SQL file
3. Next upload your joomla installation zip file to the server using FTP or from Manage Files from your hosting control panel.
4. After the upload is complete, extract using the tools available in the control panel, if your hosting provider provides SSH access, you can also extract via shell.
5. Next, create a new database name via the hosting control panel [SPANEL > MySQL Database menu].
6. The next step, with the help of phpmyadmin found on the hosting server, ex. http://domainanda.com/webapps/phpmyadminsilahkan import your *.SQL file to the database server. Here are the steps:
   • login to phpmyadmin, use the db_user and db_password you specified when creating the database in the control panel.
   • select the database name, then click the Import menu
   • click Browse then locate your *.sql file
   • click the Go button to start the database import, if there are no errors, all tables will be automatically populated into the database.
7. Next, change the PATH settings and DB settings in your Joomla configuration.php file. example:

var $host = 'localhost'; var $user = 't12345_joomla'; var $password = 'dfgy69238'; var $db = 't12345_joomla';

var $log_path = '/u/t12345/sites/domainanda.com/www'; var $live_site = 'http://domainanda.com'; var $tmp_path = '/u/t12345/sites/domainanda.com/www';

Done, please try accessing your website URL now, good luck.

Note

• if your database is large; >16MB, import via phpmyadmin may timeout or fail, the solution is to upload your *.sql file using FTP, then by accessing the shell you can run the mysqldump command.
• maybe you need to adjust the permissions of some of your joomla files/directories so that they can be written, for example for the Gallery application