Public Forums 71,145 posts

[ninshen Developer ninshenJoin date: November 2011Posts: 87Downloads:0Uploads:11 Thanks: 23 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#170443

i am totally new here , joomla , joomla templates and all things with it.
I wonder why there there isn’t a more user friendly guideline to use the templates .
I mean, why aren’t Quickstart packages not offered to beginners by default?
Like an A-Z video for dummies like me how to get the most of the templates is just isn’t there.
feel like giving up :(( and decided to reinstall joomla to my server, and now I can’t get past the page where I am asked to feed MYSQL info.
>:(

Any advice would be appreciated.

[Manos Moderator ManosJoin date: February 2014Posts: 2806Downloads:46Uploads:56 Thanks: 200 Thanked: 633 times in 576 posts]

#423430

Hi ninshen,

JA offers QuickStart installation packages for all of our templates.

As for your MySQL info that’s related to your server, what i want to say is that you need to ask your host (if you can’t find that info from your cPanel ) for that info it’s not just joomla related.

Regards

1 user says Thank You to Manos for this useful post

1. ninshen

[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#423465

<em>@ninshen 281115 wrote:</em><blockquote>
I wonder why there there isn’t a more user friendly guideline to use the templates .. . [/quote]

Actually, there are . . .

[URL=http://www.joomlart.com/forums/forum/joomla-templates-club-member-forums-restricted-to-members-only/JOOMLART TUTORIALS

<em>@ninshen 281115 wrote:</em><blockquote>I mean, why aren’t Quickstart packages not offered to beginners by default?
</blockquote>

Actually, they are . . .

How To Perform A QUICKSTART INSTALLTION – A Step-By-Step Guide

THE THREE “P’s” – PRACTIVE, PATIENCE and PERSEVERANCE

😎

1 user says Thank You to TomC for this useful post

1. ninshen

[ninshen Developer ninshenJoin date: November 2011Posts: 87Downloads:0Uploads:11 Thanks: 23 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#423466

Thank you guys! The beer is on me if it was possible. 😉
Sorry for posting something when I was so weary and tired.
I did got holf of the server support, although their suggestions did not help me at time. Not their fault though.
I decided to take a few hours break. I cleared my database (not sure how I managed to do that) to start a new.

Got back to my seat and read everything word to word and realised the QuickStart package has Joomla1.7 with it.
And I already had J1.7 installed. Anyway , I just have to be more patient as it will take the time it will take for me to put it all in place.
Let us see where this takes me 🙂

Thanks again !

[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#423467

Not a problem . .. Just wanted to point out that our Community Forum has a wealth of information available to/for you.
You only need seek it out.

All our best with your continued site development !!

[livingwellmagazine Friend livingwellmagazineJoin date: November 2011Posts: 24Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#423764

thanks! I have been thru the ringer with a faulty design joomla template.. wasted three days

[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#423766

<em>@livingwellmagazine 281562 wrote:</em><blockquote>thanks! I have been thru the ringer with a faulty design joomla template.. wasted three days</blockquote>
Care to elaborate?

[Author]

Posts