Installing Joomla using a free-hosting service

First you need a hosting service, unless you want to install joomla in your localhost, (locally in your computer) to make all the testing in your hard drive.
For this second option, I will soon write an article about installing joomla locally.
The Hosting:
As you may know, the hosting service is simply a server with a hard disk with a few Mega/Gigabytes reserved for you somewhere in the net.
You can pay for it (hostgator or godaddy for example), or just sign in for a free hosting account (like www.0fees.net .)
There are lots of free hosting services, you can have a look and compare searching "free hosting" at forum.joomla.org.
Let’s explain the free option ;-)

How to create a free account for free hosting
For this tutorial, I've used 0fees.net website. You can create your new account in www.0fees.net, in 3 easy steps:
1. Click on the "Order Now" option.

2. Fill in your username, password, email and other details. Click “Register”
3. Check you email inbox for the “Account Activation Required”. Click the link they’ve sent to you and, that’s it!
NOTE: it’s very important to make sure you save your account settings shown once the registration is completed.
How to install Joomla using CPanel & automatic server-side software installation
First of all, you have to log in your control panel. You will find this normally in http://cpanel.0fees.net where you will have to enter your “Control panel username” and “Control panel password”.

Once you are in the Panel main page, find “Software and Services” and click on “iVista - Easy Script Installation”.

4 steps to go:
- First step: Select install domain & click on “Proceed” button. You may only have one unique domain

- Second step: Select install script. You have to select wich software to install. In this step you have lots of options: Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla 1.0, Joomla 1.5, Nucleus, Webcalendar, PHP Nuke, etc..
Select “Joomla 1.5” clicking the “install now” button in its right.

- Third step: select path. The simplest way to install it is in the root directory, so you can leave it as it is. If you are a “pro” ;-), then you will have, for example, your Wordpress blog in the /wp subfolder, your Joomla installation in the root folder and your osCommerce in the /shop sobfolder.

- Fourth step: install complete! Just write down your access details for your new joomla website!

Here you are: your first Joomla site created easily... and free!!

 

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