Internet and Technology

The era of the web has become a trend at this time. In this era many pop-application web-based application, any one of them is Joomla. Joomla is a Content Management System (CMS) that is open source licensed under the GNU / GPL so users can modify, delete or add the script included in software.

In the discussion this time we will learn how to install Joomla on a local server computer. What benefits? Advantages You can do without such modification must be connected to the internet, once completed you can upload files to file-hosting.

There are several steps you should do before installing Joomla. The first, you must install the web application server to the computer. Web Application Server I use WampServer is, you can get on website http://www.wampserver.com authorized. The second, to create a database using phpmyadmin. Finally, the installation of Joomla itself, you can either donwload it at http://www.joomla.org.

Installing WampServer

1. After you download wampserver, click 2x on the installation file. Click [Next].

2. And specify the drive and folder in which you want to install it or leave it by default the installation is done on the folder c:\wamp, then click [Next].

3. In the next box give checked option [Create a desktop icon], and then click [Next].

4. Then click [Install], wait some time to finish the installation process.

5. Once completed checked the option [Launch Wamp Server 2 Now] and click [Finish].

6. Open the Firefox browser or Internet Explorer and then type in http://localhost Addres Bar. If your installation was successful then the browser will display the main page of WampSever.

Here you all done installing Wampserver, now we continue to make database for the site.

Create Database

1. Type in your browser http://localhost/phpmyadmin. Locate the [Create New Database], any posts under the name of the database type that you want. For example type in Joomla, and then click [Create]. At this stage, you have successfully created the database.

Installing Joomla

1. The files you have downloaded to extract the folder c:/wamp/www/joomla. Use WinRAR or WinZip to extract. Then open your browser, type in the Address Bar http://localhost/joomla. Select the language you want to use and click [Next].

2. Then the window will display information about the version of Joomla are you using, and some other information, click [Next].

3. Next window will display a license. Click [Next].

4. In the next window you are asked to fill in information about the database you just created. In the Host Name fill in the ‘localhost‘. Fill in the Username box with the ‘root‘. Password leave it blank because previously we did not create a password for the database. In the Database Name in accordance with the fill in the name of the database that you created in the previous step.

5. Then if necessary you can make settings Confguration FTP. This configuration is required in the process of uploading files in the hosting. Or just skip this step you can do so later using FTP software.

6. Next you are asked to fill out the information on the website that you want, in the Site Name box fill in the name of your website. Fill in the email and password you want. Click [Install Sample Data], if you click the button then joomla akan install some data that you can use as an example to make modifications to the website later. If this is your first time using Application Joomla you should just click the button, then click [Next].

7. Joomla installation has been completed. You are requested to delete the folder instalation. Go to the folder c:/wamp/joomla folder and delete the instalation.

8. Then type in your browser http://localhost/joomla. If it appears that the interface is the main page of the Joomla installation then you have succeeded.

Emailing is considered the second most rock solid communication tool in the business world after telephones. Infact, for many business users, it has proved to be obligatory just like the telephone is. With the facility of emails going wireless it is going to be an even more important part of modern communicating technologies. Wireless email system or also called mobile emailing solution has become a very big wireless enterprise growth engine and it is estimated that it will cross the fifty five million users mark in that by the year 2010.

Of course wireless technology has many more benefits than just emailing. It is now advanced enough to connect all your computers, share your files and other devices, surf the internet etc. Let us look at some of the basic advantages of wireless technologies and how its made our lives easier:-

End of wires: this is probably the most important reason why one would love to go wireless for your business networking. Wires are problematic, expensive, and dangerous for both health and life and above all, they look unattractive. Zero wires in your homes or office increases the safety as there are no problems such as exposed wires. The other thing is that you will not have to bear the headache of connecting all the wires and disconnecting them again and again. Wireless technology also relieves you from checking every wire now and then to see whether they are working perfectly or whenever the connection shuts down.

Internet connectivity for all: the wireless networking gives the facility of a very cheap, easy to share single internet connection for several users. New computers can be added to the network simply by connecting them with the wireless card and switching them ‘on’. By this they can get instant internet connection immediately.

Sharing files and printers: a wireless network technology gives you the opportunity to access your files and documents wherever you are. It also makes it very easy to coordinate the data stored in your laptop or desktop computer. It is much easier to transfer data between machines connected through wireless mode. The other thing is that only one printer can be used for multiple devices. Printer connected to one computer of a network can be used by any computer of that network.

Always connected; wireless technology allows us to always stay connected through our computers, mobiles, PDAs etc. Doesn’t matter which device you are using but you can have access to all your important files, access the internet and best of all, receive and reply to your emails anytime, anywhere you want.

Freedom: the biggest and the greatest facility of wireless network technology is that you can take your computer or wireless device wherever the signal reaches. This technology is much more like changing your old landline phone with a new hi-tech mobile phone. In other words, the freedom obtained is invigorating and refreshing.

Wireless technology has been around for a while but it is witnessing a massive boom since couple of years now and is expected to grow at an exponential rate as more and more people realize the potential of wireless technology and the fact that it makes all our work that much easier helping us stay connected all the time whether it is through wifi internet or using wireless email solutions etc.

How incredible it is to think of just how many people out there across the United States continue to live without a high speed internet connection at either their office or their home.  Though many people living in the cities of our great nation (where high speed internet providers are so numerous it’s impossible to not be barraged by their marketing material every day of the year) may find it absolutely unfathomable, the reality is that millions upon millions of American households and offices in heavily rural states such as Utah lack a high speed internet connection—a problem which satellite internet is helping to solve!  That’s because satellite providers are helping bring the best of high speed internet to all the places where it has never been available before: namely, out in the remote locations where people have imagined that they will be stuck with dial-up internet till the end of time…which would be a truly sad state of affairs indeed!It’s quite logical, as a result, to observe that the highest concentration of satellite internet customers happens to be out there in the middle of the countryside where high speed internet is such a total novelty to people.  This is the real backbone of the satellite industry, and it is likely that satellite companies will continue to be strongest in such rural and remote localities for a long, long time into the future.  That’s not to say, however, that satellite internet doesn’t have the goods to compete with cable internet services.  Quite to the contrary, many cable customers that have grown tired of the poor treatment which they receive from their cable provider have been switching to satellite and discovering that their service is generally comparable in terms of connection speeds and is indeed superior in terms of customer support and help services.  Yet the real epicenter of the satellite movement is most definitely out in the countryside of great states like Utah.There is a whole lot that can be done with a satellite internet connection, and despite the wrong impressions that many people have had it is possible to turn one subscription into the web access point for many different computers, creating a local area network.  This could mean a single satellite dish could put an entire office full of people in rural America online at magnificent speeds, accomplishing all their work in less time and giving each person a whole lot more capacity to contribute constructively to the operations of the business.  Indeed, as rural communities get brought online thanks to satellite providers it is quite impressive to see just how quickly the effects begin to be felt around town.  Satellite internet is, in this regard, serving as a tool for growth and development that is desperately needed in all communities, especially in rural communities across Utah, all the more so in light of the current economic difficulties besetting our great nation.  Surely it’s time that you assessed why it is that you don’t have a satellite connection yet?!