I knew it was something simple! I should have remembere that I saw an administrator page in the joomla folder when I looked in it!
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
Your going to the right place, unless you have misspelled administrator or you have your site at http://localhost/joomla/, in that case you will have to go to http://localhost/joomla/administrator

Brian Cluff


On 02/01/2013 04:57 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
why oh why is everything a hastle for me? even right from the start? I
finally got joomla installed and I'm following the manual (thanks for
pointing me in the right direction) from the begining and it tells me:

 >

First, in order to build your web site you will have to log into the
administrator area. This can be achieved by opening the corresponding
URL in your web browser:

/http://yourdomainname.com/administrator/

Replace /yourdomainname.com <http://yourdomainname.com>/ with your

actual Joomla URL.

 >

And I think, 'cool, this is just what I needed!' so I type in:

/http://localhost/administrator/


But get the dreaded, NOT FOUND, page. I'm sure me error is simple. What
am I doing wrong?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com
<mailto:brian@snaptek.com>> wrote:

    There is TONS of stuff about Joomla!, but here is a link to the docs
    on the official webpage.
    http://docs.joomla.org/

    Brian Cluff


    On 01/31/2013 09:39 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

        that website looks incredible. would anyone know of a joomla
        tutorial
        they could recommend?
        :-)~MIKE~(-:


        On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:22 PM, John J. Macey
        <jjmacey@gmail.com <mailto:jjmacey@gmail.com>
        <mailto:jjmacey@gmail.com <mailto:jjmacey@gmail.com>>> wrote:

             Hi,

             I am brand new to the list @ PLUG, and just want to say
        that Joomla
             was by far the most user friendly CMS that I have played with
             to-date. I put this site together using it here
             <http://www.jjmacey.net/>.


             John



             On 01/31/2013 10:28 AM, Michael Havens wrote:

                 joomla sounds like something I'll work with then.
                 :-)~MIKE~(-:


                 On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Brian Cluff
            <brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>
                 <mailto:brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>>>
            wrote:

                     I was referring to the ease of configuring and the
            extent to
                     which it can be done.

                     Brian Cluff


                     On 01/30/2013 11:12 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

                         Thanks for the advice Brian. What do you mean
            by features?
                         :-)~MIKE~(-:


                         On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Brian Cluff
                         <brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>
            <mailto:brian@snaptek.com <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>>
                         <mailto:brian@snaptek.com
            <mailto:brian@snaptek.com> <mailto:brian@snaptek.com
            <mailto:brian@snaptek.com>>>> wrote:

                             Kompozer looks like it got dropped from the
            distros
                         because it
                             relies on a old version of GTK that is no
            longer
                         available.  The
                             last news for the project were in 2010, so
            it looks
                         like a dead
                             project... too bad, it was a nice piece of
            software.

                             That being said, what are you trying to do?
              You might
                         have better
                             luck with a Content Management System
            (CMSanks) for
                         what you want
                             doing.  It can be a LOT easier to work with
            and will
                         give you a
                             standard style across all your pages
            without having to
                         write a
                             single line of HTML.

                             Have a look at Joomla, Drupal, and
            wordpress for 3 of
                         the most
                             popular CMSs out there.  I'm personally a
            fan of
                         Joomla.  It's easy
                             to use while still having a ton of features.
                          Wordpress is probably
                             the easiest to use, and also the last flexible.
                          Drupal is the most
                             flexible, but also the hardest to use.

                             Brian Cluff


                             On 01/30/2013 02:34 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

                                 is it still kompozer or has something
            else reared
                         it's head. If you
                                 think kompozer no apt-get for it??
                                 :-)~MIKE~(-:



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