Comments on: Can I use joomla without Hosting to make a practice site on?

By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:01:59 +0000

Hi.

So I did make a website by downloading wampserver which had everything which I needed for a joomla website.

Now I have made few pages. But when I make a user from “Create an account” because I have put forums in my practice website as well. so I need to check those.

and I am getting this error

SMTP Error! Could not connect to SMTP host.
SMTP Error! Could not connect to SMTP host.

these are my mailer settings.

Mailer smtp
Mail from irtiza.isi@gmail.com
From Name http://www.unnrrp.org <— this is the domain name I have thought for my website I ll buy this from someone
Sendmail Path /usr/sbin/sendmail
SMTP Authentication Yes
SMTP Security TLS
SMTP Port 465
SMTP Username irtiza.isi@gmail.com
SMTP Password password
SMTP Host smtp.gmail.com

can anyone plz help in this one. I also asked the same question whether we need a real web hosting service or I can do it because I have comcast…

irtiza.isi@gmail.com is my email ID plz help me.

By: Demon child

Demon child — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:50:59 +0000

of course you can
you need to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL on your computer to simulate a real web server.

Ask google for "XAMPP" download. After install it, you can install and run joomla on your machine.

Put the joomla files into xampp_installation_folder\htdocs\your_joomla_folder, and then start Apache and MySQL via XAMPP control panel.

And now, you can access your joomla site in browser using address http://localhost/your_joomla_folder

Good luck…
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By: deonejuan

deonejuan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:40:59 +0000

Joomla has XAMPP, a pre-configured web-site so you can work on code, at home, on one machine. Or, you can split that to an intranet, or you can split that to a host, client. Joomla is so versatile, you really should read the only book on the framework. "Building Websites with Joomla 1.5." Packt Publishing.

References :
http://www.packtpub.com/search

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:22:59 +0000

Yes, you can. You do NOT need a host to practice using Joomla. All you need is a computer with an a service on it that will run PHP code along with a MySql Database. XAMPP is a great tool that will do this. Download it here:

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Then read up on how to use it. There is a bit of a learning curve, but you should be able to get it off the ground in a couple of hours max..if you run into trouble, come on back here.

This will let you load and view your joomla site on your local machine. It will not be viewable on the internet, but it is great for development and practice.
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By: just "JR"

just "JR" — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:56:59 +0000

No. You need a host,and a freehost won't do either: you will not be allowed to install or run it. You can get simple Php Mysql hostings for less than 100$/year, so it is not really a problem.
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