User's Manual
Chapter 3: Joomla! Users
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 23 Version 1.0.1.
If you do not see the check page please verify the following:
WerealltheJoomla!filesandfolderssuccessfullyuploadedtoyourwebsite?
Didyouremove(andbackup)youroldwebsite?
DoyoureallyhaveanApache/MySQL/PHPwebserver?
AreallthenecessaryMySQL,Zlib,andXMLmodulesactivatedinPHP?
If everything checks out OK, and you still do not see the check page, try using:
http://www.yourdomainname.com/installation/index.php. This is the direct address for the
check page. If it does not show up, or you see a lot of errors and techno mumbo-jumbo, you
probably do not have an Apache/MySQL/PHP web server. Check with your host provider.
If everything has gone to plan then you will see the above check page.
DetailofthePre‐installationCheckPage
The pre-installation check page is in five parts:
The first checks that your system meets the requirements necessary to run Joomla!
Figure 2: Check Page part 1
The second part checks that you are installing the most up to date version of Joomla!. Click on
the Check for newer version button to verify this.
Figure 3: Check Page part 2
The third part is a security check related to register_globals and RG_EMULATION in the
globals.php file in the Joomla! site root folder. Refer to the Official Joomla! forum,
http://forum.joomla.org
for further advice on this.
Figure 4: Check Page part 3
The fourth part checks whether the PHP settings are correctly set for compatibility: