Joomla Installation

Here's a simple tutorial for beginners to install Joomla in localhost:

1. install XAMPP server in your C:
2. Find a Joomla! installation zip file in Joomla! download web page
3. Create a folder in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs. Name it as you want as your site's name will be
4. Extract the zip file in C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\{your_site}
5. Start your apache and mysql in XAMPP Control Panel Application
6. Go to your web browser, type this url: http://localhost/{your_site}
7. Choose your installation language. Click Next
8. Pre-installation check: you skip this. Click Next
9. License: skip this. Click Next
10. Database configuration:
• Database type: mysql
• Hostname: localhost
• Username: root
• Password: leave empty
• Database name: give a name, usually same as your site's name. Then click Next
11.  FTP Configuration: skip this. Click Next
12. Main configuration:
• Site's name: give a name
• Your email: type in your email address
• Admin's passwd: this will be the password when you open the backend using username Admin
• Verify passwd: type in the same password as above
• Install default sample data: install. Click Next
13. Open your C:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\{your_site's_name}. Delete 'installation' folder
14. Your site is done. To view it, go to http://localhost/{your_site's_name} with your web browser
15. To start configuring it, go to http://localhost/{your_site's_name}/administrator. Log in with username admin and the password you have configured during installation

Happy configuring!

Potty Training Tips

Hi! I believe there are still many of you having problems with potty training your children. Here are some tips (Well at least it works for my daughter):

1. Avoid using disposable diapers from the very 1st day you come home from delivering at hospital, except for outdoor activities.
2. After 6 months, he/she will start eating foods, thereby his /her poop will become more solid than before. From this time on, don’t let him /her poop in his/her pants. Use a portable potty instead.
3. When he/she’s 8 months old, he/she’s capable of sitting straight. Now use a toilet ring instead of portable potty.
4. When he/she’s 1 year old, you can start taking him/her periodically (every 1~1.5 hours) to the toilet. Let him/her pee in the right place. You may just wait form him/her to pee to study his/her pee-time pattern.
5. Keep studying his/her pee-time pattern to choose the best time to take him/her to the toilet to pee.
6. At his/her 20 months old, start not wearing diapers when you take him/her out. Just take him/her to the toilet before you leave, and when it's time to go to the toilet again when you're still out, find a toilet there as soon as possible. Just in case, always bring along extra pants and a plastic bag.
7. Wait for the miracle! After about 2 months, he/she will go to toilet on his/her own. Even when he/she's sleeping at night.

Hope this helps you!