1. What is a Joomla! quickstart?
The quickstart is a copy of the demo for the template. The quickstart is available in the download package and it's a .zip archive that includes these 3 elements:
- TEMPLATE
- DEMO CONTENT
- JOOMLA!
For this reason the quickstart installs like a default Joomla! installation.
2. Install the quickstart like a default Joomla! installation
The quickstart installs like a normal Joomla! installation, so you must copy the quickstart .zip achive into a location on your server, extract it and start the installation process by targeting that location in your browser:
3. Choose the Default Sample Data
After you have provided the database connection details, you need to select the DEFAULT SAMPLE DATA option on the final step of your installation. Without this option selected, you will just install a blank Joomla! installation instead of our quickstart:
4. Your installation is complete
After completing the installation of our quickstart, this message will be available: