Joomla 1.5.x Install Addon from Directory Method

Several webhosts have set very stringent time limits and size limits on what you can and cannot upload.  For example 2Mb seems to be the standard maximum size for a file upload on the majority of web hosts (Joomla KB and Mailing List are both bigger than 2Mb!), Some other hosts limit the PHP excecution time to 30seconds – so if it takes longer to upload than 30seconds an error is produced.

To install a Joomla Extension using the “Install from directory” method follow these simple steps (Joomla 1.5.x):

1. Download your components Zip file to your PC.
2. Extract the Zip files contents
3. Create a folder in your webspace (under the public_hmtl/tmp/ is a good place, for this example call it “kb”)
4. Use FTP to upload your extracted Zip files to the /public_html/tmp/kb/ folder
5. Login to Joomla Admin,
6. Select Extensions
7. Select Install/Uninstall
8. In the “Install Directory:” path enter the full path to your files you uploaded (public_html/tmp/kb/ in our example above)
9. Click “Upload File & Install” Button
10. Thats It !

This will help you overcome any file upload or time limit restrictions set by your web hosts !