# Installation

### Installation

The best and the recommended way of installation is using the Quickstart package (which is a pre-installed, pre-configured Joomla with the Claypot template). You can get started quickly if you use this package.

**Quickstart**

Quickstart is an exact copy of the template demo you have seen in your website. It has complete Joomla instance with the template installed. You just have to extract it and follow the installation wizard.

**Installation of Quick start:**

Extract the quick start zip pakage in your website root. This is either **public\_html** or **www** in the hosted servers.

If you have installed **XAMPP** or **MAMP** or **WAMP**, you will have to extract this into the **httpdocs** folder

After the extraction, point your browser to url of the public root or the folder where you extracted. Example: Let us say, you have created a folder called **claypot** under the **public\_html** folder (called your web root) . Then you extracted the zip inisde the claypot folder.

In that case, your site url would be: <http://www.yourdomain.com/claypot> Or if you installed in the localhost, then your url will be: <http://localhost/claypot>

This will bring up an Installation wizard. Following the instructions.

**Stand-alone template installation**

> NOTE: This process explains installing just the template in an existing Joomla website or a fresh joomla installation.

In our template package, you will find tpl\_claypot.zip file.

* Go to **Extensions -> Extension Manager** .
* Select the Browse button and choose the **tpl\_claypot.zip** file from your computer.
* Select the **Upload & Install** button.

After a successfull installation, go to Extensions -> Template manager to access the template.