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I'm a Joomla user, and would recommend NOT using JSAS. I had a lot of problems with it, and found that the tools to be able to run multiple installations of Joomla were unreliable and not very useful.

If you're trying to get things up and running on a Windows computer, try using the WAMP package (http://www.wampserver.com/en/). It is an Apache/MySQL/PHP installation designed for Windows. It's easy to install, easy to manage, gives you much more flexibility than JSAS, and uses more current versions. JSAS is basically a WAMP installation plus a built in Joomla installation. But trust me, it's not worth it for that extra piece. Joomla is so easy to install, you really don't need it "pre-installed." And WAMP lets you setup as many sites as you want. I use it on my development computer (Win Vista) for all site testing, and run all my sites on LAMP stacks. I've had no problems with any Windows to Linux incompatibilities.

I saw your other post too. You can get older versions of CiviCRM here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=177914&package_id=205038

-Brian

lcdweb,

Thanks for the help earlier...

So now I have WAMP running, but I am unable to install civiCRM from the .zip.

Should I unpack first somewhere? Then what would I do?

Hopefully I can get civiCRM up soon! Thanks!

-Tachikoma

OK, so I unpack the civicrm folder to C:\wamp\joomla or just to C:\wamp?

I'll try both anyway,

thanks

Update***

Ok, so, I unpacked (I guess it didn't really matter where) and I enabled the system-legacy plugin.
This time, when I clicked install, I actually saw things happening. But, now I am getting that blank screen that I have been reading everyone is seeing. When I go back into the admin, I cant see any new components installed, but I do see a new folder for this component.

Ugh... I saw a mention of editing the php.ini file, but I don't know exactly what I am doing, and where in the file to make any additions.
I'll keep reading to figure it on my own.

Thanks for all the help thus far!

You'll need to keep system legacy turned on. It's not just for installation, it's for operation.

That's a core team question, but without putting words in their mouth or committing for them, I expect by 2.1. They've already made the decision not to make that jump for v2.0, primarily because Joomla 1.5 has not yet gone stable. With the 1.5 code continuing to change and evolve towards a stable version, it's difficult to invest the time into creating 1.5-native extensions that may need reworking once the final version is released.

There's actually very few 1.5 native extensions in general. The Joomla extensions site is a little deceptive -- if an extension is marked 1.5 compatible, it doesn't necessarily mean native-compatible. It frequently means it can be run on 1.5 with legacy on.

-Brian