• Quick Start
  • Download and Install
  • Create a Site
  • Editing your Site
    • Edit Mode GUI
  • Manipulate Content
    • Edit Existing Content
    • Create New Content
    • Move Content in a Page
  • Preview and Publish your Work
  • Move Content Between Pages
  • Delete Content
  • Use a Content item in many places at the same time
  • Control the Rights
  • Managing Sites
  • More Detailed Publication
  • Going Further With Interactive Features
    • Insert a Google Map
    • Add a Poll

Download and Install

First, download Jahia 6.6 

Double click on installer.exe then follow the steps of the installation tool.

You must click on Next for each page, agree to the License Agreement and define a root password when asked.

Choose a path or accept the proposed one.

Jahia will ask for the authorization to create the destination folder, please accept

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For a quick start, we will use the express installation with an embedded DB. For serious development or production servers, please choose a custom installation on an external DB server.

Enter a password for the root account.

Once installation is finished, the installer proposes to create shortcuts.

If successful, the above screen should be displayed. Click on Next.

Jahia will start its services, a console will also be launched that displays the Tomcat activity during first startup.

Launch Jahia.

How long will this take?

The first launch of Jahia may take several minutes, this is normal. During that time, Jahia will initialize itself, start its services, deploy all of the modules (plug-ins), install templates and create a first site called System Site where crucial information is stored that enables the system to run correctly. After this initial startup, Jahia usually starts within 15 to 45 seconds on a standard PC (depending on the amount of content stored in the repository, number of web projects, number of users, etc.).

When Jahia is ready, you are able to access it through a web browser by typing the following address: http://localhost:8080/start

Jahia will ask you to login with your username and password.

Let’s start using the “root” Account, as no other account exists yet.

Login: root

Password: root1234

Once these details have been verified, Jahia will display your personal page. 

As the software is brand new, there is not a lot of detail to display on this page, but you will find useful links to start your exploration.

From this page, you are able to complete your Personal Profile (located in My Settings) and choose what information within this profile will be either public or private. After content has been added to Jahia, you will be able to access the content you have written, the web projects which you can edit or manage, your personal tasks list, etc.

I know what a personal page is but I don’t like the look and feel of it. Am I able to change the shortcuts and other things that appear here?

The page shown above is the default provided with the installation of Jahia. It has been built with standard Jahia templates and is not hardcoded. It can be customized at will by your development team in order to display more relevant information for your work, integrate specific widgets and assume another look and feel.

Click on the “Server administration” link on the top right of the page, this will take you to a new page called Jahia Administration.