WordPress Installation Tutorial
Description: We need to make sure that we provide the Word Press package with the platform it needs to function properly. There are a few things you should check with your web host before proceeding with the installation.
Things to check before installation:
?? PHP version 4.3 or higher
?? MySQL version 4.0 or higher
?? FTP access
?? The Apache mod_rewrite module
You can ask your website host for all of the above requirements and if they don't provide it, ideally you should choose another host. You will also need the FTP client to upload the files. My favorite FTP clients are Filezilla and Fireftp (Firefox extension) and guess what both are free.
Famous five minute WordPress install:
?? Download and unzip the WordPress package. You can download the latest version of WordPress from WordPress.org
?? Log in to your host account and create a new database with the MySQL user who has full privileges to access and modify the database. Make sure to write down the username, password, database name, and hostname of the user you just created. You will need these details during installation.
?? Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
?? Open the same file you just renamed. In that file you will see the following:
define ('DB_NAME', 'WordPress'); // The name of the database
define ('DB_USER', 'username'); // Your MySQL username
define ('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ... and password
define ('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance that you don't need to change this value
You need to change the default information in wp-config to include your database information. Make sure you don't remove the single quotes.
define ('DB_NAME', 'WordPress'); // The name of the database
Replace "WordPress" with the real name of your database that was given to you during the database configuration, ie define ('DB_NAME', 'devblog');
define ('DB_USER', 'username'); // Your MySQL username
Replace "username" with the username given to you during database setup.
define ('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ... and password
Replace the "password" with the password given to you when configuring the database.
define ('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // luck you don't need to change.
If you have received information about the database host, you will probably need to replace the "localhost" with the data that was provided to you during database configuration. If you haven't received this information, you can most likely leave this set at localhost.
Once you have completed the above, SAVE the changes you have made.
?? Upload WordPress files using the suggested FTP clients.
?? Point your preferred web browser to start the installation script.
If you have placed the WordPress files in the root directory, you should visit: [http://mysite.com/wp-admin/install.php]
If you've placed the WordPress files in a subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: [http://mysite.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php]
?? Enter your blog title and email address in the fields provided by the web-based WordPress installer.
?? Once you have followed the instructions in each new window, your blog will be created automatically for you. Make sure to save the username and password provided.
So much for the basic installation of WordPress !!! You are ready to connect! You will see the default WordPress theme in the front end of your website. You can change the look and feel of the website by changing the default theme to custom WordPress theme.