How to install WordPress Phase 3

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WordPress is one of the most popular blog platforms out there. WordPress is very easy to setup and you can find themes and plugins for WordPress.

You want to go to www.wordpress.org and click on the red square on the top right side that says download. You want to click on the red rectangle that is on the Download WordPress page. You want to download the file that fits your operating system. I will pick the zip file. You want to save the zip file to a location that you can get to. I usually scan my files that I download off the internet first. I have to plug the security part. You should always scan your files. I will open the zip file and extract it to a folder. I will then open my ftp program to upload my WordPress files to the directory that I picked for my multihosted domain. You also want to create a MySql database. I usually name my databases after my websites so I know what database goes to what website.

You then want to rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php. You then want to fill in the database details.

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere’); // The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere’); // Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere’); // …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

These fields tell WordPress vital information about the database that you created. It wants to know the database name, the database user that has full access to the database, the password for the database user, and the database host.

After you have all these things done, then you want to open up your browser and go to yourblog.com/wp-admin/install.php to start the install process. At the first screen you want to type your Blog Title and your website email address.

After you type your title and your email then press Install WordPress button. The next screen is going to tell you that it was Successful at creating the blog and it will give you your username and password to get into the blog.

You should copy your password and then login to the blog. You want to change the temporary password right away before you forget it.

If you don’t want to go this route and if you have CPANEL with your webhosting you can use Fantastico. You can use Fantastico to automatically install any scripts that are listed in the menu.

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