Wordpress tutorial - installation
Wordpress is one of the most used blogging platforms on the Internet for two reasons: it's very easy to use and it does what it's supposed to when it should. No wonder then that the installation is dead easy too.
1. Get the latest stable release from the Wordpress official site and download it to your computer. You can either extract the files on your computer and upload them to the server with the help of a FTP program upload the upload the archive to the server and extract the files there.
note: when you'll open the archive, you will see that all the files are in a folder called "wordpress". If you want to install it in a folder it's ok this way, but if you want Wordpress in the site root then you must rearchive the files so that they aren't contained in the "wordpress" folder - this way when you extract the files on your server the index.php file will be in the site root.
2. Log in to CPanel and click on the "File Manager" icon.
3. Browse to the folder where you want to install Wordpress and click on the "Upload file" link.
4. Click on "Browse", select the Wordpress archive, click on "Open" and then click the Upload button in under the dialog boxes.
5. After the archive is uploaded click on its file name and then click on "Extract File Contents" link that appears in the top right part of the browser window.
6. Now it's time to go back to the main CPanel interface - it's time to create the database. Click on the "MySQL Databases" icon.
7. Create a new database.
8. Create a new user and password from the same page.
9. Add the user to the database you created earlier.
We won't be needing CPanel anymore so you should log out.
10. Type in the address bar the URL where you want to install Wordpress. When the page loads you will get an error asking you to "create a wp-cofig.php file through a web interface" - click on that. The next page tells you you should know the details you entered earlier when you created the database and the user. Click on the "let's go" link at the bottom.
11. Enter all the details you are asked for. For "database host" it is "localhost" 99% of the time, so leave it like that unless you specifically know otherwise. Click on "Submit".
12. If you put in the correct info you should get the next message; click on "run the install".
13. Click on "First step".
14. Enter your blog title (you can change it later) and your email address (this one must be real - you will receive your password here). Leave the checkbox checked if you want to appear in the search engines (just leave it checked).
15. You are presented with your password - be sure to write it down - and a link to the administration log in page.
I recommend logging in and changing your password to something easier you can remember. You can do this by going to Users -> Your Profile and scrolling down to "Update Your Password" area.
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