Installing & Configuring WordPress

January 24, 2008

As I wrote about yesterday WordPress is a great site development & management tool that most people who setup a website should consider as an option. Now I myself have been a big supporter of WordPress for the past few years. Having products like WordPress in the marketplace that have large developer bases help people enter the era of online business development.

I remember a few years ago when the options were limited and you had to know a good amount of code to produce a decent website and now it couldn’t be further from the true, thanks in part to Blogging but also the development of CMS systems as a whole. I can only imagine what the next 10 years will look like.

Installing WordPress is as easy as 1 2 3!

All you need to install WordPress is a Linux/Unix based server, access to mySQL database technology and the will to try something non-windows related.

Unzip the package you download from WordPress.org
Create a mySQL database on your web server and modify the privileges for accessing it
Rename the file “wp-config-sample.php” to “wp-config.php” and change the following lines of code in your “wp-config.php” file to match you’re mySQL database settings

// ** MySQL settings ** //

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

define(’DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);

define(’DB_COLLATE’, ”);

After you edit the “wp-config.php” page you will need to upload it to your website.
Lastly you will need to the “/wp-admin/install.php” script by entering it into your browser using the following path “http://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/install.php”.

Your website should be ready to rock and roll after that in no time flat! Enjoy your newly installed WordPress CMS System and if you have any issues doing the install post them here.

Luc

Fellow WordPress’er

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