Install WordPress with Xampp

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With Thanks to: Rupesh Kumar

What You Need

 Xampp for Windows  WordPress (ver 2.7)  Patience!

What is Xampp?

    A Xampp (Apache, MySQL, PHP and …) bundle A suite of the following software     Apache MySQL PHP phpMyAdmin Download from http://apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html

What is WordPress?

 A blog publishing system programmed in PHP  Uses MySQL as the backend (database)  A free software to set up blogs  Download from http://wordpress.org/download/

How To Do

 Install Xampp  Create a database in MySQL with PhpMyAdmin  Install WordPress Software  Set up your blog

Step 1 : Install Xampp Double Click xampp-win32-?.?.?-installer.exe

to launch the installer

Click “Next” to Continue

Set Destination Folder and click “Next”

Select the Apache & MySQL as Service And Click “Install”

Installation in Progress…

Installation Complete

You Must See This Message Then Click “OK”

Services Started

The Apache & MySql must be Started if not, You must Click “Start”

Xampp Icon on System Tray

Checking the Xampp Installation

Type http://localhost of your web browser. The following screen appears… on the address bar

Step 2 : Create a database

 Launch PhpMyAdmin  Create a database named “wordpress”  Create a user named “wordpress”  Grant all privileges to the user “wordpress” on the database “wordpress”

Launch Xampp Control Panel Then Click “Admin” for Apache

Select “phpMyadmin” in Tools

PHPMYADMIN Window

Create a new database by name “wordpress” (or any other name)

Note: the collation – UTF-8

Now Click Here Now, Click Here

Click “Privileges”

Add a New User by name “wordpress”

Click Here

Enter “wordpress” for user name and “localhost” for Host. Type your password Select “Use text field” for all Click “Check All” Click “Go”

Step 3: Install WordPress

 Extract WordPress files to the “htdocs” folder in Xampp installation folder  Rename “wp-config-sample.php” to  “wp-config.php” Open “wp-config.php” and fill in the database information  Run “install.php” from the Web Browser to install WordPress Software

Extract WordPress files

Note the location there !

Extraction in Progress…

Browse to the “htdocs” folder

Open “wordpress” folder

Rename this file to wp-config.php

After renaming…

Open wp-config.php with any text editor (like Notepad)

Fill in the database information

Enter ‘wordpress’ for DB_NAME and DB_USER Enter the password for DB_PASSWORD which you provided while creating the user

Save the file and close

Now Open: http://localhost/wordpress

Now you can see “wordpress” Installation.

Type your Blog Title & Your Mail

The Second Step

Note username and password Click Here to log in

WordPress Admin Login

Enter Username and Password. Click Login

Your Blog Dashboard

Click on “Visit site” to view your blog

Your Blog is ready !

Enjoy it!

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