As you know, you have a certain amount of videos available that supports and helps you to install and start working with WordPress. But for those people that really want to have a quick step-by-step guide at their hand to use as backup after they have seen the videos, I have here that quick guide:
- Download the latest WordPress:
- Uncompress the dowloaded WordPress file. I would suggest that you make a specific WordPress folder, as later on you will also download themes and plugins, and that way you will keep an easy overview.
- Once uncompressed, login into the administration panel of your webhosting service, and create a MySQL database. (Please consult your webhosting service for support if needed, as creating a MySQL database differs from hosting service to hosting service). In one of the videos, I explain how you can do this if you have Lonex as hosting service.
- Once you have created the MySQL database, you will need to configure the wp-config-sample.php file, which you find directly under the folder ‘wordpress’. When you have found the file, open it and you will have to change the following parts:
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
The fields that I have highlighted in yellow are those that you need to change. When done, just close the file and save it. !!!MAKE SURE THAT YOU SAVE IT AS IT IS, I.E. UNDER A .PHP EXTENTION!!!
- Before you continue, you need to ask yourself the following question: how have you foreseen the structure of your domain name and blog. Basically, this question asks you if you are going to use this domain name solely for this blog, or if you are going to use in combination with other tools. If you are going to use it soley for the blog, than you can upload the wordpress files (next step) directly under the domain name. If not, than I would suggest to create a folder under your domain name and upload WordPress under that folder, as I have done with the XXX-Coach Blogexpert.
- Open now your FTP manager, like SmartFTP (I really do recommend this one to Windows users as it is free), select all the folders (wp-admin,wp-content,wp-includes) and all the files, and upload it to your hosting server.
- When the upload is completed, change the file name ’wp-config-sample.php’ to ‘wp-config.php’.
- Open now your internet program (Internet Explorer, Firefox, …) and type the following url in the address path: yourdomainname/nameof folder(if any/wp-admin/install.php (example using this blog’s url: www.xxx-coach.com/blogexpert/wp-admin/install.php)
- If you have done all steps correctly as mentioned herefore, you will be at the first page of installation, where you will have to type in your Blog Title, and your email address. !!!!MAKE SURE THAT YOU TYPE AN EXISTING EMAIL ADDRESS HERE AS YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH YOUR ADMIN PASSWORD!!!
- Click on the bottom ‘Install’.
- Congratulations. Well done. Now click on the wp-login link and enter to your admin panel.
- Last but not least, open your FTP manager and on the server, click on the folder wp-admin, and delete the file ‘install.php’. !!!!THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS THIS WILL PREVENT OTHERS TO REINSTALL WORDPRESS AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR BLOG!!!
I hope that this is an useful step-by-step install guide for WordPress. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave theme here in the comments’ form.
Have a great and excellent day, and enjoy your blogging.
Coach Erwin
