HOW TO INSTALL WORDPRESS 2.8.3 ON XAMPP 1.7.2 FOR WINDOWS

INTRODUCTION

This tutorial will guide you through installing WordPress 2.8.3 on your XAMPP 1.7.2 for Windows XP, Vista 32-bit & 64-bit web server. This gives you the ability to self-host your WordPress blog for testing, development, and if secured properly, public access.

WordPress is a very popular and fully customizable blogging software, which has numerous free templates and plugins available for it to make it unique. You can also get a free one from http://www.wordpress.com, which has limited customization options and limited file storage area for photos and files.

 

GETTING STARTED

You need to have WordPress downloaded before proceeding. If you haven't downloaded it yet, you can do so at http://wordpress.org/download/. For Windows, I recommend downloading the "ZIP" archive.

Once you extract the zip file, you may proceed with this tutorial.

 

WRITTEN TUTORIAL (If you prefer the video tutorial, click here.)

1.) Log into your phpmyadmin and create a database for your WordPress blog.

By default, your phpMyAdmin should be accessible by going to http://localhost/phpmyadmin

Once you log in as the "root" user, you should see an area that looks like this.

Go ahead and create a new database for your WordPress blog.
You can title the database whatever you like, just be sure to remember what you named it.

 

2.) Now open the wordpress folder located wherever you extracted the zip file.

Rename the file wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php.

Open the wp-config.php file using Notepad or Notepad++ and edit the following lines with the correct information:
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
define('DB_USER', 'myownserver');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '123abc');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

The rest of the settings should be fine as is. Save and close the file.

 

3.) Now copy the wordpress folder to your htdocs folder.

 

4.) Open your browser and go to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php.

You should see a page similar to this:

Enter your desired Blog Title, your email, then select if you want your blog to appear in search engines or not.

 

5.) After clicking Install WordPress, you should see a screen like this:

Make sure you copy this password so you can login. You can change it as I mention just below.

 

6.) Log into your WordPress blog using admin as the username and then the password provided.

This will take you to your Dashboard. You are done installing WordPress.

 

If you want to change your password, click on Users as highlighted below.

 

Next, move your mouse over Admin and Edit should appear as shown below. Click on Edit.

 

Now scroll down to the bottom or make whatever corrections you like and you will see the option to change your password at the bottom.

Once you've set your new password for WordPress, click Update Profile and you're finished!

 

Now you can proceed on to customizing your WordPress however you like. I recommend checking out WordPress.tv for more info on how to customize different things on your new WordPress blog.

You can find free themes and plugins for your WordPress blog by going to http://wordpress.org/extend/

 

VIDEO TUTORIAL