Install WordPress with Xampp

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What You Need

Xampp for Windows WordPress Browser (Mozilla/Chrome would be good)

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.h

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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

Allow Access

You Must See This MessageThen Click “OK”

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

Services Started

Xampp Icon on System Tray

Checking the Xampp Installation

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

Step 2: Create a database

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

on the database “wordpress_db”

Select “phpMyadmin” in Tools

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

Now Click Here Now, Click Here

Click “Privileges”

Click Here

Add a New User

Click Here

Click “Go”

Enter “wordpress” for user name and “localhost” for Host.

Type your passwordSelect “Use text field” for all

Click “Check All”

Select wordpress\_db

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

C:\xampp\htdocsC:\xampp\htdocs

Browse to the “htdocs” folder

Open “wordpress” folder

Open this file withNotepad

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

Fill in the database information

Enter ‘wordpress_db’ for DB_NAME and DB_USEREnter the password for DB_PASSWORD

which you provided while creating the user and also the hostname

Save the file as wp-config.php

Now Open: http://localhost/wordpress

Now you can see “wordpress” Installation.Type your Blog Title, username & Your Mail

Click “Install WordPress”

The Second Step

Note usernameand 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 !