GETTING STARTED

Where To

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FIRST - READ WordPress is a great product. It's easy-to-use, quite powerful, and

flexible. Creating a website, and maintaining a website, is a science and art that has quickly evolved. In order to fully appreciate this it is important to be well read on the subject. One major thing to keep in mind is your investment of time. Being knowledgeable will without a doubt save you much time in the long run. With that in mind, before you invest your valuable time and energy into installing WordPress, there are some documents you need to read to help you get started.

SECOND – MAKE A PLAN Based upon the information you've just read, including instructions on

installing WordPress, you should have a list of the things you need and things to do. If not, make that list now. You'll want to make sure it includes the following information:

Website Host Requirements Checked and Verified Versions of PHP and MySQL Checked and Verified Web Host Compatibility with New Versions of WordPress Your Website Username and Password Text Editor Software An FTP Client Software Your Web Browser of Choice

HOSTING WORDPRESS

Most hosting providers and personal installations on Unix/Linux systems should be able to host WordPress under very common configurations.

Server requirements•WordPress server requirements for Version 3.2+:

•PHP version 5.2.4 or greater •MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater •(Optional) (Required for Multisite) Apache mod_rewrite module (for clean URIs known as

Permalinks)

TEXT EDITORS

Atom Text Editor UltraEditBBedit

FTP CLIENTS

Windows (FileZilla) MAC (Cyberduck)

INTERNET BROWSER

You are good to go now