WORDPRESS INSTALLATION|HOW TO MAKE A WORDPRESS BLOG

As  you  read  in  my  earlier  post”starting with WordPress” that  WordPress  has  two  versions.

1-Free or hosted version.(WordPress.com)

2-self hosted version.(Word-press.org)

SO, lets  start  our  journey  toward  WordPress  toward WordPress installation:

1-Free or Hosted Version.(WordPress.com):

It  is  very  easy  to  make  a  blog  on  free or  hosted  version  of  WordPress so  follow  these steps  and  you  will  make  your  WordPress  blog  in  seconds:

Make a wordpress blog

• Go  to  WordPress.com  and  click  on  get  started  here.
• Now  you  will  be  redirected  to  the signup  page.
• Fill up  the  form  your  blog  address ,username ,password ,email  and  click  on  create  blog.
• Check  your  email box  for  confirmation  email  and  you  are  done
• Your  first  WordPress  blog  is  created.
• You  can  start  posting  straight  away  or  first  you  can  customize  it.Its  that  easy.I  hope  you  understand  the  process.

2-Self Hosted Version Of WordPress:(WordPress.org).

First  of  all  to  make  a  self  hosted  WordPress  blog  you  need  two  things  before  you  start  blogging  with  WordPress .org.

• Establishing  your  domain  name  domain(your  blog  address).
• A  web hosting  service  (the  place  that  houses  your  blog)

 Establishing  Your  Domain  Name:

The  first  steps  toward  installing  and  setting  up  a  WordPress  blog  is  making  a decision  about  a  domain  name  and  then  purchasing  the registration  of  that  name through  a  domain  registrar.

What is domain name?

A  domain  name  is  a  unique  address  that  you  type  in  the  web  browser’s  address bar  to  visit  a  website.

For  example: websitesaga.com  and  Google.com  e.t.c.

There  are  many  domain  registrar  in  the market.Certainly  you  can  find  one  to  get  register  your  domain  name.One  which  i  know  is  namecheap  domain  registrar.They  provide  you  domain  name  on  cheap  rates  and  with  excellent  online  support.

Web hosting service(finding a home for your blog):

When  you  registered  a  domain  name  you  need  a  home  for  it  to  live  or  a  web hosting  service.

What is web hosting:

When  you  visit  a  webpage  on  the  internet  you  are  accessing  information  from  a computer  which  is  switched  on  24  hours  a  day,  7  days  a  week, 365  days  a  year. These  computers  are  known  as  servers  and  are  run  by  web hosting  companies.

So  the  second  step  toward  your  self  hosted  WordPress  blog  is  to  find  a  web hosting  service  and  there  are  many  web hosting  companies  on  the  internet  that  provide  web hosting  service.One  of  my  favorite  web  hosting  company  is  hostgater  web hosting.They  provide  great  and  affordable  web hosting packages  with  unmatched  support.

So,  if  you  completed  your  two  steps 1)domain name registration. 2) web hosting service.Now  we  will start  our  journey  toward  WordPress  installation  on  our  server.

There  are  two  methods  of  WordPress  installation  on  our  server  or  on  our  web  hosting  account:

• WordPress manual  installation.
• WordPress fantastico  installation.

Starts  With  WordPress  Manual  Installation:

Before  you  begin  WordPress  installation  you  should  have  established  your  hosting  account  username,password  and  ftp  address.

So  for  WordPress  manual  installation  we  require  three  things:

1-Domain  name.

2-web  hosting  account.

3-FTP(file  transfer  protocol)  client  for  transferring  files  from  your  computer  to  your  hosting account.You  can  get  a  free  ftp  client  filezilla  from  its  website.

Now  go  to  wordpress.org  and  download  the  latest  version  of  WordPress  software  in  zip  format.Extract  files  or  unzip  it  on  your  computer  hard  drive .

setting up the Mysql database:

how to create a mysql database

Go  to  your  control  panel.Click  on  the  mysql  database  option.choose  a  name  for  your  data  box  and  make  note  of  the name  as  you  will need  it  during  installation.Chose  a  password  click  on  the  create  database.You  get  a  message confirming  that  the  database  has  been  created. Click  the  Go  Back  link  or  the Back  button on  your  browser  toolbar. Choose  a  username  and  password  for  your database, enter  them  in  the  Add  New  User  text  boxes,  and  then  click  the  Create User  button.You  get  a  confirmation  message  that  the  username  was  created  with the  password  you  specified.Make  absolutely  sure  that  you  note  the  database name, username, and password  that  you  set up  during  this  process. You  will  need them  in  the  next  section  before  officially  installing  WordPress  on  your Web server. Jot  them  down  o n a  piece  of  paper,  or  copy  and  paste  them  into  a  text-editor  window; either way, just make sure that you have them immediately handy. Click the Go Back link  or  the  Back  button  on  your  browser  toolbar. In  the  Add Users  to  Database  section, choose  the  user  you  just  set  up  from  the  User  drop-down  menu; then  choose  the  new  database  from  the  Database  drop-down menu.The  MySQL  Account  Maintenance,  Manage  User  Privileges  page  appears  in cPanel. Assign  user  privileges  by  selecting  the  All  Privileges  check  box.Because you’re  the  administrator (owner) of  this  database, you  need  to  make  sure  that  you  assign  all  privileges  to  the  new  user  you  just  created.

Uploading your WordPress file to your web hosting account:

To  upload the  WordPress  files  to  your  host, return  to  the  folder  on  your computer  where  you  unpacked  the  WordPress  software  that  you  downloaded earlier. You’ll   find   all   the  files  you  need   in  a  folder called  WordPress.Using  your  FTP  client, connect  to  your  Web server, and  upload  all  these  files  to  your  hosting  account, into  the  root  directory.if you  don’t  know what  your  root  directory   is, contact  your  hosting  provider and ask, “What  is  my  root  directory  for  my  account?” Every  hosting  provider’s  setup is  different. On  my  Web server, my  root  directory is the  public_html  folder.

Last step: Running the install script

The final step in the installation procedure for WordPress is connecting the
WordPress software you uploaded to the MySQL database. Follow these steps:

1. Type this URL in the address window of your browser, replacingyour-
domain.com with your own domain name:

http://yourdomain.com /wp-admin/install.php

If you chose to install WordPress in a different folder from the root
directory of your account, make sure you indicate this fact in the URL
for the install script. If you transferred the WordPress software files to
a folder called /blog, for example, you would point your browser to
the following URL to run the installation: http://yourdomain.com /
blog/wp-admin/install.php.

2. Click the Create a Configuration File button.

The next page that opens is a Welcome to WordPress message, which
gives you the information you need to proceed with the installation.

3. Click the Let’s Go button at the bottom of that page.

4. Dig out the database name, username, and password that you saved
earlier, and use that information to fill in the following fields.

• Database Name: Type the database name you used when you cre-
ated the MySQL database before this installation. Because hosts
differ in configurations, you need to enter either the database
name or the database name with your hosting account username
appended.

• User Name: Type the username you used when you created the
MySQL database before this installation. Depending on what your
host requires, you may need to append this username to your
hosting account username.

• Password: Type the password you used when you set up the
MySQL database. You don’t need to append the password to your
hosting account username here.

• Database Host: Ninety-nine percent of the time, you’ll leave this
field set to localhost. Some hosts, depending on their configura-
tions, have different hosts set for the MySQL database server. If
localhost doesn’t work, you need to contact your hosting provider
to find out the MySQL database host.

• Table Prefix: Leave this field set to wp_.

5. When you have all that information filled in, click the Submit button.

You see a message that says, “All right, sparky! You’ve made it through
this part of the installation. WordPress can now communicate with your
database. If you’re ready, time now to run the install!”

6. Click the Run the Install button.

You see another welcome page with a message welcoming you to the
famous five-minute WordPress installation process.

7. Enter or possibly change this information:

• Blog Title: Enter the title you want to give your blog. The title you
enter isn’t written in stone; you can change it at a later date, if
you like.

• Your E-Mail Address: Enter the e-mail address you want to use to
be notified of administrative information about your blog. You can
change this address at a later date, too.

• Allow My Blog to Appear in Search Engines Like Google and
Technorati: By default, this check box is selected, which lets the
search engines index the content of your blog and include your
blog in search results. To keep your blog out of the search engines,
deselect this check box.

8. Click the Install WordPress button.

The WordPress installation machine works its magic and creates all
the tables within the database that contain the default data for your
blog. WordPress gives you the login information you need to access the
WordPress Administration panel . Make note of this user-
name and password before you leave this page. Scribble it down on a
piece of paper or copy it into a text editor such as Notepad.

And congratulations!  you have  created  your  first  blog  successfully.

WordPress  installation  through  fantastico:

WordPress  fantastico  installation  is  very  easy.Follow  these  steps:

• Go  to  your  control  panel.
• Scroll down  and  click  on  the  fantastico  icon.
• It  will  redirect  to another  page  then  click  no  WordPress  on  that  page.
• Then  click  on  new  installation.
• Fill up  your  particulars such  as  installation  on  domain,admin  nickname,email,site name,description and  click  on  install WordPress.
• Then  click  on  finish  installation.Your WordPress blog  is  created.Go  to  your  blog  address  yourdomain.com  and  start  blogging.

I  hope  you  have  understand  the  WordPress  installation.I  try  my  best  to  teach  you  WordPress  installation  in  very  simple  way.If   you  any  suggestion  please  give  me  the  suggestion  by  commenting.And  inform  me  whether  you  like  this  article  or  not.