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Getting Started

At first, you should have a host with Apache (or Litespeed), MySQL (4.0) and PHP (4.3) support. This tutorial goes these things through with host that have Apache. In this tutorial my host was “localhost”, which mean I had installed required tools on my own PC. I expect you are installing a public Wordpress blog so the easiest way is find a host that support these features. FTP connection is suggested because uploading all the files with browser interface may let you down.

I am not going through the best free webhosts or either how to use FTP. You have to search for a tutorial and find out yourself. That’s your job. I expect you can create a MySQL database on your host yourself.

Let’s start!

1. Download Wordpress Files

   Before you can install Wordpress, you should have its files. They can be found at Wordpress.org.Here is few shots for navigating on that site.

   

   Click the “Download Wordpress 2.5″ button or the “Download” tab link in the upper right corner.

   Choose the download format depending the tools you have.

   
   I think, the most common system is Windows XP with its own integrated zip file extract tool. In this case, you should choose the zip format (red box) but if you have 7-zip (or compatible tool) installed, you can select .tar.gz too (the blue link bottom of the red box).
   If you are not sure, just click the red box because zip format is a little more common.

   After clicking the download type you want, follow the instructions given by browser, download and extract the archive to a directory you should find later.

2. Copying Files For The Installation

   In this step you should find out yourself how do you upload extracted files to your host.

3. Preparing the MySQL database

   In this step you should check that you have a MySQL database for your installation with server domain (if other than “localhost”), username, password (and prefix if you’re MySQL database for multiple web services)

4. Installing Wordpress

   This is the part you see that your host fills all the requirements you need to run Wordpress and you have enough details and your details are correct.
   First you should give your browser the URL of your installation directory. If you write your URL right, this kind of screen should appear.

   

   The next message might be this kind. It means that the script can’t create and write a new file to the directory. The easiest way is to change temporary the whole directory permissions. Permissions can be easily changed using FTP or browser interface.

   When you have fixed this, reload the page and you should get this kind of check list. It seems like an error but it is normal when installing Wordpress. Click “Create a Configuration File”.

   

   The next message might be this kind. It means that the script can’t create and write a new file to the directory. The easiest way is to change temporary the whole directory permissions. Permissions can be easily changed using FTP or browser interface.
   When you have fixed this, reload the page and you should get this kind of check list.
   
   Click “Let’s Go!” button to continue.

   

   Insert the following information to the form.

   Database Name: Might be user name of your host, serial number of your host’s databases, username_name (where the “name” is user’s defined) or anything else cointaining numbers, letters and “_” mark.

   User name: Can be your user name in your host or the name of your MySQL database

   Password: The password of your user name or other predefined password

   Database Host: Most common is “localhost” which means the MySQL database is physically or virtually on the same server as your files. Possible domains can be “sqlx.domain.com” where “x” means a number of the server and “domain.com” the domain of your host. If you don’t find any other information about MySQL server domain, it is “localhost”.

   Table Prefix: This depends on what you have installed and running on your host using MySQL database. There shouldn’t be anything other service using the same prefix. If you are not going to run anything else with same database, it does not matter, what it is.

   After these have been done. Just click “Submit”

   

   This screen means that you have configured everything correctly and you are ready to start the installation. Click “Run the install” to continue.

   

   You have to choose the blog title. It can be anything depending on the use and the content of your blog.
   Your e-mail address you know, I think. After the required information given, click “Install WordPress” button to continue.
   
   

   After installation, this kind of info message appears. Take the username and password somewhere. You can change them later but without the old one you can’t set the new one. Depending on host the recovery can be possible using e-mail but I have never required and that’s why I haven’t ever either tried it.

   When you have saved your account details somewhere, just click “Log In” to log in to your new blog.