WordPress is one of the best blogging platforms out there that you can use both as a blog or as a professional static website. Whether you like it or not, using WordPress is something that you will do as a web-entrepreneur. The best thing is the instructions to install for WordPress is still the same since a few years ago when WordPress is still version 1 or even earlier.
For most beginners, install WordPress on your own hosting server can be quite a complicated and confusing task. At least it took me a few days before I fully understood how to do so. To help you with installing wordpress on your blog, I’ve written this complete tutorial to show you how to setup WordPress on your own domain and hosting – includes setting up MySQL and installing the latest version of WordPress 3.0.1.
Get Domain & Hosting Account
- The webhost I personally use is hostgator.com.
- Choose hatchling plan if you only want to have a single domain. I would recommend you to get baby plan if you are planning to succeed in internet marketing.
- After you have clicked ‘order now’, you will need to enter your domain name if you have bought earlier on and enter in the ‘Use an existing domain’, otherwise you can buy a domain name with hostgator.
- After you have purchased, they will send you your account information in your email.
Your Package: Baby
Your Domain: yourdomain.com
Your Username: userid
Your Password: password
Your sites IP address: xxx.xxx.xx.xx
Creating MySQL database
- Login to your hostgator account.
- Click on MySQL database.
- Then pick a name for your database and create it.
- Next, refer to the diagram below – Scroll down and you will see it. Step 1 – You would need to create a user and set your password at the same time. And after you have do so, simply find your database name and your user and add together – Step 2.
- After you have clicked the ‘Add’ button, you will see the following page, where you will need to make sure all the boxes are checked.
Now make sure that you copied down your MySQL username, MySQL database name and password.
Downloading WordPress Files
Go to WordPress.org to download the latest version of wordpress. It comes in a .zip file and you would need to unzip it before uploading it to your server.
Before you do so, you need to configure a file called wp-config-sample.php. Rename this file to wp-config.php.
- Next, right click and open with a txt program – notepad for windows and text edit for mac
- Once you have opened the file, you would need to enter the MySQL information you have copied earlier on into this file and save it.
I have colored the text orange below that you would to replace with in your file. If you are using a hosting account with cpanel, you don’t have to change your localhost.
// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘MySQL database name‘);/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘MySQL username‘);/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘Password‘);/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
Below these information, look for the following lines..
define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
This is for added security to your wodpress blog. Then go to WordPress secret key to generate your keys and insert them above.
Save you wp-config.php file and we are almost done.
Upload WordPress Files To Your Hosting Account
To do so, you need a FTP client and I would recommend you this free tool – FileZilla.
- After you have download it, install it and open FileZilla.
- Step 1: click on the button at the top left hand corner where it would bring out your site manager.
- Save your domain information into the program and log into your account.
- Once you have enter the site, transfer your files by simply highlight all the files in your wordpress folder and right click and click on upload it to transfer to your site.
- You can now install WordPress by going to your website at http://www.yourdomain.com and install it (if you have uploaded WordPress to your root directory).
- You will see a ‘Welcome’ page and they would ask for the title of your blog and your email address.
- You would need to check the box ‘Allow my blog to appear in search engines like Google and Technorati’ so that the search engine would index your content and make your blog available to the public.
- After you have press installed, then you have fulled completed the installation for WordPress!
Log in and have fun!
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I do really enjoy your blog. It makes me want to start my own blog but I do not know how so I think I will just keep stopping on by every now and then to look for new posts. Please keep it up & thank you! I love your blog.