After installing XAMPP and creating a database – as described in previous posting, it is now the time to install WordPress. Here is how to install it.

• Extract wordpress.zip file you have downloaded and save it into the folder \xampp\htdocs (or on folder c:\xampp\htdocs if you installed XAMPP on C:.). To extract wordpress.zip, right-click the file dan select [Extract All...]. Click [Next] and [Browse] to c:\xampp\htdocs and click [Next].

• Activate XAMPP and run browser then type http://localhost/wordpress/. In the next screen that appear click [Create a Configuration File].

• Click [Let's go!].

• On the next screen fill [Database Name] field with wordpress and [User Name] with the root. Leave [Password] field empty. (Remember, in the previous stage, you have created a database named wordpress and root as user name.) Leave the [Database Host] and [Table Prefix] field as is. Click [Submit].

• In the next window click [Run the install].

• Fill in [Blog Title] with the title of your blog and fill in [Your E-mail] with your email address. You do not need to worry about the title, because you can change it later on. Click [Install WordPress].

 

• You have been successful to install WordPress. Make note of your username and password. Click [Log In].

• Type your username and password. You will be in WordPress Dashboard.

 

• Now you are in the WordPress admin screen. View your blog by clicking [Visit site] – see above, next to your blog title.

 

• Here is your first blog.

At this point you already have your own blog site. You have to do next: post some contents, manage your site, or change your blog design (theme). Follow the next tutorial – see articles on Tutorials category.

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After installing XAMPP, you need to create a database. This database will be used by WordPress to store data in your blog.

Here’s how to create the database:

• Run XAMPP and activate (start) Apache and MySql. Then run a browser and type http://localhost. XAMPP for Windows will appear and click [phpMyAdmin] – see the menu on the left-hand side of the screen.
• In the next screen, fill in the name of the database, in this case “wordpress”, and click [Create].

• “wordpress” database have been created. Click [Privilege]. As seen in the screen that database user is “root”.

• At this point you have created a database called “wordpress” with the username “root” and no password. This information will be used to install WordPress later on. Now close your browser.

And now you are ready to install WordPress. (See next article: Install WordPress on Your PC part 4.)

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