Wordpress 2.5 Installation
written by Anthony Dinh
Hello all! I just finished installing Wordpress 2.5 today which took about 5 minutes. Installation consisted of 6 quick and easy steps, even a novice could do it. If you follow the steps below, you shouldn’t have any problems at all.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:
Tools
- access to your web server (via shell or FTP)
- a text editor
- an FTP program
System Requirements
- PHP version 4.3 or greater
- MySQL version 4.0 or greater
Installation
1. download and unzip the WordPress package Download
2. create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it
3. rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php
4. open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor and fill in your database details
5. place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:
- if you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://yourdomain.com), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory but excluding the directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.
- if you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://yourdomain.com/blog), rename the directory wordpress to the name you’d like the subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server. For example if you want the WordPress installation in a subdirectory called “blog”, you should rename the directory called “wordpress” to “blog” and upload it to the root directory of your web server.
6. run the WordPress installation script by accessing http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser
If this is all greek to you, don’t worry, you can refer to the detailed installation instructions here.
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