Web Design Tools and Tips

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1.Go to www.wordpress.org and download the latest zipped version of wordpress.Do not forget to save the file to your computer or hard-disk

2. Left click on the small wamp icon on your desktop computer and click on phpMyAdmin because we must now create a database in order to install wordpress on our wamp server.

3.Click on privileges and click on add new user.Fill in the following information :

(a) Username = any name that you want
(b) Host = localhost
(c) Password = create your own password

4.Where you see Global Privileges just click on check all and then click go.

5.Click on the home icon within phpMyAdmin and where you see create a database put in a name for your database and click on create. ( The necessary database for installing wordpress has now been fully created ).

6. Extract all files from the downloaded wordpress zip file and navigate on your computer to wamp and the WWW folder and place the unzipped files within this WWW folder.

7. Open up the wordpress folder within the WWW folder and edit the wp-config-sample.php file by (a) Changing it to wp-config.php and (b) inserting the following information within the newly create wp-config.php file :

(1) DB_NAME = ' the name you created for the database within phpMyAdmin '
(2) DB_USERNAME = ' the name that you created for yourself within phpMyAdmin'
(3) DB_PASSOWRD = ' the password that you created for yourself within phpMyAdmin'
(4) DB_HOST = ' localhost'
Do not forget to save all the changes to the wp-config.php file.

8. Left click on your small wamp icon again on your desktop and click on localhost.Within YOUR PROJECTS you will see the wordpress folder and just click on it and it will bring up the wordpress installation procedure.

9. Give your blog a name and put in an email address eg This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and click on install wordpress.

10. Before you hit the log in button make sure to copy and save the given password because this password has too many characters to remember.

11. Hit log in and fill out the username : admin and just copy the saved password into the password field.

12. Go to users within your wordpress panel and click on edit admin.Scroll down to the password section and create a new simpler password for yourself.That's it you are finished.