1.You
can click the above to get to the website. 2.You will
go to the “Download” Link. 3.Click
“Download”
*Please
note we assume you have already read the instructions.
4.You
will choose a download format, ZIP is probably best and easiest. The
program for extracting this file is called WinZip. You can download it
for free at www.winzip.com.
5.
In this frame you will choose to save the zip file. You do not want to
click “Open”. It may extract into a partition on your PC that
you
can’t recover the files from easily.
6.You
will want to save the .zip file in a location to extract it from later.
You will want to remember this file location. Please write it down.
7. Once you
click the WinZip file, it expands into a full file list.
8.
In this case, I will extract to a local folder on my PC. The full
extract process will run in less than 1 minute. Next, click “Extract”.
9. The
Wordpress folder will appear in your extract folder with all associated
sub-folders.
10. The
Wordpress folder and its contents are listed above. These are contents
you will extract and copy into your website.
11.
Next you will copy and paste these contents into your on-line FTP
directory. If this is done from within Windows, this is a
“drag-and-drop” or “copy and paste.”
12. Paste
up all the files and folders below the “Wordpress folder” in your
extract.
13.
In my website control panel, I established my database connectivity and
set up a username and password. You should copy down this information,
and if you need your web provider to set this up for you, you should
get the following information: a)Server
Name b)Database
Name c)Username d)Password
14. After
that, you will go to the main website and finish your set up.
15.
In this frame, you probably will not have a configuration file, so you
will put the database information into a page specifically designed to
launch your website. Click the “create a wp-config.php file” link.
16.
This page comes up. You will make sure you have all the required
information we mentioned earlier and fill it in on the next page. Click
“Let’s go” link at the bottom of the page.
17.
You should get a confirmation that everything is a go, and that the
database was found. Lastly, you click the “run the install” link and
you are at the last step before the actual on-line install.
18.
Your install has begun and the system briefs you how you should have
read the documentation. Please take some time to review this in case
something doesn’t go as planned.
19.
Fill in the information you want blog correspondence sent to. This
should be a primary “catch-all” account. I filled this field with my
generic website account information.
20. Now you
will log in as admin and finish the installation. This is where you
will define the look and feel of your website.
21. You
will go to your administrative page and login with the administrative
password.
22.
You now have access to modify your theme or look and feel and change
your web log in anyway you see fit. Our specific instructions stop
here, as users will want to customize different aspects of their blogs. Wordpress
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