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Installing A Blog ( Wordpress)By Bruce Hearder |
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Wordpress is a fantastic piece of software and what is even more amazing its Open Source. That means you can use it for free and you get the source code as well..
Although Wordpress is not one of the easiest software packages to learn to navigate, it sure packs "heaps of power under the hood" and once you start to learn some of the basics of Wordpress and blogging in general, you will begin to appreciate these features more and more.
There are 2 ways you can install Wordpress.
1. You can visit wordpress.org and download the full application and then manually install it on your server. If you take this path, then make sure you check out the following installation guides
http://www.optiniche.com/blog/26/installing-wordpress-an-audio-visual-presentation/
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Wordpress's Famous 5 Minute Installation Guide http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install
2. If you are looking for an even easier way to install Wordpress, then simply install it using Fantastico. Fantasico is included with just about every cPanel installation on the planet. Fantastico is a way to install all sort of open source application on your server. Most application require no more than 1 or 2 button clicks to very advanced software on your server.
Once you log into your cPanel on your hosting account, click on the the Fantastico icon (usually at the bottom of the page)
Then, navigate to the Wordpess link on the left hand side of the screen (in the blogs section) and click on it.
Move across to the right hand side of the screen and click on the word that says "New Installation" - It actually a link but it doesn't have an underline under it.
This pops up a very simple form and the only form you have to fill out.
Put in your blog details, like what you are going to call it, what you want as login details plus a few other bits and pieces and press the button at the bottom.
Within seconds, you will be taken to another page that will show you how to login into the newly installed application.
There could not be any easier way to install WordPress..
No messing about with databases, no FTP'ing files back and forth and no messing about setting file permission etc. |
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About the Author |
| Bruce Hearder owns and run http://www.WebsiteSecrets101.com.
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