NASIR: How To Install WordPress 3.0 In Your Local Server

You can install wordpress to your local/ computer/ server easily. You may install it in your local server for experimenting purpose. After installing it in your local you can test your blog, how it would like to the visitor. Afterwords, you can upload to your web server. It will save your valuable bandwidth and internet connection bill.

Why you should install wordpress in your local server?

Modify everything locally and then upload to the web server so that your visitor do no find any under construction materials or incomplete design of your blog.
Testing plugins, themes etc
Experimenting.

Basic requirements:

PHP 4.3+
MySQL 4+ Database Server

Let’s start installing wordpress on your local server/computer/machine.

Step 1: Download the latest version of wordpress here.

Step 2: Now extract the download zip file.

Step 3: Now go to Cxamphtdocsyoursite and move all files and folders of wordpress to this folder.

Step 4: Now run apache and My SQL using XAMPP for windows or WAMP for windows or MAMP for Mac to create your computer a local server for wordpress environment. Otherwise you will not be able to run wordpress properly in your computer.

Step 5: Create a database for your blog. Go to phpMyAdmin writing http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ in internet browser’s address bar.

Note: Take note of the database details. After creating the database click on the “privilege” tab. Jotted down the following information:

Host: localhost

Database Name: testing

Username: root

Password: (blank)

Step 6: Write down “ http://localhost/wp3/ “ in your address bar. The wordpress installation wizard will come. Click on “ Create a Configuration File”

Step 7: Collect the following information of your database from step 5

· Database name
· Database username
· Database password
· Database host

Then click on “Let’s go!”

Step 8: Now give the datatbase information as follows:

Database name: testing

Username: root

Password:

Database host: localhost

Table Prefix: wp_

Step 9: Then click on “Run the install” button.

Step 10: Now give the necessary information about your site. You can chose your own username and password. You may change your username from ‘Admin” to other name to keep safe your site from being hacked.