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Friday 10 July 2015

Create Wordpress Website on a localhost using XAMPP

Hi Friends,

I believe this blog help you make it very simple to create your own website on Wordpress.
So without wasting much time lets start creating it,

1. Firstly download XAMPP.

    XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is           really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.
    http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp

   
2. After completion of XAMPP download lets run the "XAMPP Control Panel"
    Start 'Apache' & 'MySQL'

3. Now download Wordpress from http://wordpress.org/download/

4. Extract the zip folder of wordpress in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress location

5. Click on the admin button on 'MySQL' from XAMPP control panel which opens http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

6. Create a new database by selecting new on left menu drawer and named it 'wordpress'

7. Now go to wordpress folder located in htdocs (C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress) and open in Notepad/Notepad++ and change the database name default to 'wordpress' as shown below:

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');

and save as "wp-config.txt" in the same folder (C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress)

8. Now go to webpage and open http://localhost/wordpress and select 'Create configure file'
and configure the wordpress page as mentioned below:

Database username - wordpress
User Name - root (default username for MySQL)
Password -  (can left blank)
Database Host - (left as it is)
Table Prefix - (left as it is)

9. Now select "Run the install" and you can see the Welcome page of Wordpress. Now you can create worpress page as you want (eg. shown below:)

Set Title - Test
Username - (enter whatever you need)
Password -
Confirm Password -
Your Email -

Make sure the Privacy should be checked.

And select 'Install WordPress'.
Now you can start with WordPress login details.

Thats it!

Now you can see your WordPress website by selecting test - View site from top menu bar.


Congratulations!!
You have created your own website. Enjoy!!!

Thanks




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