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Step 1
Download and install the latest version of WAMP (recommended because WAMP is an integrated application that includes Apache server, PHP, and MySQL)(See link in Resources)
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Step 2
Download the latest version of WordPress (see link in Resources)
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Step 3
Right-click on the 'phpMyAdmin' icon on the desktop or run it from the quickstart toolbar on the bottom of your screen.
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Step 4
Select 'privileges' and then select 'add new'.
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Step 5
Assign a 'Username', 'Host = localhost', and create a password.
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Step 6
Select 'check all' for 'Global Privileges'.
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Step 7
Select 'home' and add a database name.
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Step 8
Close 'phpMyAdmin', extract the WordPress folder named 'wordpress' and place it in the 'c:\wamp\www' folder.
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Step 9
Open 'c:\wamp\www\wordpress' folder and copy file 'wp-config-sample.php' as 'wp-config.php'.
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Step 10
Open 'wp-config.php" and enter 'DB_NAME', 'DB_USERNAME', and 'DB_PASSWORD' from the values used in 'phpMyAdmin'. In the sample that follows, no password was created.
define('DB_NAME', 'mysql');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
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Step 11
Save changes to 'wp-config.php'.
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Step 12
Create a 'services' desktop shortcut using 'Target' %SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc /s and using 'Start in' %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%.
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Step 13
Execute the 'services' shortcut, rightclick and start the following services: wampapache and wampmysqld. If the apache service does not start look for another apache service (may appear as 'Apache Tomcat' in the services name list) and stop that service first.
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Step 14
Close 'services'
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Step 15
Execute the following URL in your web browser: http://localhost.
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Step 16
Provide a Blog name and enter an e-mail (e.g. info@localhost.com).
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Step 17
Copy the password provided and login.
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Step 18
Select 'Admin -> Edit' to change the password or to add a new admin or other type of account.
Comments
randomthoughts said
on 9/12/2009 Excellent tech article, excellents leads, excellent info. 5* and already recommended.