How to Install WordPress 3 Beta
WordPress.org boasts that its personal publishing platform is very quick and easy to install, providing users with their "Famous 5-Minute Install" guide. Much of the WordPress install is very simple and self-explanatory, and can be done in an Internet browser. WordPress 3 is now out of Beta testing, however, if you specifically want to install WordPress 3 Beta, there are two versions available on WordPress.org.
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Instructions
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Download the Beta version you wish to use from WordPress.org and unzip the file.
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Enter your website's control panel, and create a database for the new installation of WordPress. Create a new database user, add the user to the database and allow the user full privileges.
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Open your FTP client program, and connect to the website on which you want to install WordPress. On the local side of the FTP client, open the WordPress folder, select all of the folders and files in it, and drag them over to the live server side of the FTP client. Wait for the files to upload.
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In your Web browser, go to the website on which you are doing the WordPress installation. Wait for the WordPress installer page to load.
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Click on "Create a Configuration File" on the first page. Then click on "Let's Go" at the bottom of the next page.
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Retrieve the database name, database user name and database password that you created in the control panel and enter these in the spaces provided. Leave the "Database Host" and "Table Prefix" spaces as they are. Click on "Submit." Confirm the installation by clicking on "Run the Install" on the next page.
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Enter your chosen website title, username, password and password confirmation into the provided spaces. Enter your email address in the space below. Use the check marked box to select whether to show your site in search engine results. Click "Install WordPress."
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Click on "Log In" to go to your new WordPress login page. Type in your username and password, and click "Log In" to access your site's WordPress dashboard.
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