Installing Wordpress

1. First, download Wordpress here. After it has finished downloading, open it.



2. Extract the file




3. After it’s been extracted, open the Wordpress folder. And find a file called wp-config-sample.php, once you’ve found it, right click and press Edit.



4. At the beginning part of the file you should see this

Edit it with your MySQL Database information. If you don’t have one, create one through your cPanel. If you don’t know if you have cPanel, ask your host. If you don’t know how to create a MySQL Database check out this tutorial.

5. After that, save the file. And then rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php



6. Log into your FTP. Upload the Wordpress folder to your root directory or wherever you want it to be.



7. Now go to http://yoururl.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php to commence the installation. Fill in all the details and everything. This takes less than 5 minutes.

8. Once you’ve installed it, it will generate a username and password for you. Go to http://yoururl.com/wordpress/wp-login.php to log in.