How to Install WordPress

[gilbertsavier]

Hello friends,
Step-by-step Tutorial

In this simple tutorial I?m going to guide you through the process of installing Wordpress on a cPanel hosting account. It is really easy and with this guide you will master Wordpress installation yourself easily.

Note: It is also possible to install Wordpress on a non-cPanel hosting account, but it is easier with cPanel, so I?m going to explain this option.

1.) You need cPanel web hosting plus a domain name. I would recommend you using BlueHost - it?s an ideal web host for Wordpress and they have great support as well (they got the 2008 Best Support Award).

2.) Once you have your web hosting account with a domain name set up, log in to your cPanel account.

3.) In the cPanel select ?Fantastico? (or Fantastico De Luxe)
4.) In Fantastico select ?WordPress?
5.) Select ?New Installation?
6.) Fill in the form
The field ?Install in directory? leave free unless you wish to have your blog installed in a directory of your domain, e.g. yourdomain.com/blog

Then click ?Install WordPress?.

7.) Finish the installation
8.) Now you shall see the following:
It is also a good idea to enter your e-mail and have the installation information e-mailed to your mailbox. This may be useful in case you forget your password or username.

9.) Finished.

Now log in to your Wordpress admin panel and start blogging. You shall be able to login from this URL: yourdomain.com/wp-login.php

10.) You might also like to pick out one of some nice Wordpress Themes suitable for your blog that you will like.

[Alan]

Alternaively get the official guide from Wordpress at Installing WordPress ? WordPress Codex or the update guide at Upgrading WordPress ? WordPress Codex

[eddyman1us]

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[valendino]

Why not to install it just using fantastico of cpanel it will be installed in a few minutes and no need to do manual process.

[deidar]

hey can anyone teach me how to use joomla or drupal.. i have tried soooo many times, but never seem to get hang of it!

[BeePk]

nice written Tutorial, i like it, its good for the beginners who always face errors like me :d and good for user who dont have fantastico like me in early stages

[energizedit]

Fantastico is a great way to install web software on your site, however I would look through the Wordpress docs for doing updates. The Fantastico versions always seem a little behind the live releases.

Mark

Not sure how this reply got on this thread but I know of someone who can train you on Joomla. Let me know if you are interested.

Mark