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Article ID20
Created On5/9/2008
Modified7/15/2010
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Blog: WordPress

Step 1: Create a database via your hosting control panel, refer to your setup email for login information. If your site does not have a control panel please request a MySQL database setup for your domain by opening a support ticket.

• Log in to your hosting control panel
• Click the Tools link in the navigation
• Click the Database Manager icon
• Create a MySQL database and make note of the database name, user and password

Step 2: Download the latest version zip from the WordPress web site

Step 3: Extract the zip file to a directory on your computer

Step 4: Open up wp-config-sample.php in your preferred text editor like NotePad and fill in your database connection details.

• define('DB_NAME', 'putyourdbnamehere');
• define('DB_USER', 'usernamehere');
• define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpasswordhere');
• define('DB_HOST', 'mysql1.nextmill.net');

Step 5: Save the file as wp-config.php

Step 6: Upload all the WordPress files to a folder on your web server via FTP

Step 7: In order to be able to upload blog content some write permissions need to set. This can be done via the ACL Manager under the Tools link in your hosting control panel, set ReadWriteDelete for the *_web user on the /wp-content folder. If you do not have a control panel please open a support ticket to request the permission changes.

Step 8: Point your browser to the directory on your web site where you uploaded the WordPress files and open /wp-admin/install.php to start installation.

Step 9: Enter your blog title, username, password and email and click the Install WordPress button

Step 10: Make note of the username and password and login to start using and administrating your WordPress blog

To keep your site and blog secure it is important to install software updates as soon as possible! Check with the publisher of the software frequently if any updates are available.