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WordPress is a free blogging software which you can install in your website so that you may write your blogs and manage them. It is easy to install and use. The following tutorial guides you on setting up your blog using WordPress.

There are certain requirements that you need before using WordPress as your blogging software.

First, I order for WordPress to run, the web host you are using must support the execution for PHP scripts which is an interpreted programming language. WordPress is written in PHP scripts. Almost all commercial web hosts support PHP.

Second, at least 1 MySQL database must be allowed by your host. WordPress stores data like your blog entries in specific files called the database where you can retrieve it easily and fast.

Though it is not really a requirement, it is best that you own your own domain. By using a domain name supplied by a web host, in the long run, you are at the mercy of your web host. They have the power to close your blog anytime they want forcing you to start all over again from scratch. WordPress give you more options on configuring your sites structure ad links if it runs on Apache, which recommended yet optional depending on you.

To install WordPress, first inquire the name of your MySQL database, the username you need to connect to the MySQL database and the password from your web host. After doing so, download the latest WordPress software in the zip version. Then unzip all the files in the archive where you downloaded it. Afterwards, open the “WordPress” folder and look for the file with the name “wp-config-sample.php”, if there is none, look for the file named “wp-config-sample”.

Start up a text editor and open the file “wp-config-sample.php”. I the file, you will see lines like: (more…)