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WordPress is a free, Web-based softwareprogram that anyone can use to build andmaintain a website or blog.
It was originally intended as an easy way toset up a blog. But, thanks to the efforts of alarge open source community of WordPress
programmers working to extend and improveits capabilities, WordPress has become muchmore than just a tool for bloggers.
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Open source content management system (CMS)
based on PHP and MySQL
plug-in architecture template system
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Free Open-source software (F/OSS, FOSS) orfree/libre/open-source software (FLOSS) issoftware that is both free software and opensource. It is liberally licensed to grant users
the right to use, copy, study, change, andimprove its design through the availability ofits source code.[
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Write your post Click a button to publish your post
Thats it
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Diversity- 2 versions of WordPress areavailable to suit nearly every type of blogger:
Ease of use: Wordpress setup is quick
Extensibility: easily obtain plugins Community of users: large and loyal
members helping members community
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The hosted version at WordPress.com. (PartII of this book focuses on this version.)
The self-installed and self-hosted versionavailable at WordPress.org. (Part III focuses onthis version.)
The multiuser version, WordPress MU,available at http:// mu.wordpress.org.
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PHP is a general-purpose server-sidescripting language originally designed forWeb development to produce dynamic Webpages.
MySQL is the world's most used relationaldatabase management system (RDBMS) thatruns as a server providing multi-user access
to a number of databases. MySQL is a popularchoice of database for use in webapplications,
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1. WordPress designs are based on Themes
2. WordPress software allows anyone to createand edit new web pages and blog postsusing only a web browser.
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3. The blogging features in WordPress allowyou to update your website/blog frequently,to receive and respond to comments fromyour readers, and to allow others to
subscribe to your site content using RSS.
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4. There are many more features of aWordPress website or blog that make itmuch, much better than a traditionalstatic, brochure-style website (i.e., built
once and never updated after that) when itcomes to search engine optimization andsocial media. And many of these featuresare taken care of automatically, requiringlittle or no effort (or programming skill) onyour part.
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Download and unzip the WordPress packagefrom http://wordpress.org/download/
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You will be needing a Web Server:
XAMPP
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-
windows.html WAMP
http://www.wampserver.com/en/
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Copy the unzipped folder to the htdocsfolders of XAMPP : C:\xampp\htdocs
Start xampp Control
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Open your preferred browser: Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome
Safari
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Create your wordpress database From the browser, type at the url address:
http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/
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You will directed to the mysql database server:
Type in your preferred wordpress database name at
Create new database textbox then click create.*you may just simply type in wordpress as your database name for simplicitypurposes:
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You must received a confirmation messageonce the database has been created.
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Type in the following at the url address:
http://localhost/wordpress/
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You will be directed to the page similar below:
Please click Create a Configuration File button
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Click Run the Install button
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Dashboard - the behind-the-scenes control panelwhere you can publishcontent, managecomments, and changeyour settings.
The dashboard is referredto as the back end, ofyour site, and only you(and any users youveassigned) can see it.
The front end is what theoutside world sees whenthey visityourblog.wordpress.com.
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Youll see something like this, with an auto-generated posttitled Hello world! and a fewwidgets in the right sidebar.
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If youre feeling overwhelmed byall the menus here dont worryyou only need to know your way
around a few key parts of thedashboard to start publishing
content and personalizing your
blogs appearance.
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1. Whats your goal? To document your travels? To share your passion?
To inform? To entertain?
2 What topics are you most interested in? Travel? Technology? Pop culture? Politics?
3. Whats your perspective? Are you a movie critic? A clothing designer? A
pastry chef?
4. Whos your target audience? Film buffs? Fashionistas? Foodies?
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Much like every magazine has its ownunique layout and design, so dowebsites. The theme you choose willdetermine your sites colors, fonts,header design, and number of columns.There are over 120 attractive themes to
choose from.
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The End
Thank you for youractive participation (=