Hello guys,
Today we are going to next step of making website which is how to install and setup wordpress and make dummy website.
Before going to deep, we have know that wordpress provide dummy website when we install the wordpress. After that we can changes into that dummy site as per our requirement. We can change theme of the site, add required plugins and get feature based on that, create categories, create pages, create posts and many more.
Sounds like some difficult, but don’t worry everything is easy if we go from easy to hard. So today we simply install the wordpress and afterwards we go through all of above mentioned topics as well.
For video tutorials you can go through here.
So let’s get started.
Step 1.
Firstly you have to download the wordpress into your PC. For download WordPress you can go to this link Download WordPress and then click on upper right corner and click on Get WordPress button.
Step 2.
After downloding wordpress you have to go to the path where you install WAMP or XAMPP server. Inside xampp -> htdocs folder create one another folder called WordPress and inside that extract the zip file wordpress in it.
Step 3.
Now rename that folder with any name like MySite. It is something like ready-made dummy website. When you want to create website just extract that wordpress zip and rename it with your site name.
Step 4.
Now start the WAMP or XAMPP server. I am using XAMPP server so i started it and then start Apache and MYSQL service. If you are using WAMP server then you just need to start it, services are started automatically.
Step 5.
Now open any browser and type localhost. The dashboard is opened based on server. If you are using wamp then all your projects are visible and if you are using xampp then some information is visible there.
Step 6.
Now open phpMyAdmin and create new database for wordpress. Click on new in left corner and give the name of the database and click on create.
Step 7.
Now you have to hit the path of your wordpress for that you have to hit the address which your wordpress is unziped. For example in our case WordPress/MySite so we have to type localhost/Wordpress/MySite in chrome or any browser. After that we have to perform one time installation.
Step 8.
Now choose language prompt is visible, you can choose your preferred language.
Step 9.
In next step you have to give database related information. For that in Database Name you have to give the name of the database which we created in step 6. Then we are using our website locally in localhost so give Username as root and password as blank. In Database Host localhost is used and in Table Prefix option we use wp_. Table prefix is something in database all tables of website are pre renamed with wp_.
Step 10.
Now click on Run the installation.
Step 11.
In next step you have to give the site related information. You can give the name of the site inside Site Title Name. Now in username and password you have to give information based on your choice. For example in username you can use test@gmail.com and password #test@123.
Note : You must remember username and password give in this field, because everytime you login into the website you have to enter this.
Now provide email address and click on submit.
Step 12.
So It’s DONE. Now you can login into the website using username and password given in step 11.
Inside admin panel you can click on visit site option to see how your website look like.
Everytime you want to login into the site you have to postfix your url with wp-admin.
For example in our case localhost/Wordpress/MySite/wp-admin.
So it’s done.
Now in next article we going to all the topics mentioned one by one. Hope this article help you well.