Because Wordpress is the best thing since slice bread this page will be for Wordpress specific topics.

WordPress is what they call a Content Management System, but I like to call it an instant website in a box. Download the latest version, install the files on your host database, log in through your wordpress admin page, and start adding whatever content you like using the content editor.

WordPress.org describe it as;

“WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.”

Installing WordPress

There are a number of ways to get Wordpress up and running, first the automatic Fantastico way;

Automatic Install

Log into your hosting account to access the cPanel and click the blue smiley face and you will be presented with a list of programs on the left hand side that Fantastico can install for you.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Press the Wordpress link on the left-hand navigation bar, then click ‘New Installation’.
Fill in a few details like site name and admin email address, then click ‘Install Wordpress’
Finish off by clicking ‘Finish Install’ and the install details will be emailed to the admin email address specified earlier.

Bring up a new page on your browser and type in the URL address of your website. If all went to plan you should have a WordPress welcome page asking you to login.

 
 
 
 

Manual Install

Doing a manual install will give you better idea of what makes your website run, how Wordpress, the database, pluggins and themes work together, and the knowledge to tweak your website or fix problems that may occur later on. Remember that even if you do make a mistake, it somehow can be fixed, or as a last resort you can delete the install and start again. All the while gaining knowledge and confidence.

The first thing to do is download the latest version of Wordpress and save it to your desktop.
Go to

WordPress.org

to find the latest version.

 
After you’ve signed up with your web host you should log in to your domain registrar account and point your new domain name to your hosting company’s server. Your host will have these details readily available for you.

 
 
 

Next login to your hosting cPanel and add the domain to your hosting account by clicking the ‘addon domain’ icon. Because you’ve just pointed it to the HostMonster name servers it will be verified automatically as being yours.

 
 

The next step is to return to the cPanel and create a database by clicking the ‘MySQL Databases’.
Enter the name of your domain without the ‘www’ or ‘.com’ as the database name, and click ‘create database’

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Next add a user to the database you created.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Next give the user full privileges for the database by selecting all the option boxes and click ‘make changes’

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Go back to your host cPanel and open the File Manager

 
 
 
 
 
Expand public_html, this is where your database and files are stored.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
You should see the database you created earlier. Click on the database name.

 
 
 
 
You should see their is only one file on the database.
Click the ‘Upload’ button to upload the WordPress zip file from your desktop.

 
 
 
 
Once uploaded select the file, and click ‘extract’.

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Next you have to activate the Wordpress configure file.
Click the Wordpress folder and you will see the file in the right hand window.
Rename the wp-config-sample.php file ‘wp-config.php’. All you are doing is removing the ‘-sample’ from its name.
You also have to edit the file by inserting the database name, user name, and password.

 
 
 
 

What you are doing is replacing the ‘putyourdbnamehere’ with ‘affiliateglue’ or whatever name you chose earlier.
The username you chose earlier, and the password was emailed to you when you signed up with your host.
 
 
 
 
Open your browser and type your domain URL into the address bar. You will get this page.

 
 
 
 

Click on ‘Wordpress’ and you will get the Wordpress welcome screen.

 
 
 
 
Press ‘Install Wordpress’ and you are given your login details

 
 
 
 
Installing Wordpress manually may seem like a long and complex process at first, but it becomes second nature after the first time. I’ve done it 14 times so far…. and many more to come I hope.

Remember if you make a mistake you can always delete the files, or the whole database and start again.