Blogging for Money 101: #5 Wordpress- The 5 Minute Install
Table of contents for Blog For Money 101
- Blog For Money 101: #1 Blog Start-up - What is Your Passion?
- Blog For Money 101: #2 Too Broad a Subject Makes Less Money- Go Niche
- Blog For Money 101 #3 Setting Up Your Blog: Choosing Domain and Host
- Blogging 101: #4 Setting Up Your WordPress Blog- Getting An FTP Client
- Blogging for Money 101: #5 Wordpress- The 5 Minute Install
Wordpress is “famous” for their 5 minutes install. Does it really take 5 minutes? It can, Most times it really is that easy. The part most people will find the most challenging or intimidating is setting up the my SQL database. It sounds more complicated than it is.
After you have downloaded and unzipped wordpress set up your database . Each hosting company will all let you set up a new mySQL database a little bit differently but the end result is the same. You will have to go into admin or cpanel section of domain. Look for somethig that says “MSQL admin” or similar. You need to create a new data base. In some cases before you do that you set up a user name. it may be as easy as hitting button that says “new” and giving it a name.
If your host uses cpanel : Instructions for setting up mySQL data base with cpanel
GoDaddy: Set up ,ySQL database on Godaddy instructions
Bluehost : set up MySql database instructions
2.Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details.
Look for the code below:
<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'putyourdbnamehere'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'usernamehere'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpasswordhere'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');and fill in from the information assigned your database. Be careful not to delete any quotes.
Save the file as wp-config.php.
Upload everything.
Upload the contents of the wordpress file on your PC to the root directory of your domain. Note- don’t just upload the folder- make sure in your pane view in ftp client you see all the word press files.
Where to upload on the server?
On some hosting companies they may have a folder called “www” all ready created. You can also create a folder and give it a name however make sure in your domain admin panel you change the destination. If all this sounds like too much- leave it and just upload.
If any of this seems overwhelming and you don’t understand- please feel free to contact me by email or in comments section. I may be able to walk you through it.
Open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again.
Put your domain name in Address URL of your browser and add /wp-admin/install.php . even if you just put in your domain Wordpress is smart enough to automatically take you to install.
Give your blog a name and description- you can change later on Wordpress option so don’t stress about it.
If you are getting any error then 99.99% of the time is becasue you have made a mistake when inputting your database information. Go over it and try again.
You are done. Any questions or problems?
Discussion Area - Leave a Comment