Thread: Uploading Wordpress

Download the latest version of Wordpress from Extract the compressed file that has been downloaded, rename the file wp-configsample.php to wp-config.php and use a text editor such as Notepad to open it for editing. In the third line of the file, replace the word 'putyourdbnamehere' with the name of the SQL database that has been created on your hosted web space. It is important to leave the single quotes in
place. In the fourth line replace the word 'usernamehere' with the database username and on the next line replace 'yourpasswordhere' with the necessary password.



With all this done, save and close the file and then use an FTP program to upload the entire contents of the extracted 'wordpress' folder, including the three folders it contains, to the top-level folder of your site. Open a browser window and type in your website address followed by If an error message appears, check the database information mentioned earlier has been correctly entered to the wp-config.php file. It may be necessary to change the sixth line of this file (the 'localhost' part), according to how your host requires a connection to be established with a database, though it can usually be left as is.

Once a connection has been established,. the Wordpress installation wizard will appear. Enter a name for the blog along with a contact email address and then click Install Wordpress. Make a note of the username and password generated and click the 'log in' link.