Installing WordPressThis help sheet can be downloaded from www.giakonda.org.uk/downloads.

Find the WordPress Zip file from Wordpress.org

Save this file to your Downloads folder (Usually the default location).

Click Open Containing Folder so you can see the file.

The Zip file is a compresses copy of all the files you will need to upload to your soon to be website.

The next move is to extract these files from the wordpress-3-5-1.zip file. With most versions of Windows this is done by right-clicking the mouse button and selecting Extract All.

You are asked where to put the files when extracted. I usually extract them to the default folder which is usually in the same folder as the file itself.

All the files you need for your WordPress website will be in this folder (actually a wordpress folder in this folder!). To configure WordPress you need to look for a file called wp-config-sample.php and Rename this to wp-config.php

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** ///** The name of the database for WordPress */

define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');

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Your Details

Site name:

Ftp name:

Ftp password:

SQL Details

DB name:

User name:

Password:

/** MySQL database username */define('DB_USER', 'username_here');/** MySQL database password */define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');/** MySQL hostname */define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

When altered it will look something like (ignore the words in italics)// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** ///** The name of the database for WordPress */define('DB_NAME', 'gkmail'); database name/** MySQL database username */define('DB_USER', 'mailman'); database username/** MySQL database password */define('DB_PASSWORD', 'Mym41l!'); database password/** MySQL hostname */define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); Usually no change

Finally look for the line $table_prefix = 'wp_'; and change that to something like $table_prefix = 'gkm_';

Once you have edited wp-config.php you can save it and upload all the files in the wordpress folder to your website (the root folder) using FileZilla. The image below shows the Local site files (the ones on your computer) in blue because they have been selected. Use Ctrl +A to select all the files in a window. Right-clicking on the selected files produces the shortcut menu where you select Upload to copy the files to the Remote site (your website).

That’s it! You now have your new web site ready for use.Open your browser and type the name of your site followed by /wp-admin/install.php so it will look something likewww.gk-mail.com/wp-admin/install.php

You will see the WordPress install screen where you enter the same details as you firs entered into wp-config.php. Now the work begins!