Wordpress Installing in Localhost and Local Computer - Free Tutorial Wordpress

To installing wordpress in local computer or localhost, you must have PHP and MySQL program running on you machine or you computer.

Whay you must have the two programs running on your computer?

It’s because file wordpress are containing some file with extension .php where the file only can preview in browser if the browser is connect to the server like localhost or other ISP. Wordpress need the database to run installing it selt. And the database can create in MySQL database program. The program will created php script automatically while you create database. And all of you data in local server can automatically previews in browser.

To installing both program above, you only one program like AppServ or Xampp server that must be running on your computer. According to me just use the AppServ-win32-2.5.5

and automatically PHP and MySQL will be created. I like this program because the file is very simple and easy to use.

How to Install AppServ-win32-2.5.5

First step; just double click on appserv-win32-2.5.5.exe then follow the instruction on the page. If you reach the page taht ask you to chose destination folder for your appserv-win32 installation, please remember. If you computer use freez system on disk C:\ like deep freezer program. Change default destination folder of instalation to disk that free of system freezer. I think you know about that. My machine use the freezer too. So I choose disk D:\ to path the installation of appserv-win32-2.5.5 . you can do that like me. And I hope you use like me to follow this tutorial. And you can change as you like after, it’s just example.

Then after you choose the destination folder, click “next” again. If you reach on page that ask you to fill user name and password. Don’t fill them. Clear the content of the two textareas and left it clear. Click “next” again until the installation progress succesfull.

Now, do the tutorial bellow :

First : Point to start on your windows àAll ProgramsàAppServàManual Control Server and click on “Apache Start”. It’s will give you one page with black background, just minimize the page. Do not closed.

Second : Point to start on your windows àAll ProgramsàAppServàManual Control Server and click on “MySQL Start”. It’s will give you one page with black bacground, just minimize the page. Do not closed.

Third : Poknt to start on your windows, againàclick RUNà on the run screen, type “cmd” then press enter. And will show you the windows with black background again.

On this page you now see some text like this :

C:\Documents and settings\

After you see like above then type D:\ at the end of the string.(C:\Documents and settings\D:) and press Enter on your keyboard. (if you installing the appserv-win32-2.5.5.exe on disk D:\, it’s according to the disk that you choose to path of the installation of appserv-win32-2.5.5.exe)

then on D:\>.... fill or type : cd/appserv/mysql/bin then press enter.

And will show you like this :

D:\Appserv\mysql\bin\

Then type : mysql –u root –p and press enter again.

Password do not fill. Left it clear by press enter. And will show you : mysql>

After that minimize the window with black background, don’t close it.

Now you have finished setting you AppServ program to running it in your machine. Don’t close all you windows with black background, just minimized it.

To test the program follow the tutorial bellow :

Open your browser, and on the address bar type : http://localhost then press enter. If you program running, it will show to you the Appserv Open Project – 2.5.5 for Windows. This is meaning that you program has been running corectly.

Begin to Installing Wordpress :

On the page above, then click on:

phpMyAdmin Database Manager Version 2.6.4-pl4

then click on : create new database and then click create. Only two things that you do and left other things like the default. For example you create database with : free_tutorial_wordpress, it’s will be your database. Remember it.

Now you can closed you browser for while. Open the windows explorer. Search the path where you installing appserv-win32-2.5.5 and make new folder in www folder. The www folder is located in D:\AppServ\ the right address is : D:\AppServ\www. For example you cretaed new folder with the name : tutorialwordpress, and the address for you folder is D:\AppServ\www\tutorialwordpress. Here tutorialwordpress same as the address of your blog or website address. (like as: tutorialwordpress.com)

Prepare the wordpress, and copy all of the file from the wordpress into the tutorialwordpress folder. Wordpress file are containing (wp-content, wp-admin, and other some file with .php extension). You copy must only all content of wordpress files not folder wordpress. Be sure that all files ara copying corectly.

Now, open your browser again. In the address bar please type : http://localhost/tutorialwordpress then press enter. it will be apearring the page that informed to you that you haven’t wp-config.php file. Click on create a wp-config.php file through a web interface. And will reach the page to setup-config.php, on this page click on the let’s go. On the next page according of your click, it will ask you to fill your databse name (your database name is : free_tutorial_wordpress) and your user name (you user name is : root ). On the password textarea’s don’t fill anything, clear any word on it and left it blank. On the other text area left it default. Don’t make change on it for while. Except you want to create many database on you wordpress installation and you connect to real server online.

Why username is root and the password is blank?, because since you install appserv-win32-2.5.5 you never fill user and password on it. But it’s doesn’t matter.

After that, click “submit”. And you will reach on page to run install wordpress. Click on “run the install”. And will appear the page that ask you to fill your blog title and e-mail address. Fill them what you want. But remember, on the e-mail address you must fill with realy format of e-mail address.(like : yourname@local.com). Then click on “install wordpress” button.

By clickking on Install wordpress button will reach you to the page that give you information about your installation progress, it’s mean success or not. If success it’s will give you the address where you can login in to your web page and the user name and password on it. Write out the user name and password. Don’t forget it.

There tell to you that you can login by click on : log in and wp-login.php. or you can write the address manually by type : http://localhost/tutorialwordpress/wp-login.php on your address bar in your browser and you will see the dashboard page after fill user and password on login page.

Good luck !!