http://help2design.com We help you to design the web! Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://help2design.com/wordpress/how-to-setup-wordpress-on-localhost/ http://help2design.com/wordpress/how-to-setup-wordpress-on-localhost/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:13:47 +0000 Ranjith http://help2design.com/?p=62 This is very simple using XAMPP.

1. First download the xampp from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
2. Extract the file and double click the exe. This will install Mysql and Apache servers.
3. Once the installation is complete, you will find XAMPP under Start / Programs / XAMPP. You can use the XAMPP Control Panel to start/stop all servers. Start Mysql and Apache servers.
4. Now open any browser(IE or Mozilla) and enter the address as http://localhost/
5. Select your Language
6. Now click phpMyAdmin
7. Create a new database for your wordpress website. Under MySQL provide the new database name for example "wpdatabase" and select "utf8_unicode_ci", click create.
8. Download the latest wordpress codes from wordpress.org
9. Extract and copy folder "wordpress" to C:/Program Files/XAMPP/htdocs/
10. Open the file wp-config-sample.php in notepad.
11. Fill the details as below
    define('DB_NAME', 'wpdatabase'); // The name of the database
    define('DB_USER', 'root'); // Your MySQL username
    define('DB_PASSWORD', ''); // password
    define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
12. Now open http://localhost/wordpress, provide the website name and email ID and click next.
13. Login using obtained password and admin as username.
14. View your first local wordpress website by browsing http://localhost/wordpress

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