Wordpress Blogging

Do you know wordpress can be install on your computer and you don’t have to connect internet just to open it. Normally people using wordpress install locally because:

1. Backup their online blog.
2. Develop their own theme or plugin before release it.
3. Testing new version of wordpress without testing it live.

There are many ways to install wordpress locally but now i’m going to write tutorial how to install wordpress using XAMPP.

Part 1: Installing XAMPP

1. Download xampp lite from here XAMPP (We choose xampp lite because it is small)
2. You can choose between .ZIP or .EXE (But .EXE will install the software for you



3. Now click the software you just download and install it (Install it on C:\)



4. Open “C:\xampplite” folder and click “setup_xampp.bat” (It will install xampp on your computer)



5. When installing successful, click “xampp-control.exe” (Open xampp control)

   

6. Click start:
   1. Apache
   2. MySql

   

7. Open your browser and enter the address “http://localhost/xampp/splash.php” (Choose your language)





8. Click “phpMyAdmin” on Tools



9. On “Create new database” field enter “wordpress” and select “utf8_unicode_ci” and click create

Congratulation! Now you have complete the installation XAMPP. In Part 2 we will install wordpress. Part 2

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