Is anyone familiar with Word Press?

I need help setting up Word Press. I'm trying to make an advanced blog. I've been searching for a detailed set of instructions for a while now and can't seem to find anything good. Does anyone know a website with a decent set of instructions of how to install and use it? Also, can WAMP be used as a host? Thanks.
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It'll work on a WAMP server yes, have you read the documentation on WP?

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

It's pretty extensive. There's a humongous community for Wordpress at Wordpress.org, you'd definitely get more help by posting there instead of a laptop forum

http://wordpress.org/support/

 

Instruction is pretty easy for WordPress.
1. Extract zip file
2. Create Database for WordPress in your host
3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php and edit with appropriate value for your host.
4. Upload them to your host
5. Go to <your_url>/wp-admin/install.php to complete installation

That's easy. WordPress needs 1 web server and 1 mySQL server, so WAMP should handle this easily.

For more info, http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

 

Since this is my first time using Word Press, and I am using WAMP as a host, how do I exactly set up a database with WAMP? Thanks again.

 

use phpMyadmin

 

I used phpMyAdmin and finished that part. I meant using the MySQL Client.
If I already created a database for Word Press using WAMP, do I necessarily need to create a MySQL user? If so, how? Thanks again. I appreciate your help.

 

You can use the admin account (not recomended) or create a new user who can access the database.

Not sure what your aim is--running a webblog on your personal computer? Doesn't make much sense to me. If you want the log accessible to the rest of the world, you're better off getting yourself a cheap webhost, most of which have auto setups for things like Wordpress...

 

Agreed. If you really want to share it online, better get a cheap webhost. And (for online purpose) I've read that it's better to install PHP etc manually than use a package like Wamp. I only use Wamp offline for development purpose.

Some free webhost offer automatic installation of Wordpress also.

 

I want the web blog to be accessible to the rest of the world. I set up a database for Word Press using phpMyAdmin and now I am trying to create a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.

I am hoping that someone who has used Word Press before would help me figure this out. Sorry for all the repetitive posts. Thanks again.

 

I do want to share the web blog online. I am designing it for a company. This is my first time doing this.

So you're saying that WAMP is not worth the trouble? I should just install one of its components separately?

Also, can you tell me a few free web hosts that are good and offer an automatic installation of Wordpress? I don't want to make the whole process too complicated...Thanks!

 

As noted, for a lot of people WAMP=development. It doesn't sound like you are prepared for maintaining a production webserver.

As for free...forget free. If you want a free blog go to blogspot for a free service, but you don't get wordpress.

As for inexpensive, there are lots of choices. Lunarpages has wordpress included in its fantastico automatic load script and the price is only $4.95 a month--and that includes a free domain, a boatload of bandwith and diskspace. That's practically stealing.

Many others webhosts offer similar deals.

 

Wordpress setup is not complicated at all.

For database stuff, I don't know how you end up with now. If you still want to work on mySQL on your PC, it's really easy. You need to know that creating database for WordPress needs only 2 steps:-

1. Create database
2. Link user with that database.

I personally have no clue what WAMP has. phpMyAdmin would be a nice way, and if you really don't to do in command shell, you can opt for GUI tool like MySQL GUI Tools 5.0 which you only extract and run. Connect to mySQL server address (localhost, probably?) then create empty database and user for wordpress setup.

If you decide to go for cheap hosting, it might come with WordPress pre-install. If not, basically you just have to do as I told you above.

 

WAMP is a generic term for Windows Apache Mysql PHP

There are a number of different distributions.

The key here isn't whether setting up WordPress is hard or easy to set up--the key for this user is he wants to set up a blog and make it accessible to the world

Setting up a WAMP server with Wordpress isn't difficult, but properly maintaining and servicing a full blown webserver from a company broadband connection is a bit beyond the OP's level of expertise.

Once you have a webserver running locally, you need to start dealing with DNS and security--my sense is the OP doesn't really want to deal with that right now.

 

Thanks for getting back to me. Gerry, I don't have that much time to always be maintaining and servicing a web server. I don't want to have to deal with that at the moment. I want to find the easiest way to make an advanced web blog for a company through Word Press using a free web host. Although it is difficult to find a decent one, I will continue to search. If WAMP isn't a good one to use, what is one you would recommend? I look forward to your advice and I really appreciate your help.

 

I already created a database using phpMyAdmin. What I'm having a difficult time doing is actually creating a MySQL user to be able to modify the database. I'm following the detailed set of instructions on the Word Press website and it doesn't seem to be working. I will try to do what I can. I appreciate your help and also look forward to any other suggestions you may have.

P.S. +1 rep for anyone who helps me figure this out!

Thanks again!

 

Is creating your own blog via http://wordpress.com/ out of the question? It would be a matter of a simple signup and your up and running in probably less than 10 minutes.

 

What host are you using now? If it's WAMP you could do some command lines. However, if you are using other hosts, there will be an option in your panel, I guess. For example, if you are using bluehost, it will be in mySQL database which you can create username for mysql and add that username to selected database.