Before you install WordPress, you’ll definitely want to see all the options on the table. You can either go on http://wordpress.com/ and sign up a blog for free over there or you can download the latest version and install it on a server/webhosting. Since this is a tutorial in how-to, you’ll definitely want to download WordPress and have your own blog on your own domain.

Requirements

• PHP 4.3 or greater
• MySQL 4.1.2 or greater
• Mod Rewrite enabled on a LAMP/WAMP Server
• FTP enabled server (prompt host/username/password)
• MySQL database (prompt host/database name/username/password)
• Dedication to update!

After confirming the requirements, go ahead and download the latest version of WordPress at http://wordpress.org.

Once you downloaded the zip/tar onto your desktop, go ahead and extract all the files to the desktop.

This next part you will need an FTP client (http://filezilla-project.org/).

1. Open the FTP Client
2. On the top bar (quick connect), fill out the host, username, and password
3. Go to the directory you want wordpress (for mine its the HTTP root NOT the main root)
4. On your desktop open the wordpress folder and select all the files then drag it into the server windows on the FileZilla (or your own FTP client). The reason you don’t drag the WordPress folder itself because then the url would be http://yourdomain.com/wordpress instead of http://yourdomain.com
5. Once all the files have been uploaded, close everything out, open your browser and go to the URL you uploaded wordpress to.

If you have your database information ready, go ahead and click create configuration. Fill out all the database information in its respected spots.

Once you submitted the information and the database has been confirmed, copy down the password it generates (I just copy paste it because you can change it right after). After that click login.

Username: admin
Password: (CTRL + V) if you copied the text.

Once you login, on the top a yellow bar with red text prompts you to change your password. Click yes then change the password (scroll down) to whatever you want.

A large portion of people who want websites for their business, home recreation, or for their soccer team don’t want to consume time putting up a website because they have lives of their own. So they download WordPress, Joolma, Drupal, or Oxite and upload it to their server and bing bang boom instant website (a common relation to ramen noodles). Its fast, its easy, and requires no effort (or knowledge) whats so ever. But is that the true way to start a website?

It depends.
Initiative and purpose are the two main factors for initial website development.

I have a blog with simple to complex features but I need a content posting system that is only meant to be viewed for paid customers that have paid for previous products from my e-commerce site. WordPress vs Custom Site.

My ecommerse site needs to be linked with my credit card processing company but I also need information from my private server to be pulled to the clients. Magento vs Custom Site.

I need a customize management site but I also need my site to have capabilities of processing surveys and quizes. Drupal vs Custom Site.

Sometimes people take the easy and painless route because its the best option that fits their needs but others take the “bottom up” route so all the credentials are met properly. When first starting a website, don’t immediately think “okay I need to make this file, and find that file…” when the resource is already out there for you to use. But also don’t beat around the bush and trying to make a half ass job by finding “plugins” that require to do a very specific job like pulling info off a private server every 10 minutes.

Of course most of these open source systems, ready-out-of-the-box applications are very versatile to people’s needs, sometimes it’s easier creating a custom site because there’s no learning curve (like Drupal has) and the sky is the limit.

Part 2 will be the process in starting up a custom made website .

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