Wordpress Installation Manual

By Taylor Garbison

Table of Contents
DOWNLOADING WORDPRESS.............................................................................1 PREPARING YOUR MYSQL ACCOUNT................................................................2 INSTALLING WORDPRESS.....................................................................................3 RUNNING THE INSTALL.........................................................................................3 WELCOME TO YOUR WORDPRESS.....................................................................4

Downloading Wordpress
1. Download Wordpress to your campus computer: -http://wordpress.org/latest.zip 2. Once downloading is complete, double click the file in your Downloads folder, or right click and select Open

3. After the Wordpress files have opened, select all the files and copy, then go to Applications and open Fetch -A New Connection screen will appear -For Hostname enter: web.ics.purdue.edu -For Username enter: your career account username -For Connect Using select: SFTP -For Password enter: your career account password 4. Scroll down and open your www folder by double clicking 5. Create a new folder for your Wordpress files, naming it wordpress 6. Paste your Wordpress files into your new wordpress folder 1

Preparing Your MySQL Account

1. Open your web address with the link -http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~yourcareeraccount/ 2. You will get the following message once your browser loads:

2. In a new tab, create your new MySQL acccount -https://www.purdue.edu/apps/ics/a/MySQLAccount 3. Create a password that is different from your career account password 4. Click 5. Go to your new webpage -http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~yourcareeraccount/wordpress 6. To find more information on your career account and accessing your webpage from a personal commuter, visit the following link: -http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/careeraccount/

Installing Wordpress
1. Have your webpage open: -http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~yourcareeraccount/ 2. To get started with the installation, click -if you have an error message, you will first need to click 3. Enter your database connection details -For Database Name enter: your career account username -For User Name enter: your career account username -For Password enter: your new MySQL password -For Database Host enter: mydb.ics.purdue.edu -Leave Table Prefix as: wp_ 4. Click

Running the Install

1. To get started, click 2. Create a personalized site title appropriate for your needs 3. Enter login information -For Username enter: your career account username -For Password enter: your new MySQL password -For Email enter: the email address you prefer to use 4. To have a larger audience, check the box that allows for search engines to index your site 5. To finish your installation, click 3

Welcome to your Wordpress

1. To start customizing your Wordpress click 2. Explore the dashboard on the left side of the page to add and edit posts, media, and pages, as well as other useful options

3. Get blogging