Download the source from the http://wordpress.org and extract or unzip it to the folder c:/wamp/www
1. Open the browser and type http://localhost/phpmyadmin and create a database for wordpress. I have created as wordpress.
2. Once the database is created, open a new window and type http://localhost/wordpress
3. First page may show error as give below
4. Click the “create configuration file”.
5. Provide the Databasse information to wordpress, in my case the Database name is wordpress and the username for my database is root and no password and hostname is localhost. (Always give a password to the database) See our video lecture to set a password for the Database)
6. Run the install and once the installation is over, it will ask for the blog title and the email
7. The username and a random password will be provided by the software. Make a note of it and do change the password immediately.
8. The following is the dashboard of the wordpress software which can be accessed using the link http://localhost/wordpress
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