Wordpress is the most popular blogging platform. You can create a free blog at http://www.wordpress.com. If you have your own hosting space and domain, you should install it on your paid server as it gives loads of options and you can make a name for yourself in blogosphere. In this tutorial we will focus on how we can install wordpress if we don’t have Cpanel option or any automatic installation option. Navigate to http://www.wordpress.org and download the latest version of wordpress.

Make a folder wordpress on your desktop and unzip the package inside it. You get installation files as shown in image below.

You need ftp uploader, a software application that lets you upload your files from your machine to remote location. I personally use CoreFTP and it is a cool piece of software, Navigate to http://www.coreftp.com and download CoreFTP lite. Install it in your machine. Run CoreFTP.

When you run the application, site manager pops up. Now you have to define the remote site where you planning to install the wordpress. Enter Site Name, this will identify your site in the CoreFTP site manager. Enter domain name in the Host field. Enter useid and password you use to login to your host site. Click on connect.

CoreFTP will start talking to your ftp server. One it connect with the remote server successfully, it displays local files in the left pan and remote files in the right pan.

Navigate to folder where you extracted the files in the left pan and on the right pan navigate the remote folder where you planning to install the wordpress. Typically it would be either public_html or www.

Select the local files and drag files from the left pan to bottom pan which is called the Process Queue. Right click on any item and select Process Queue. Now CoreFTP will start uploading your files to remote site.

Ok, now you have to create a MySQL database and user for wordpress. If you don’t know much about it, don’t worry, it is fairly easy. Login to Cpanel and click on MySQL Database. Navigate to Create New Database section and create a database. Note down the name you have given to it.

Next create a username and password. Make sure that you create a strong password as it is necessary for the security of your blog.

Next you have to add new user to the database you just created and then give it all the privileges.

Switch back to CoreFTP and rename file wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php. Select the file and press F2 to rename it.

Right click again and choose edit from the menu. CoreFTP will download the file and open it in notepad. Make the changes in DB_NAME, DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD field. Save and exit out of notepad. CoreFTp will automatically upload the file. Press overwrite when asked.

Run the WordPress installation script by accessing http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser. Enter Blog Title and email. Click on Install WordPress button.

Wordpress will give you success message when it installs it successfully. Your login id will be admin. Login to wordpress account using the password wordpress has generated for you. Change the password once you login.

Once you login, you would be greeted by wordpress Dashboard.

Start exploring wordpress. Good luck !!!

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