WordPress is a very powerful open source Content Management System (CMS) and blog publishing application. It is free for you to download and use. The WordPress is based on PHP and MySQL programming. WordPress has everything to offer that any blogger could possibly need. If you want to use it, you will need very little computer programming skill.

Many bloggers have questions about WordPress, how to install WordPress on your own hosting server, how to setup WordPress in easiest way. There are lot of turtorails on the net about how to install. I am trying to explain it very simple way.

There are a few ways of installing. Like using auto installer scripts such as Fantastico. If you want to quickly install WordPress without wanting to deal with database setup & file transfer, installation via Fantastico is the way to go, but in this tutorial we will be focusing on installing WordPress – manually:

1. Before installing you need:
   • your website Domain name and access to your web server. ( if not than buy a domain name and hosting )
   • Server user name and password.
   • An FTP Client
2. Download WordPress and upload: Visit on wordpress download page on wordpress.org and download latest version of wordpress. Unzip the WordPress package and upload files to your web server using any ftp client.
3. Set up your wordpress database: You can prepare a database for WordPress using your web hosting control panel. open your cPanel. Look for the Databases section, and click on MySQL Databases icon. Create a user for the database. In Users section, add a username, and a password. Now go to the Create New Database section, and create a database and give a name , and click Create Database. The database is created. Go to the Add User to Database section. Select the username you just created, link it to the database name, and click Add.
4. Configure WordPress: When u navigate the url and If everything was uploaded properly, you should see a page where you get a error massage. ( There does’t seem to be a web-config.php file. I need this before……….)
   Find the wp-config-sample.php file in your blog folder and rename it to wp-config.php

   Open wp-config.php in any text editor and find this part:

   // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
   /** The name of the database for WordPress */
   define(’DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere‘);
   /** MySQL database username */
   define(’DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere‘);
   /** MySQL database password */
   define(’DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere‘);
   /** MySQL hostname */
   define(’DB_HOST’, ‘localhost‘);

   Your MySQL Database Name should replace putyourdbnamehere
   Your MySQL User Name should replace usernamehere
   Your MySQL password should replace yourpasswordhere
   Your MySQL Host Name should replace localhost

   and also find follwing fields:

   define(’AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(’SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(’LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); define(’NONCE_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);

   you can get auth-key by visit WordPress secret key and copy details and insert them instead of the above.

   Save wp-config.php and upload it.

5. Navigate your url like http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php. And u see a page there. Which have some fields like:
   • Fill in your Blog Title
   • Fill in Your E-mail
   • Allow my blog to appear in search engines like Google and Technorat ( checked it ).
   • Click on Install WordPress.
6. Next screen you see should say Success! and should give you your Username and Password.
7. Click on Log In.
8. Fill in the Username and Password you have just received
9. Click on Log In.

Now you will see your WordPress Dashboard where all the optimization, customization, post writing, plugin installing, comment moderating takes place.
Change or update there what you want and click on visit blog and your blog start.

For more details or Common Installation Problems and Install Script Troubleshooting visit:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress

Cheers!!
Joginder Poswal