Installing wordpress in Wondows 7 along with MySqL

Asked By Alberto N Zhang 0 points N/A Posted on - 12/31/2014

How Can I install word press in windows and what is this MySQL that it keeps on requesting how I can configure my computer because I really need to lean to use using word press. Is there a cumulative download that carries the entire word press with the prerequisite software?

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Answered By Clare Moui 0 points N/A #192358

Installing wordpress in Wondows 7 along with MySqL

Installing wordpress on local machine can be made easy with below steps :
1. Install WAMP Server ( Windows Apache MySQL PHP Server)
WAMP server includes Apache, MySQL and PHP. You do not need to install all these software separately. Installing WAMP will be enough to run Wordpress. WAMP is local server on which Wordpress runs.
For Installation WAMP server
a. Download latest WAMP server from website wampserver.com. Choose appropriate version of WAMP for windows (32 bits or 64 bits)
b. Follow the installation instructions.
c. Once the WAMP is installed, set up MySQL database using PhpMyAdmin. (PHPMyAdmin is inside WAMP).
d. Create the database in Phpmyadmin.
2. Download and install wordpress from wordpress.org.
3. Copy the zip file in C:wampwww folder. Extract those files. You can rename the folder wordpress as per your choice.
4. Access the site http://localhost/(name of your wordpress site) on browser.

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