1. Wordpress

2. What is Wordpress? Wordpress is a content management system. It is free and easy to use. It allows you to build dynamic websites It is built on PHP and mySQL Visit wordpress.org for more information

3. Download wordpress for mac from http://wordpress.org/download/ http://wordpress.org/download/ Download wordpress for mac from http://wordpress.org/download/ http://wordpress.org/download/

4. Download Xampp Download xammp from http://www.apachefr iends.org/en/xampp.html http://www.apachefr iends.org/en/xampp.html

5. Install Xampp Double click on the.dmg file Drag the xampp folder into your applications folder To start the xampp server, open the xampp folder and click on the control panel start apache (webserver) and mysql (database)

6. Open your web browser (safari/firefox, etc.) Browse to http://localhosthttp://localhost

7. Click on phpMyAdmin Creating a database

8. Naming database Create a new database and name it ‘wordpress’ Press create

9. Setting up the database Copy wordpress folder into htdocs folder in the xampp folder In the wordpress folder rename the wp- config-sample.php file to wp-config.php Open the wp-config.php file (using textedit)

10. These are the default settings for wordpress In the browser type localhost/wordpress

11. To re-enter wordpress site Go into your xampp folder in application Click on xampp control Start the ‘apache’ and ‘mysql’ Open browser Enter url http://localhost/wordpress/wp- admin/

12. Using wordpress

13. Create your website by filling in the site name, username, password and email Login to wordpress http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/

14. Start the xampp control panel Start apache and mysql In your browser type the url http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin Enter your login details To re-enter wordpress