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Introduction to WordPress
PENG, Baolin Oct. 11, 2018
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What is WordPress Free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL By far the most popular CMS and 66% market share
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What is CMS Designed to support the management of the content of Web pages Web content includes text and embedded graphics, photos, video, audio, maps, and program code (e.g., for applications) that displays content or interacts with the user Many many website, ,
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Where to host or install a wordpress instance?
WordPress.com Free – Signup and get a free website Ease of use – Beginner-friendly, no technical knowledge required Security – Hosted on secure servers controlled by Automattic Maintenance Free – They will keep everything up to date for you Support Included Have to pay for using own domain Limited choice of themes and have to pay to customize them Limited choice of plugins
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Host on our own server! Main topic of this tutorial.
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Install XAMPP on mac From osx preview-1.dmg Start services
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Install XAMPP on mac Mount disk Enable localhost
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Install XAMPP on mac Visit http://locahost:8080
Success if you see following
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Download WordPress
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Copy to apache director
Click explore button Copy downloaded WordPress to htdocs folder
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Create database and user account
Open Create database
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Continue
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Install WordPress Open
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Install WordPress Fill database information
Use the info you typed when create database and user account
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Create wp-config.php Copy and past to a txt file
Rename it as wp-config.php Put it into htdocs/wordpress/ folder Then run the install
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Fill your website name Type site tile, username and password
Remember password! Install wordpress login!
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Customize the website
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Next tutorial Install plugins to support online shopping.
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