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# Setting WordPress up for the first time

by Manmohanjit Singh on Jun 17th, 2010 in Life, Technology.

Once upon a time, there was a person, me, with no knowledge whatsoever on how to use or install WordPress at all. I tried searching on Google with no luck. So I landed up on the WordPress Famous 5-Minute Install page, I was reading it slowly trying to understand.

Then I saw MySQL, I was what the hell is MySQL?! I read it up on Wikipedia and I was still blur about it. Its fine, maybe its something unimportant. Then all the other words started to appear, I was upset and felt like I was stranded on an island. Then I asked around. A few said use Fantastico(built in cPanel) which I didn’t know existed and a few said to just upload the files and you’re done.

At that time I didn’t even know how to upload a file or create a database, I didn’t even know that I had my own cPanel. I started bugging my host, they told me how to log in to my on cPanel. They even told me how to upload a file and create a database user. At that moment on I felt like I knew everything. So I downloaded WordPress again, I tried uploading it. Then created a database user and finally tried installing it.

I successfully installed it but after 3 tries. Never knew it was actually that easy. You basically need to know how to upload files and create a database user. It was that simple. Once you know that, you’re set. Don’t worry, don’t even look at those funny word. You don’t need to know whats CHMOD just to install WordPress.

I know its hard, just try to play and explore around it.

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