Installing WordPress

WordPress is quite a complex blogging system and can be very difficult for new users to grasp as many don’t understand how to use it. The common misconception is that it’s very difficult to install when in fact it’s very easy. The difficult part of using WordPress is making themes which you can find a tutorial on here

1. First you need to download WordPress from here. Then unzip it and upload it to your main directory via FTP.

2. Your host should have given you a MySQL username and password. Go to MySQL databases on your Cpanel and create a new database.

3. Open the wp-config-sample.php file which you will find in your wordpress >> wp-admin folder. Type in your MySQL information into the spaces (see below)

fine('DB_NAME', 'putyourdbnamehere'); // The name of the database

define('DB_USER', 'usernamehere');// Your MySQL username

define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpasswordhere'); // …and password

define('SECRET_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here'); // Change this to a unique phrase.

Save this file as wp-config.php then reupload it to your wp-admin folder.

4. Go to http://yoursite.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php Follow the on screen instructions and then you’re done! WordPress is installed!
To learn how to create a theme click here.