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How to Setup Your Weblog Using WordPress

Requirements [3]

There are certain prerequisites before you can use WordPress as your blogging soft ware.

1- Your web host must support the execution of PHP scripts. Because WordPress is written in PHP, and for this reason for WordPress to run at all, your web host must support it. Most of the commercial web hosts support PHP.

2- Your need at least 1 MySQL database in your host. WordPress stores its data, your blog entries, in a special file called a database, which allows easy and fast retrieval. Check with your web host if your hosting package provides any MySQL databases.

3- Find a web host that runs the Apache webserver. Although WordPress runs on other web servers, you have more options on how you can configure the structure of your site and the links (or "permalinks") to your pages if your site runs on Apache.

4- You can use local host using “Wampserver program” or any other program, if you do not want to publish your site on Internet. This program works as a local host, by this way it allows you to install your site in your computer and publish your site locally.In picture 1 you can see the Wampserver control panel after installing the program.If you use Wampserver you have to put your weblog files into www directory and then you should type your browser “localhost” and by following the directions you can easily install the WordPressscript.Since i installed my blog in Awardspace.com, i am going to tell about online installation.

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Since WordPress is an open source script and always updated, every version requires different server requirements. Server requirements for Version WordPress 2.3.1(i used this version) is indicated below:

1- PHP version 4.2 or greater

2- MySQL version 4.0 or greater

3- Apache Server (Optional )

My hosting provider is awardspace.com You can follow the link below, and sign up awardspace for free: http://www.awardspace.com/signup.html

My suggestion is that you also get your own domain name. WordPress itself does not require this, you can use sub domains but, as with any website, it's best to own your own domain. If you use a domain name supplied by your web host (such as googlepages.com or blogspot.com ) In the future when they close, the search engine reputation that you have built up over the years will be lost. You will be forced to start your blog on a new host with a new URL, losing people who have bookmarked your site and linked to it. Your previous good search engine ranking will also be lost and you will need to start from scratch. Even if they do not close, they can at any time decide to charge you lots of Money. You will then have no choice but to agree, since you would otherwise lose everything you have built up over the years.

With your own own domain name, any time you are dissatisfied with your web host, you can simply backup your database, move to a new host, import your old entries into the new host's database and you're back in business as though nothing has happened. Your visitors may not even realise that you have changed web hosts.