How To Setup a Custom Wordpress Blog

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Added March 3, 2008

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Step 1.
Find a hosting provider

You will need to find a hosting provider that can support Wordpress software. If you already have a hosting provider, then you can use it. If not, then Awardspace.com is a good alternative, because it supports wordpress and it’s fre.
Step 2.
Set up your Hosting account

You will need to get your hosting providers FTP login information and your websites database information.
Step 3.
Obtain the Wordpres software

Download Wordpress from www.wordpress.org/download. Unzip the downloaded file and find the “readme.htm” file. This contains instructions for how to install Wordpress onto your website. Edit the wp-config file to match your websites database infromation.
Step 4.
Download an FTP client

An FTP client allows you to upload information from your computer to your website. A great free FTP program is called Filezilla found at www.filezilla-project.org. In Filezilla, enter in your FTP information and upload your Wordpress files.
Step 5.
Run the Wordpress Setup Wizard

The last thing you want to do is run the Wordpress Setup Wizard. This wizard can be found at [yourdomain].com/wp-admin/install.php. Follow the instructions in the wizard and then login to our blog. Now you can either use the default themes, or you can upload other themed templates from various sites on the internet.