Online Publishing With

WORDPRESS

What is Wordpress??

WordPress is a Web Software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.

Wordpress is both free and priceless at the same time

Visit www.wordpress.org

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WORDPRESS Installation

SystemRequirements +

XAMPP

Xampp = Apache + MySQL + PHP + Perl

For Windows, Mac OS X & Linux

XAMPPhttps://www.apachefriends.org/

Install XAMPP

Run the downloaded xampp.exe file and wait until installation completes

XAMPP Setting

In your Browser visit localhost/xampp/

Select language => English

And you’re ready to go.

Back to WORDPRESS InstallationWe are going to use Xampp

Copy the zip file of wordpress and paste it to your local server c:/xampp/htdocs/

Extract the file and rename it as per your project name.

In your wordpress project folder rename wp-config-sample as wp-config .

Your project folder

Rename as wp-config

Visit localhost/[your-project-name]/In Your Browser

Error establishing a database connection

Create a DatabaseTo solve the error

Visit localhost/phpmyadmin/ in your browser

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Database “database name” been created

Well that’s not enough

Open the file renamed before i.e wp-config in any text editor.

Configure Wordpress

Your database name

Change to ‘root’

Leave blank

Now visit localhost/[your-project-name] in your browser.

Installation complete

Worpress Dashboard

Writing First Post in Wordpress

Choose a Wordpress Theme FirstBut Before Writing first post in wordpress

On Your Left Sidebar Hover over Appearance and click on Theme

For Wordpress version 3.8 or later “Twenty Fourteen” theme is activated by default.

Already active

We’re going to work in the latest theme of the Wordpress i.e Twenty Fourteen

Let’s have a look how this theme looks like.

On your top-left corner click over your site title.

OR

In a new tab in your browser visit localhost/[your-project-name]/

Site Title

Twenty Fourteen First View

Final View ??

Twenty Fourteen Final View

Let’s finalize the theme

We’ll start Writing a First Post

On your Left Sidebar

Hover Over Posts

Click On Add New

Your post title

Post Description

On Your Right Side in Format Section

Click on Standard radio option

Format Section

Scroll to the Categories Section

Click on Add New Category

Provide Category name

Choose as Parent Category

Click On Add New Category

Newly Added Category

Categories Section

Tags Section

Provide Tag Name as Feature

Click On Add

Featured Image Section

Click On Set Featured Image

Choose an Image From Your Drive

Continue...

Just Added Image

Your Library

Title of your Image

Alternative text for your image for (SEO)

Optional

Optional

Featured Image Added

Let’s Publish Our First Post in Wordpress

Publish Section

Scroll to Publish Section

Click on Publish

Let’s View Our First Post

Click to View Your Post

Post View

Write two more Posts with same Tag Name