A good way to test alterations to your blog hidden of your guests and very secure, is doing it locally. On this post I am going to show you how to install your blog locally and how to interactive with it.
Installing Wamp Server:
The first step is you download the Wamp Server, you can do it here http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php
After the download is done, extract the file and install it on your system, on the end of installation, accept when asked to start the server.
Changing the Mysql server’s PassWord:
I’m using Windows OS, and the default path where the Wamp Server was installed is c:\wamp\, now open the Command interpreter (the old MS-DOS), to do that, go to Start >> Execute and type: CMD. In Command Window go to the mysql path, type: dir c:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.33\bin\ and press Enter key. Now type it: mysqladmin -u root password HerYourNewPass and press Enter key again, don’t forget to replace HerYourNewPass with your wanted password for the Mysql Server. Well, now you have changed the MyqlServer PassWord.
Setting the PHPMyAdmin Password:
The PHPMyAdmin needs to be the new password which you have set your Mysql Server on the above step. To do that, go to c:\wamp\apps\phpmyadmin3.1.3.1 , search the file config.inc.php, when you find it open the same in some editor, I don’t recommend the notepad here, you can download the notepad plus for free here http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm , well, open the file and search for this line: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ‘mypasshere’; replace mypasshere with your MySql’s password, note that it is the same pass you put on topic “Changing the Mysql server’s Password”; save and close the file.
Creating the DataBase:
Open this url http://localhost/phpmyadmin, in some web browser, then you may create the database for your new blog, just inform to phpmyadmin the name of the blog and click on create button. Absolutely easy, not? You may close the browser or minimize it.
Prepairing the files to install WordPress:
Download the last version of WordPress here http://wordpress.org/download/
Extract the files and put it into the following folder c:\wamp\www, ah, don’t put the folder wordpress in www, instead it, copy or cut all the files and past it to c:\wamp\www. Now, look for this file wp-config-sample.php, when you find it, rename this file for just wp-config.php and save the same. Open this file in your preferred editor, maybe in notepad++, look for this line “define(’DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasshere’);” and replace yourpasshere with the Myslq Servers’s password, also inform your blog name, search for this line “define(’DB_NAME’, ‘yourblogname’);” and replace yourblogname with the name which you used to create the database in above topic, this is all for now, save and close the file.
Finally, Installing the Wordpress:
Open this url http://localhost/ in your liked web navigator, now you should see something like the following image below:
The rest is a real piece of cacke and you should be used to do it in remote servers.
I hope this post would be helpful to you^^
Installing and testing your blog locally
A good way to test alterations to your blog hidden of your guests and very secure, is doing it locally. On this post I am going to show you how to install your blog locally and how to interactive with it.
Installing Wamp Server:
The first step is you download the Wamp Server, you can do it here http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php
After the download is done, extract the file and install it on your system, on the end of installation, accept when asked to start the server.
Changing the Mysql server’s PassWord:
I’m using Windows OS, and the default path where the Wamp Server was installed is c:\wamp\, now open the Command interpreter (the old MS-DOS), to do that, go to Start >> Execute and type: CMD. In Command Window go to the mysql path, type: dir c:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.33\bin\ and press Enter key. Now type it: mysqladmin -u root password HerYourNewPass and press Enter key again, don’t forget to replace HerYourNewPass with your wanted password for the Mysql Server. Well, now you have changed the MyqlServer PassWord.
Setting the PHPMyAdmin Password:
The PHPMyAdmin needs to be the new password which you have set your Mysql Server on the above step. To do that, go to c:\wamp\apps\phpmyadmin3.1.3.1 , search the file config.inc.php, when you find it open the same in some editor, I don’t recommend the notepad here, you can download the notepad plus for free here http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm , well, open the file and search for this line: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ‘mypasshere’; replace mypasshere with your MySql’s password, note that it is the same pass you put on topic “Changing the Mysql server’s Password”; save and close the file.
Creating the DataBase:
Open this url http://localhost/phpmyadmin, in some web browser, then you may create the database for your new blog, just inform to phpmyadmin the name of the blog and click on create button. Absolutely easy, not? You may close the browser or minimize it.
Prepairing the files to install WordPress:
Download the last version of WordPress here http://wordpress.org/download/
Extract the files and put it into the following folder c:\wamp\www, ah, don’t put the folder wordpress in www, instead it, copy or cut all the files and past it to c:\wamp\www. Now, look for this file wp-config-sample.php, when you find it, rename this file for just wp-config.php and save the same. Open this file in your preferred editor, maybe in notepad++, look for this line “define(’DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasshere’);” and replace yourpasshere with the Myslq Servers’s password, also inform your blog name, search for this line “define(’DB_NAME’, ‘yourblogname’);” and replace yourblogname with the name which you used to create the database in above topic, this is all for now, save and close the file.
Finally, Installing the Wordpress:
Open this url http://localhost/ in your liked web navigator, now you should see something like the following image below:
The rest is a real piece of cacke and you should be used to do it in remote servers.
I hope this post would be helpful to you^^