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Page1of7CreateaPersonalBlogwithWordPress.
ContentsWhatisWordPress2CreateaDatabaseforWordPressinphpMyAdmin2StartWordPress4ForMoreInformation7CreateaPersonalBlogwithWordPress2010CiscoSystems,Inc.
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Page2of7WhatisWordPressWordPressisafree,open-sourcepersonalpublishingsystemthatallowsyoutoeasilycreateacomplexblog,orweblog,onyoursite.
WritteninPHPandsupportedbyaMySQLdatabase,WordPressoffersintuitiveadministrativetoolsandsophisticateddesignfeaturesthatmakeiteasytodevelopandintegrateapersonalorprofessionalblogonyoursite.
TextbelowistakenfromtheofficialWordPresssite:WordPressstartedin2003withasinglebitofcodetoenhancethetypographyofeverydaywritingandwithfewerusersthanyoucancountonyourfingersandtoes.
Sincethenithasgrowntobethelargestself-hostedbloggingtoolintheworld,usedonhundredsofthousandsofsitesandseenbytensofmillionsofpeopleeveryday.
(TakenfromtheofficialWordPresswebsite,toseethecompleteintroduction,pleasevisithttp://wordpress.
org/about/)CreateaDatabaseforWordPressinphpMyAdminPriortoinstallingWordPress,weneedtocreateanewdatabaseforit.
WewillusephpMyAdmintocreatethedatabase.
Pointyourbrowsertohttp:///phpMyAdminandlogin.
ThedefaultphpMyAdminusernameisrootandthedefaultpasswordisadmin.
Youcanselectyourdefaultlanguageatthistimeaswell.
oIfyougetamessagethatSecureConnectionisnotenabledonthewebserver,youwillberedirectedtotheWebServerconfigurationpage.
oChecktheboxEnableSecureConnection(SSL).
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Page3of7phpMyAdminloginAfterloggingin,enterthedatabasenamewordpressinthefieldthatsaysCreatenewdatabase.
oThedefaultpasswordisadmin.
Chooseadefaultencodinglanguage.
UTF-8isrecommendedandprovidesthebestcompatibility.
ClickonCreate.
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Page4of7CreatenewdatabasecalledwordpressStartWordPressIfthisisyourfirsttimeinstallingWordPress,youwillseethemessagebelowafterclickingontheWebPagelinkfromthePKGpage.
ClickCreateaConfigurationFiletogotothenextstep.
CreateConfigurationFileWelcomeScreenCreateaPersonalBlogwithWordPress2010CiscoSystems,Inc.
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Page5of7EntertheinformationforyourMySQLdatabaseserverandclickSubmit.
oThedefaultmySQLusernameisroot.
oThedefaultmySQLpasswordisadmin,asusedtologin.
DatabaseConfigurationClickRuntheinstalltostarttheWordPressinstallation.
WordPressInstallation.
Nexttypeinyourblogtitleforyourfirstblogandyouremailaddress.
ThecheckboxunderneathistospecifywhetherornotyouwishyourblogtoappearinthesearchresultsofGoogleorTechnorati.
Nowitlookslikewe'vegotallthedetailsrequiredtostarttheinstallation.
ClickInstallWordPresstostarttheactualinstallation.
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Page6of7WordPressSetupWordPresswillcreateadefaultadministrationaccountandpasswordforyoutologinfortheveryfirsttime.
Donotforgettowriteitdown.
Next,wecanlogintoWordPressbyclickingLogIn.
WordPressCredentialsOnceyouareloggedin,youwillfirstbetakentotheadministrationbackendwheremostofthesettingsandtheconfigurationscanbechangedandmadethere.
Thefirstthingthatisstronglysuggestedtodoistochangethedefaultpasswordtosomethingeasierforyoutoremember.
WordPressisnowconfigured.
PublishedBlogisavailableathttp://:8081/wordpressYoucanaccesstheadministrationdashboardbyselectingeditonablogpostordirectlybyusingthehttps://192.
168.
1.
100:8081/wordpress/wp-admin/index.
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Page7of7WordPressApplicationDashboardForMoreInformationFormoreinformationaboutCiscoSmartStorageApplications,visittheCiscoSmallBusinessCommunityforumhttps://www.
myciscocommunity.
com/community/smallbizsupport/networkstorageOL-22106-01