Install WAMP 5 and WordPress on XP
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Step 1: Get Wamp 5 Server from http://www.wampserver.com/en/ and then get the latest WordPress (you’ll need the ZIP) from http://wordpress.org/download/.
Step 2: Double click the WAMP 5 file and step through the easy and quick install procedure. NOTE: the box to automatically start when Windows loads each time is a good one to select.
Step 3: Now you should have a white fan icon in your bottom right menu bar near the time. Click it and open (if no fan icon then go to programs/Wampserver/start WampServer and the icon will appear. Hover over the icon and select PHPMyAdmin from the list and when it opens type wordpress into the create new database field and click create. THIS creates your wordpress database which will hold your content.
Step 4: Go to your Zip file for WordPress. Inside you will find a folder called wordpress, copy or unzip this directly into your WAMP 5 folder named www meaning go to your C drive in Windows Explorer, open Wamp/www and put the wordpress file in there).
Step 5: Now go to your Wamp icon again and this time select localhost off the top of that list. It is your local WAMP server address and you should see your available website files, in this case wordpress.
Step 6: Open the wordpress folder and it will tell you no wp-config.php file was found. Don’t panic this is entirely the process.
Step 7: With your HTML editor (DreamWeaver perhaps) go to the WAMP/www folder and open the wordpress folder. You will see a file named wp-config-sample.php. This needs to be changed.
