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My friend requested me to blog about how to create a new blog using Wordpress platform. I assumed you already configure your domain name and web hosting. First, you have to download two things, there are Filezilla and Wordpress.

What is Filezilla? FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface.

What is Wordpress? Wordpress is a semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.

After finished download of Filezilla and Wordpress, install Filezilla and unzip Wordpress. After installed filezilla, look at the top area of filezilla (below the menu bar), can you see Host, User Name, Password and Port? Yes, that’s right. Type the following:-

1. Host: www.abc.com (your domain name)
2. User: eric (your domain name’s login name)
3. Password: 1234 (your domain name’s password)
4. Port: Leave it blank

And then click QuickConnect button to connect to your host server. After connected, can you see public_html folder? Yes, double click to enter to this folder. Now it is time to upload your wordpress under this folder, but you have to configure the database name, user name and password before uploading. So, how to configure? See below:-

1. Open the Wordpress folder (just now you have unzip wordpress, right? That’s the folder which you need to open it)
2. Can you see wp-config-sample.php? Yes, rename to wp-config.php (eliminate the –sample this word)
3. Right click wp-config.php, open with notepad.
4. Configure your database name, MYSQL user name and password that I highlighted in red color. (note: you have to create your database name and MYSQL user name first before you can change the following details, this can be done under cpanel, for example: http://www.abc.com/cpanel)

define(’DB_NAME’, ‘abc_wordpress‘); // The name of the database
define(’DB_USER’, ‘abc_eric‘); // Your MySQL username
define(’DB_PASSWORD’, ‘1234‘); // …and password
define(’DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
define(’DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);
define(’DB_COLLATE’, ”);

After done the configuration, then you can start upload Wordpress to your hosting. If you finished upload Wordpress to your hosting, locate wp-content/themes (this is a place where you can install your Wordpress theme(s)). How about plugin installation? Same thing, locate wp-content/plugins where you can install your Wordpress plugin(s) here.

That’s all, you can start accessing your blog now, congratulation. Please let me know if you have any question, you can leave comment here. Thank you.