How to Install WordPress on your own Computer In 5 Minutes
You don’t have to be a geek to install WordPress on your own computer because the process is as simple as installing any other native Windows Application (e.g. Microsoft Office). Before we get into the actual installation process, let’s look at some reasons why you may want to install a copy of WordPress on your local computer: #1. You have to buy a web domain and space on a web server to host...
January 16th, 2010 by admin
How to easily install WordPress in a virtual environment
This post could also be called ‘an introduction to JumpBox’, as that’s essentially what it is. JumpBox allows you to install several open source applications, such as WordPress, in a virtual environment (like Parallels, VMWare and Xen). They provide the complete package – WordPress itself, all of its required components (database, runtime dependencies etc) and the virtual machine configuration...
January 16th, 2010 by admin
Install WordPress Locally with Microsoft Web Platform Installer
Having WordPress installed on your local machine (Windows) has many advantages as you can test your theme locally before uploading or if you want to release a plugin, you can install onlocal machine and test it. The traditional method of installing WordPress is by downloading XAMPP for Windows and then configuring MySQL. With Microsoft Web Platform Installer, you can install WordPress quickly and...
January 16th, 2010 by admin
