1. Download XAMPP you can download XAMMP or light version doesn’t matter.
2. Install in your C drive You can skip the next few steps if you want if you’re not installing WPMU
a. C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\host change localhost to localhost.enter_a_name
b. Go To apache\conf\httpd.conf
c. Change
#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
to
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Continue with WP/WPMU install.
3. Download wordpress or wordpress-mu extract the files into your c:\xampp\htdocs dir.
4. Now run C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe and click on start button for apache and mysql.
5. Open your web browers and enter in the url: http://localhost/ or http://localhost.enter_a_name if did steps a, b, and c.
6. Select a language and click on phpMyAdmin.
7. In the Create new database fields enter wordpress and select utf8_unicode_ci and hit the create button.
8. Change url to http://localhost /your_word_press_folder/ or http://localhost.enter_a_name/your_word_press_folder/ in the Database section enter the following
Database Name:wordpress
User Name: root
Password: erase whatever is there and leave blank
Database Host: Leave it as “local host”
9. Fill in your Site Details and press Submit and your done!
June 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I don’t have an etc folder in my system32/drivers folder, so I don’t know what to do and when I got to http://localhost.com, all I get is “It works!” What should I do? @_@
June 17th, 2008 at 4:49 am
try searching for the file “hosts” in your windows directory? or try
Windows 95/98/Me c:\windows\hosts
Windows NT/2000/XP Pro c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Windows XP Home c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
December 17th, 2008 at 7:54 am
how do you change the 8. Change url to http://localhost /your_word_press_folder/ or http://localhost.enter_a_name/your_word_press_folder/ in the Database section enter the following
I’m lost on this bit sorry
December 17th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Once you’ve created your database in step 7.
In your web browser enter:
http://localhost/your_word_press_folder/wp-admin/install.php
example: “http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php”
this will bring up the wordpress install screen.
Enter the proper information, and follow the directions wordpress provides and your installation should be complete.
June 5th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
sir I am using linux systam how can I install wordpressmu in my pc?
July 14th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Thanks for the great instructions. I followed your instructions exactly and it worked. Only thing was I could not find the file — apache\conf\httpd.conf — so i did a search of my computer files and I found it. Again, thanks for your help. ~ Vinnie