Nowadays, blogs have become quite commonplace. There are millions of blogs on the web, from housewives' blogs to corporate blogs of large companies. Like the forum, the blog is often adjacent to the main information site, contributing to its growth in popularity. Therefore, even novice webmasters, creating a new project, immediately think about how to make a blog on their site. Modern blogging platforms allow you to start a blog in a few minutes.
It is necessary
Hosting with PHP and MySQL support. A delegated domain "linked" to a hosting account. The ability to create a subdomain. Access to the server via FTP. FTP client or file manager with FTP support. A program for unpacking ZIP archives, or a file manager with the ability to unpack ZIP archives. Any modern web browser
Instructions
Step 1
Download the Wordpress distribution. Open the address in the browser https://ru.wordpress.org. Click on the link with the text "Download Wordpress…". If necessary, specify the location to save the file. Wait for the download process to finish
Step 2
Unpack the downloaded Wordpress distribution archive. Use the unpacking program or the corresponding function of the file manager.
Step 3
Check out the contents of the readme.html file in the distribution directory. It contains basic information regarding the installation process for the Wordpress platform.
Step 4
Create a subdomain for your blog on the site's domain. Go to your hosting control panel. Open the domain management section where you want to create a subdomain. Go to the subdomain management section. Add a new subdomain.
Step 5
Upload the Wordpress distribution to the server. Connect via FTP to the server that will host the blog. Change to the directory corresponding to the subdomain you just created. Download the entire contents of the directory with the unpacked Wordpress distribution kit to the selected directory on the server.
Step 6
Create a MySQL database for your blog. Go to the MySQL database management section of the hosting control panel. Select the option to create a new database. Set the database name, username and password to access it. Write down or remember this information.
Step 7
Create and edit the wp-config.php file. In the directory with the unpacked Wordpress distribution, rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php. Open the wp-config.php file in a text editor. For example, in the Notepad editor windows. Enter the database name, database username, database user password as parameters of the define directives, as specified in the wp-config.php file. Save the file. Upload the file to the server using FTP.
Step 8
Install a blog. Open an address like https://./wp-admin/install.php in your browser. Enter in the fields on the page the title of the blog, the name of the user who will be the administrator, the password for the administrator, and the administrative e-mail. Click the "Install WordPress" button.
Step 9
Go to the control panel of the created blog. On the current page, click the "Login" button. On the next page, enter the admin username and password. The blog dashboard page will load.
