Nowadays, most internet visitors prefer not to visit a website with only static contents. So, a webmaster may need to update their website frequently by adding new webpages everytime.
WordPress is a popular blogging software, a solution for webmaster to create both website and blog together. With WordPress, user can use ‘pages’ for creating static contents (like the description, sitemap and navigation pages) and use ‘posts’ for posting dynamic contents (such as news, blog posts, etc). Besides, WordPress also allows user to create subpages, categories and tags. By having these, your visitors can easily move around your site to find for the things they are most interested in.

No idea on how to Install a WordPress Blog on your webhost?
Here is a step by step complete guide for you to follow.

The tools you will need before you install your own WordPress Blog:

• Your Own Web Host with Your Own Domain Name
• WordPress Installation files- Download at WordPress.org
• Text Editor- NotePad or other available text editor programs
• FTP Program- FileZilla

Step by step Guide to Install a WordPress Blog:

1. Download and unzip the WordPress Installation files onto your PC.
You can download the latest version of WordPress Installation file from here.

2. Login to your own web hosting’s cpanel.
There are some web hosting companies provide one button click function for you to install a WordPress blog, if there is not, continue on.

3. Create a Database on your server.
Look for the MySQL Databases icon in cpanel, click on it.
(From left to right, select the first one)
Enter the name for your “New Database” to create a database for your blog. You can use any name you like, but I recommend you to use a short name which is easy to remember such as “wpblog”. Once you have created a New Database, click on the “Go Back” link.
Now scroll down in your cpanel, you will see a Database created with your host’s username followed by an underscore and then the final database name you just created before.

4. Create a Database User on your server.
Scroll down again in your cpanel, you will see something like
MySQL Users >> Add New User
Enter the Username and Password that you want to create for your blog. Then, click on the button Create User. Click on the “Go Back” link.

5. Add the User to the Database.
Select the User that you want to add to your Database created and click on the Add button.

Click on the “Go Back” link. Now, you will see that the User has been added to the Database.
6. Rename “wp-config-sample.php” file to “wp-config.php”.
Among the unzipped files in step 1, right click on the file “wp-config-sample.php” and select rename to rename it. Picture below shows the original file on left side, the renamed file on right side.

7. Modify the details inside the “wp-config.php” file.
Open the “wp-config.php” file with NotePad and modify three details in the “wp-config.php” file which are (putyourdbnamehere, usernamehere, and yourpasswordhere).

// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere‘);

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere‘);

/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere‘);
Refer back to step 5.
For example:
Replace “putyourdbnamehere” with “yourblog_wpblog”.
Replace “usernamehere” with “yourblog_admin”.
Note: “yourpasswordhere” is the Password that you just created in your Database User before.
Click on the File menu on your NotePad and Save it as shown in the above picture.

8. Upload the WordPress files onto your server.
Open your FTP program to upload all the Unzipped WordPress files to your server in the public_html directory.

9. Run the WordPress installation script.
After finishing the upload, open your web browser to go to the following URL address:
www.yourblog.com/wp-admin/install.php
Replace “yourblog” with your own website name.
Enter your Blog Title, Your E-mail address, also tick on the radio button to allow your blog to appear in search engines like Google and Technorati. Click on the Install WordPress button.

Now, you will see a default blog Username and a randomly generated Password for your blog. Make sure you remember or print out this page.
Select to copy the whole password.
Click on the Log In button. Enter the Username and the copied Password given in the previous page to Log In to your WordPress blog.

You will then see the information to change password during your first time login.
This is where you can add your new post in the WordPress panel.
Congratulation, you have now installed your very own WordPress blog! When you click on the visit site button, you will come to a blog page with default WordPress theme and a default “Hello world!” post.

10. Where is your WordPress Log In page?
The next time when you want to Log In to your WordPress admin area, you can use the following URL address:
www.yourblog.com/wp-admin/
Replace “yourblog” with your own website name.