How to Install Wordpress Onto a Windows Computer
Go to Microsoft, http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx to download their Web Platform Installer 2.0.; , Click on the 'Download It Now' button on the right., Make your selections for what you want to install., Wait for it to install...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Go to Microsoft
This will download the WPI Launcher. , It is probably better to start out one at a time. , Depending on what you chose, this can take quite some time. , Read them carefully, to know what you are doing.
After you have done all of this, the next part of the installation will start. , At this point of the installation process, you can exit if you want. ,, Afterward, whenever you go to that 'URL'
you will see the default screen. , -
Step 2: http://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx to download their Web Platform Installer 2.0.;
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Step 3: Click on the 'Download It Now' button on the right.
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Step 4: Make your selections for what you want to install.
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Step 5: Wait for it to install.
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Step 6: Once it has done some of the installation
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Step 7: you will start to get a series of screens.
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Step 8: Type in your browser Navigation/URL bar
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Step 9: the following: http://localhost/wordpress
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Step 10: Create an admin account and a password.
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Step 11: Finished.
Detailed Guide
This will download the WPI Launcher. , It is probably better to start out one at a time. , Depending on what you chose, this can take quite some time. , Read them carefully, to know what you are doing.
After you have done all of this, the next part of the installation will start. , At this point of the installation process, you can exit if you want. ,, Afterward, whenever you go to that 'URL'
you will see the default screen. ,
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