A presentation depicting how to download and install wordpress on your pc

1. WORDPRESS
BY
RAO UBAIDURRAUF KHAN

2. WHAT IS WORDPRESS?
An open-source website development platform
that provides an easy way to build your own
website without having great know-how about
programming.
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3. WEBSITES YOU CAN
BUILD ON WORDPRESS
 Personal Websites
 Business websites
 eCommerce stores
 Blogs
 Portfolios
 Resumes
 Forums
 Social networks
 Membership sites
 Projects
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4. WHAT DOES
WORDPRESS OFFER?
− Free website building and hosting
services
− Plug-ins, templates and themes that
make building your website super easy
− Web content management system that
helps in maintaining and updating your
website

5. TWO TYPES
WordPress.com -> For-profit version
of the website that provides ready-
to-use features for users who can
create their webpages using them
- Easier to use
- Require no installation
- Ready-to-use features
- Similar to websites like
‘Squarespace’

6. TWO TYPES
WordPress.org -> Free, open-source
version of the WordPress where you
can self-host.
- Requires basic understanding of
php
- Complex to use
- Requires XAMPP etc
- More similar to Laravel

7. HOW TO USE EACH
WORDPRESS:
WordPress.org
• Download the package from the website.
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8. Open and run your XAMPP, and run Apache and MySQL
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9. Open my http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ and create a
database for Wordpress
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10. Make a new folder in XAMPP/htdocs for wordpress files
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11. Extract the wordpres files and then copy/paste into this
new folder that you made
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12. Open localhost/foldername in your browser while running
xampp and you can run your wordpress website from
there.
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Enter the database name you created for
your wordpress, add username (root) and
continue

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Enter the database name you created for
your wordpress, add username (root) and
continue

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Choose your website title, username, enter your
email and begin the installation.

16. YOUR WORDPRESS WEBSITE IS
READY
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17. HOW TO USE EACH
WORDPRESS:
WordPress.com
• Open site and sign up
• Name your website
• Choose a theme from the templates
• Get to curating your newly made website.
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19. FINAL TIPS & TAKEAWAYS
• Learning to use and navigate wordpress is essential for
anyone learning web development or interested in going in
this field
• Wordpress is makes web development and more
manageable for users that don’t have a strong background
in computer science and they shouldn’t be afraid of trying it.
• You can make anything on wordpress so give it a try and
get familiar with its features
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21. THINGS YOU CAN DO
• Look up both Wordpress.com and
Wordpress.org.
• Choose anyone of these and try
installing and building your website on
it
• Edit and modify the website to your
needs.