After install the web server on your local machine, we will now install wordpress. If you have not yet installed the web server, click here to view the tutorial. To install Tainacan, you can see this tutorial.
To start, let's go to https://www.wordpress.org/download/ and download wordpress for windows.
In the figure above, click on Download WordPress 5.2.2 to download. At the end of the process, we will start the installation by unpacking the downloaded file.
Unpacking
Right-click on the compressed file and then click Extract All.... Wait for the unpacking to finish.
Open the unzipped folder, right-click on the wordpress folder, and then click Copy.
Now go to C:/xampp/htdocs, right-click inside the folder and then click Paste.
See in the image above the folder with the transfer process completed.
Now, for this project, we will change the name of the wordpress folder to project_test. Feel free to put the name you like most in this folder, preferably the name of the project you are creating.
OK. Wordpress has already been renamed and is in the right place. Now you have to configure it. To do this, we need to create a database that will be used by it. So open a new tab in your browser and type localhost/phpmyadmin.
This is the phpmyadmin screen. Here you can change the databases used in the projects contained in XAMPP. Be careful to not cause damage here. To create a new bank, click the New button in the list on the left.
On this screen, enter the database name in the Database name field. For this example, we will use the name bank_test, but you can put the name you like, preferably the name of the project you are creating. When you are finished typing, click the Create button.
This screen shows that the database has been created and is empty. Notice its name in the list on the left.
Now we will open a new tab, at the following address: localhost/project_test
As it is the first time we open the site, it will perform the latest settings.
Since we have created the database, we can click on Let's go! to continue the installation.
On this screen, you must enter the following information:
- The name of the bank you just created;
- The username used to access the bank. Xampp normally uses root as username.
- The password used to access the bank. Xampp usually leaves the password blank.
- Database Host and Table Prefix do not need to be changed.
In our case, the data is as shown in the image above. At the end, click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page.
This screen says that this part of the installation is complete. Click on the Run the installation button, as shown above.
If all goes well, this screen will appear. Here you will define data such as Site Title, Username and Password that will be used to access the Control Panel (admin), e-mail from the site administrator and visibility option on sites such as google. Enter all the fields as you think better, and then click on Install Wordpress at the bottom of the page.
OK, all ready. Wordpress is now installed. Click Log in to view the site.
The login screen of the Control Panel will appear, as in the image above. Enter the username you have chosen and the password to access.
This is the Wordpress Control Panel. Everything on the site can be changed in the options in this panel. To view the site, click on the chosen title at the top left, as marked in the image above.
The Wordpress home
That's it. In the next times, if you prefer to access the site directly, just visit the address localhost/project_test (or the name chosen). To access the Control Panel directly, simply visit the address localhost/project_test/wp-admin (or the chosen name instead of project_test)
Now we can begin to install the Tainacan.