1) Download Xamp , wordress
Probably that is the most simplest part of this post, i hope you are already done with it and have those files handy with you.
2) Install Xamp and Start the server
After you have downloaded the Xamp executable, please double click to install it and it will ask you the directory in which it has to install. Please specify the one which is convenient to you, like if you do not want to lose the data then choose the one which does not have your operating system, usually the Drive D.
3) Extract the downloaded wordpress file.
When you downloaded wordpress you must have got a zip or compresses file. Please extract that file and you will get a folder names wordpress which will contain all the magical scripts of wordpress and enough stuff to start your own blogging career
Copy this folder and paste it into the xamp_install_directoryhtdocs . You probably want to change wordpress to something more friendly like mysite, such that the folder hierarchy now will be xamp_install_directoryhtdocsmysite.




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I found the below tutorial more detailed. I use Xampp lite but it doesnt support the “friendly url” permalinks of wordpress. Maybe it s a XAMPP lite thing. Does it work on normal Xampp?
http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/06/installing-wordpress-locally-under.html
yeah the permalinks should work on both.Since XAMPP light also has Apache & Php both.
Thanks for sharing link, might help others around.
cheers!!
Sachin Khosla
hi sachin sir .
i m not going to comment on your post
i need your help even the way of mine contacting you is dumb but i hve no idea to contact you
we have prepared a web site using wordpress and we want it should be seen in cell phones too. pls tell me how can we do this???
pls help…
hi chandeep,
you can contact me on the email address specified at
http://www.digimantra.com/contact
Thanks for airing this again.
May I just pick one hole though?
With security being what it is today, the Administrator Username should never be left as `root’ or the Password open, since the hackers will try to use set-up defaults first, and in this case will find an open invitation to wreak havoc.
Pick a `strong’ Administrator User Name and Password, something that can’t be guessed; that is each being made up of obscure characters, punctuation marks, anything you like, and at least 10 to 15 characters long each.
User profiles can be set up in WordPress later on, but these can be less complex because user settings can exclude access to settings that have a bearing on site function or access to users’ personal details.
PS: My previous post assumes, as is usual, that even a local WP installation stands a good chance of being hosted on a machine that also has access to the outside world.