This guide will teach u how to host a WordPress blog (for those who want to be able to fully customise their wordpress themes but do not have a host to host it OR dont know how to...)
Firstly you'll be needing a host to host the blog! here are some information from the recommended hosting site
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We are providing the most reliable and feature-rich free web hosting service without
advertising. 350MB of free disk space and 100GB data transfer with PHP and MySQL
enabled - that is why we are famous. Register for account!
Free Web Hosting
Disk Space 250 MB (increased to 350 mb now! main page not updated i guess)
Bandwidth 100,000 MB = 100 GB!
Domains Allowed Unlimited
Control Panel cPanel, view demo
Ads on your pages? No Ads or Banners!
Your own ads allowed? Yes
We are providing the most reliable and feature-rich free web hosting service without
advertising. 350MB of free disk space and 100GB data transfer with PHP and MySQL
enabled - that is why we are famous. Register for account!
Free Web Hosting
Disk Space 250 MB (increased to 350 mb now! main page not updated i guess)
Bandwidth 100,000 MB = 100 GB!
Domains Allowed Unlimited
Control Panel cPanel, view demo
Ads on your pages? No Ads or Banners!
Your own ads allowed? Yes
Before we continue sign up for an account HERE , click on signup and follow the instructions, after you have done it.. then return to this guide..
now for the wordpress stuffs
1) Download wordpress from HERE
2) Unzip the downloaded file (obviously >.>)
4) Scroll down and click on MySQL .. (highlighted on screenshot)
5) Fill up the create new database box... like this (Use your own desired username and database name ! ( and password of course) don't copy mine!.. u can if you want though =p ) also take note of the red underlined address
You should see this after creating the database.. don't throw this information away.. we'll be using it later
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MySQL database has been created. Use these details for your PHP scripts:$mysql_host = "mysql2.000webhost.com";
$mysql_database = "a4679836_mywpdb";
$mysql_user = "a4679836_wpadmin";
$mysql_password = "ilovekittens1";
It can take about 1 minute until your database and phpMyAdmin will start working.
6) Go back to your unzipped wordpress folder on the main folder, u should find this file called wp-config-sample.php with or without the .php extention (if u hide it), rename the file to wp-config.php or wp-config accordingly.
7) Open the file on notepad (right click the file, open with..., select notepad ) if you done it correctly, the first few lines will be look like this.. looking similar? hah its wad we're supposed to do with the information provided up there
so we change from this...
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<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'putyourdbnamehere'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'usernamehere'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpasswordhere'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'putyourdbnamehere'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'usernamehere'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpasswordhere'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
to this! ( Note: it says 99% wont be needed to change that 'localhost' value.. but we fall into that 1%
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<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'a4679836_mywpdb'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'a4679836_wpadmin'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'ilovekittens1'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'mysql2.000webhost.com'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'a4679836_mywpdb'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'a4679836_wpadmin'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'ilovekittens1'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'mysql2.000webhost.com'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
Save the file, make sure you don't do anything to the bottom part & make sure you don't save to the wrong file
8) Zip wordpress folder up with the modification done ( so its like everything is the same except for the wpconfig thing )
Now, we have to upload the zipped modified file into our webhost!
For those who need it...
Select File Manager...
Go inside public_html
Once inside, click on upload... you'll see a page with many details
Look for this and select the path to your modified, zipped, wordpress file
like this
then click on the green tick when you're done and wait for the upload to complete...
Note: You will see a lot of warnings just ignore them!
now you go to your main directory... ( do so by clicking on the blue reverse button after upload )
and tada! you have all your files uploaded ( and unzipped! )
Hang on there.. almost done.. find the file index.php and click Open on the right hand side .. wad do u see? =D
Hah if u done it correctly, you should be able to get the same thing! The rest is on your own now... Good Luck
© Guide by Rejinderi.NET
Comments and feedback is welcomed.. hopefully i dont get flamed
one note, dont trust the affiliate program on the webhost.. they dont pay out
for more info search for "000webhost affiliate" on google...
)... But as of now.