WordPress® Blog On Windows

The following is a quick guide on how to setup a WordPress^® Blog on a Windows 2003 server.

1. Install a MySQL Database.
Login to the MySQL Administrator, click on Catalogs, right mouse click and select New Schema. Then simply name the schema something like wordpress^®_blogname.

Next you need to add a new administrative user to the database. Click on User Administration. Select New User and give the user a name and password. Click on the Schema Privileges tab and find the new database schema and add the privileges you want to assign.
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Download WordPress^® from www.wordpress^®.org. Unzip all the files in the wordpress^® folder to an appropriate directory. If you want it to be its own site, then set it up as such. If you want it to be a directory under a site, then add it as a folder under the site you are installing it under.

3. Edit your Config File
Edit your wp-config-sample.php file to have the correct database name, username, and password.

4. Open up WordPress^®
Open up wordpress^® at either the full domain like http://www.blog.com or your subdomain http://blog.website.com, or your subfolder http://www.website.com/blog. Put in your blog name, email address and then remember the password they give you.

5. Install your Plugins
Adhesive
Optimal Title
WP-Print
Search Pages
Subscribe 2 (modified)
Subscribe Me
wpPHPmailer
Wordpress^® Database Backup

6. Set Your Options
wpPHPmailer will need to be modified so you can receive email. Most of the other plugins just need to be integrated into the design. I also recommend removing and adding some automatic ping requests. Finally change your password and start posting.