First Time Using WordPress

Recently, I was told by my brother to try using WordPress, a blogger tool that is easy to use. In order to install on my machine, here is the step I've done. It's quite easy though :D

1. Download the AppServ package from http://www.appservnetwork.com/(I chose AppServ 2.4.8) which contains:
* MySQL Root Password Reset
* Apache 2.0.59
* PHP 4.4.5
* MySQL 5.0.27
* phpMyAdmin-2.9.2

2. Install the package, during installation, you'll be asked for the root password. Enter your password or leave it blank.

3. You need to install the Apache service and start it (it's a Web server actually). You'll find in the Start -> Programs menu item for that. A console will display the service is starting.

4. If you have IIS (Internet Information Service) running, you need to stop it, as they are sharing the same default http port, which is 80. Or you can change the IIS Default WebSite port to other than 80.

5. Open a browser, browse to http://localhost. Bingo, you should have your welcome screen of AppServ.

6. Next, go to the PHP Admin link. Enter the logon ID and Password.

7. Create a new database, say wordpress.

8. Go to WordPress website to download the latest WordPress code.

9. Extract the file to C:\AppServ\www\ folder (the default installation folder, unless you changed it to other).

10. Open a browser, browse to http://localhost/wordpress.

11. Follow the instruction from page to page wizard, don't forget your logon ID and password, as it's required here. The installation is very simple actually.

12. Start exploring and having fun after completing the installation :)

The steps above is not a walkthrough with lots of detail. Just to keep it simple to follow.