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WORDPRESS
• WordPress is a piece of software used inside
blogs. It is open source, licensed under the Gnu,
and written in PHP.
• WordPress allows users to create and edit
websites from a central control panel, which
includes a text editor for modifying content and
menus to change various design elements.
• WORDPRESS is designed to create template
based web-site.

WORDPRESS
• CONTENT & CONVERSATION
• DIRECTORY & FILE STRUCTURE
• LOCAL WORKING

What is Gnu license?
• The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or
GPL) is the most widely used free software
license, which guarantees end users
(individuals, organizations, companies) the
freedoms to use, study, share (copy), and
modify the software.

WORDPRESS CONTENT
• Content consists of text, images, or other
information shared in posts.
• This is separate from the structural design of a
web site, which provides a framework into which
the content is inserted, and the presentation of a
site, which involves graphic design.
• A Content Management System changes and
updates content, rather than the structural or
graphic design of a web site.

Content Management System (CMS)
• A Content Management System(CMS), is
software for facilitating the maintenance of
content, but not design, on a web site.
• A blogging tool is an example of a Content
Management System.

CONVERSATION
• Keep on updating your website
• Advertise your web-site for publicity.
• Take steps to ensure your site shows up in search
engine (like google,yahoo,msn..etc).
• Take active participation.

WORDPRESS DIRECTORY
&
FILE STRUCTURE
• There are three main directories of
wordpress:-
1. wp-admin
2. wp-content
3. wp-includes

wp-admin
&
wp-includes
• wp-admin is the wordpress administration
area.
• All files should be writable only by your user
account.
• It contain core files
• wp-includes is also contain core file & the bulk
of wordpress application logic.
eg: localhost/wordpress/wp-admin

wp-content
• It contain custom files.
• It contain themes ,plugins ,media ….etc.
• This directory contains the code that controls
content manipulation & presentation in
wordpress .
• eg:-
/wp-content/themes/
/wp-content/plugins/

wp-config.php File
• This file contain all database connection
settings such as database name,user name,
password, ..etc.
eg:- define(‘OPTION_NAME’,VALUE)
• OPTION NAME can be DB_NAME ,DB_USER ,
DB_PASSWORD,DB_HOST.

Setting up of config file
STEP 1 download wordpress from wordpress.org .
STEP 2 renaming the wp-config-sample.php to wp-cinfig.php .
STEP 3now start editing your config.php .

.htaccess File
• This file is a configuration file read by the
server.
• It is most commonly used for rewriting URLs,
making them cleaner, and more readable by
human and search engine.
• Wordpress automatically rewrite your
.htaccess file to handle the URL structure you
select.

LOCAL WORKING OF WORDPRESS
• First of all we have to download wordpress.
• Now wordpress needs a web-server to work
on like(LAMP/XAMPP/WAMPP).
• Let consider WAMPP server.
• Now install the WAMPP server on your
windows os.
• Now activate your server every time you use
wordpress.

• Now extract your downloaded wordpress.zip
file to the c:/wamp/www . With your choice
name say wordpress1.

• Now open your browser and in address bar type
localhost/phpmyadmin.
• Now click on database . And create new database there for
your wordpress.

• Now type only localhost on your browser. Here you get your
wordpress admin page configure that page (wp-config.php)

Just click on “Let’s go” tab.

• Now u get a window where you can customize
the settings of wp-admin file .

• Now fill all the details and click on the tab
“Install WordPress”

• Finally,you get the successs window. With
username and password (Login page).

After providing username and password you will
be redirecteed to home page of your
wordpress….ENJOY!!

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