Installing WordPress on Your Web Server

Installing the WordPress Files

 

Before you’re ready to install WordPress, the following needs to be done:

 

✦ Purchase the domain name registration for your account (Chapter 1
of this minibook).

✦ Obtain a hosting service on a Web server for your blog (Chapter 1
of this minibook).

✦ Establish your hosting account username, password, and File Transfer
Protocol (FTP) address (Chapters 1 and 2 of this minibook).

✦ Acquire an FTP client for transferring files to your hosting account
(Chapter 2 of this minibook).

If you omitted any of the preceding items, flip to the chapter listed to complete the step.