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Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Install WordPress Locally

Install WordPress Locally


You can install WordPress locally on your computer if you're traveling or planning to be offline and you still want to work with WordPress. Installing WordPress locally involves about 6 steps: 1. Download wampserver. 2. Create a database in phpmyadmin. 3. Add a user with privileges to the database. 4. Download WordPress and extract to a folder in the www directory. 5. Customize the wp-config-sample.php file. 6. Run the WordPress install script.

WordPress Tip: Adding Custom Fields in Posts

WordPress Tip: Adding Custom Fields in Posts


You can add custom fields below posts, and then pull out the values of those custom fields and insert them into a template. This reduces the sophistication behind styling data for clients, and automates the display in a template. This technique relies on the Custom Fields Template plugin. For more WordPress tips, see my site, idratherbewriting.com