WordPress
Version 1.0.1

Weblog / News Publishing Tool

Requirements - Installation - Template(s) - Query String Usage - XML-RPC (Blogging APIs) - Post Via Email - Notes

Requirements:

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This document is currently beta stage, we'll be updating it extensively as WordPress matures. There is also online documentation under development, as well as a wiki.

Installation:

New users: 5-minute install.

  1. Unzip the package in an empty directory.
  2. Upload everything. This release is designed to sit in your root folder; i.e, the folder where your WordPress-powered page will reside.
  3. (Optional) If you're going to use it, the weblogs.com cache file needs to be writable by the web server. CHMOD 666 the wp-content/link-update-cache.xml file.
  4. Point your browser to wp-admin/install-config.php. This will create a configuration file for your installation. You'll need to know your database name, username, password, and host name.

    Alternately, you may open wp-config-sample.php in a text editor and insert your database name, username, password, and host name as indicated in the comments. (Comments are lines that start with /* or //.) Save this file as wp-config.php, and upload it.

  5. Launch /wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the MySQL database for your blog. Note the password given to you. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums and make a post with all the information about the failure (error messages, etc), and your setup (the PHP and MySQL versions on your server, and the browser you were using).
  6. The install script should then send you to the login page. Sign in with the username "admin" and the password generated during the installation. Then click on the item 'My Profile', and change the password. The login page may also be accessed by going to wp-login.php.

Some notes:

Preface for all upgrades:

Upgrading from any previous WordPress to v1.0.1:

Note on upgrading to v1.0.1: