You can make it count in the 10 ~ 20 minutes just to be able to install WordPress on Windows XP using MySql. So what steps? Previous need to know what is installed with XAMPP, features what it founds:
Apache HTTPD 2.2.8 + Openssl 0.9.8g
MySQL 5.0.51a
PHP 5.2.5
PHP 4.4.8
phpMyAdmin 2.11.4
FileZilla FTP Server 0.9.25
Mercury Mail Transport System 4.52
And how do I install WordPress in Windows XP ? The following steps is here:
1. Please download softwarenya directly here:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
2. After that, you install on the C drive on your hard drive.
Then find the folder in C:\xampp and double-click setup_xampp.bat
3. After the installation is finished, you can use this software, find the program file named xampp-control.exe in the program directory folder. Then click the Start button on the MySQL and Apache Module Module in XAMPP for Windows.
4. Then, open your browser (FireFox or Internet Exporer). Type in the address bar “http://localhost/” (without quotation marks). Then select the language interface (English).
5. Select phpMyAdmin in the left column sidebar.
Enter the “wordpress” (without quotation marks) as a database name on the “Create new database” field. Then select utf8_unicode_ci beside them as a character who want to be in the database (as shown in the picture below). Click the “Create”. The process of the database and the installation of XAMPP is now complete.
6. Next, download the latest version of WordPress now here:
http://wordpress.org/latest.zip
and extracts in the folder C:\htdocs\
7. Now you must change the contents of the file wp-config-sample.php, open with your favorite text editor (Notepad or DreamWeaver). And change its value as each of the following, and then save the file with the name wp-config.php (without sample).
// ** MySQL Settings ** //
define(’DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); // The name of the database
define(’DB_USER’, ‘root’); // Your MySQL username
define(’DB_PASSWORD’, ”); // …and password (needs to be empty, just for local install)
define(’DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
8. In your browser, typing this address:
http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/wp-install.php
or simply type,
http://localhost/wordpress/
WordPress follow the installation instructions, and finally you have the Wordpress on your PC.
Very easy is not it? Please try your own, and feel their own benefits and don’t forget to always visit here