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Many persons wanted to know how I got my wordpress blog up and running. Actually this is much simpler than you actually think. This can be used for a news section of your website, or a blog section of your main website. In some cases, it can be the main page of your website.

Here are the steps.

1. First create a mysql database and keep the database name, database username and password handy.

2. Download the latest version of wordpress from http://wordpress.com – At the time of writing, the latest wordpress version was 2.7.1. Unzip it to the “news” subfolder of your website.

3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php and fill in the database details.

4. Open the browser and run the installation script wp-admin/install.php

5. The basic wordpress should be up and running. You can login into it and create new blog or news. However, it looks too common. You may like to change the wordpress theme. Look for some good wordpress themes and install the themes. Place the unzipped theme file is /wp-content/themes. This particular theme is inove theme. Now login to wordpress admin panel and activate the new theme.

6. Activate akismet ( search google for – Akismet WordPress) more information about it. This is required for stopping spam comment.

7. YOu may like to disable the pingback. Search google for “pingback disable wordpress”.

The basic worpress based page should be up and running. You may like to improve the looks, graphics etc.

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