Comments on: How to Install and Try WordPress on your Home Computer

By: Minty

Minty — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:23:17 +0000

Thanks for this post! I will be trying this out sometime this week.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:43:46 +0000

I’m missing the privileges and binary log in myphpadmin.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:36:58 +0000

It says phpmyadmin on the side and it’s what opens when i select it in the menu from the taskbar

By: Sara Rosso

Sara Rosso — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:34:38 +0000

@Kayla – so the presentation I embedded isn’t mine, but I do see a Privileges tab in phpMyAdmin – are you sure you’re looking at the phpMyAdmin?

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:20:24 +0000

Hi I need some help with this! I get to page 13 on your tutorial but there is no privileges tab there I need to set this up asap and i am having the hardest time with it even though it’s supposed to be simple and easy! Please give me some direction because this has been driving me crazy. I have done everything up until that step with no problems and it all has worked. Have I missed something that wasn’t in the tutorial?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:34:40 +0000

Great stuff, for those who have a .Org website and know enough about programming and computer languages to install it. WordPress is great about their auto installs which is probably where this needs to end up for any significant adoption.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:15:40 +0000

Hey, good on you !
That is EXACTLY what I needed !
I nearly dropped (“postponed”) the idea of checking out WP because getting a host is such a daunting choice for a newbie…
YOU ROCK !

By: Computer Repair

Computer Repair — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:00:28 +0000

This is a really great guide for people to get to know wordpress. I have a similar setup, but I use VMWare to run an ubuntu server that I test with. With a real linux install, you can actually secure it and even host websites on your home internet connection.
One point I would bring up is if you want to test with a domain name, you can add a domain and your local ip to c:windowssystem32driversetchosts and it will be as if you are interacting with your real domain but on your own computer. This comes in really handy for me with testing a site and then being able to transfer it to a real host without any changes.

By: Sara Rosso

Sara Rosso — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:54:46 +0000

@computer – thanks, fixed!
@Paul – that’s a browser problem, not a WordPress problem

By: kpb

kpb — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:54 +0000

Excellent article !
This is the same way I tested out WordPress before going live.
I still use it for testing plugins.