Step Five: Run the Wordpress Installation Script
Enter the path to the installation script into your browser’s url address field
Once the files are uploaded to your host’s server, it’s time to run the WordPress installation script. By running this, WordPress will create all the tables it needs into your database. Remember those database settings we inserted earlier?
To accomplish this, you need to enter the path to the install file into your browser’s address bar. This address will vary, depending on whether you moved these files to the root directory or into a subdirectory like I did.
If you moved the files to your root directory, you would enter the url like this: http://yourdomainname.com/wp-admin/install.php
If you put your files into a subdirectory, you would enter something similar to this: http://yourdomainname.com/yoursubdirectory/wp-admin/install.php
Enter your initial blog settings
You will then be presented with the first installation screen. It’s pretty self-explanatory, just enter your Blog title and the email address you’d like associated with your blog. You also have the option to “Allow my blog to appear in search engines…”. You want to make sure that’s checked, unless of course you don’t want anyone to find you blog;)
Congratulations, you’ve just installed WordPress!
Congrats! One thing to remember when seeing this page is to write down the password that WordPress creates for you. Don’t worry, you can easily change this password later to something easier for you to remember, but for now, make sure you record it. Now click the “wp-login.php” link.
Log in to your WordPress blog administration area
Now you can log in and start setting up your blog!
