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Installing WordPress
By Gil | December 31, 2007
Since this blog is on WordPress and this is my first experience with it, I thought it would be only logical to talk about installing WordPress as my first post. I have to say I am very impressed with it! Installation is super easy and adding a theme is a snap.
The plan for my theme was to keep the default until I had some time to design my own, but the default was just a little too plain for me - so I did a little searching for some free themes, and found this one at wpthemesfree.com. There are literally thousands available out there. The only drawback to using a free theme is that other blogs will also be using the same exact theme. I still plan to design my own unique theme when some time avails itself, but until then, I’m pretty happy with this one.
To install WordPress, just follow the documentation when you download it. It really only takes about 5 minutes. Or my recommendation, if you don’t already have a hosting company, look for one that has Fantastico. You literally just click install and fill out a short form and your done! If you are in need of hosting, check out HostingZoom.com , I’ve been using them for about 2 years.
To install a new theme, just do a search for WordPress themes and download the one that you like. Usually it will be zipped when you download, so just extract the files and install the whole folder in the ../wp-content/themes/ folder on your web server. That’s it! You can then change the theme from your WordPress admin panel.
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