Create a database by clicking on New Database:
Download the WordPress program
Set up the configuration file.
Upload the files to Your Website.
Run the WordPress Install Program..
After The Install

First of all, there is a blogging program (a stripped-down version of WordPress) that is available in the tools section of the 1and1 admin page. If you want to go this route you don’t need to do the steps. But installing your own version of WordPress gives you much more capability.

This is an adaptation of the famous 5 minute install found on the WordPress.org site.

Open up the 1&1 Control Panel by going to https://admin.1and1.com.

Under the Administration tab, scroll down if you have to and click on MySQL Administration.

Create a Database by Clicking on New Database:

You will be prompted to give a descriptive name.  I recommend one with the name of the web site in it.  Be sure and store the password you create along with the user name and database name.

Download the WordPress Program

Next, download the WordPress program from wordpress.org.    Extract the files.  Windows Vista can do this itself by right clicking and choosing “Extract All”.  Otherwise you will need an extraction program like WinRar or WinZip.

Set up the Configuration File

Next you need to set up a configuration file to make WordPress work on your website.

There is a file called “wp-config-sample” in the root file directory of the extracted WordPress files.

Open it in Notepad.  You’ll see the following PHP code.  Read over it and you’ll see that you have to enter a number of values including :

• DB_NAME
  • The name of the database you created for WordPress in Step 2 .
• DB_USER
  • The username you created for WordPress in Step 2.
• DB_PASSWORD
  • The password you chose for the WordPress username in Step 2.
• DB_HOST
  • This is listed in the MYSQL Admin screen after you have set up your database
• Authentication Unique Keys and Salts
  • The place to generate this is https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/

Here is the text of the config file you will be changing:

*******************************************************************

<?php

/**

* The base configurations of the WordPress.

*

* This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,

* Secret Keys, WordPress Language, and ABSPATH. You can find more information

* by visiting {@link http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php Editing

* wp-config.php} Codex page. You can get the MySQL settings from your web host.

*

* This file is used by the wp-config.php creation script during the

* installation. You don’t have to use the web site, you can just copy this file

* to “wp-config.php” and fill in the values.

*

* @package WordPress

*/

// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //

/** The name of the database for WordPress */

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘database_name_here’);

/** MySQL database username */

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘username_here’);

/** MySQL database password */

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password_here’);

/** MySQL hostname */

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */

define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */

define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

/**#@+

* Authentication Unique Keys and Salts.

*

* Change these to different unique phrases!

* You can generate these by going to https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/

* You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again.

*

* @since 2.6.0

*/

define(‘AUTH_KEY’,         ‘put your unique phrase here’);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’,  ‘put your unique phrase here’);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’,    ‘put your unique phrase here’);

define(‘NONCE_KEY’,        ‘put your unique phrase here’);

define(‘AUTH_SALT’,        ‘put your unique phrase here’);

define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);

define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’,   ‘put your unique phrase here’);

define(‘NONCE_SALT’,       ‘put your unique phrase here’);

/**#@-*/

(The file continues, but there are no more changes required)

Save this file as wp-config.php

Upload the Files to Your Website

Next, you will need to upload the files to your Web server. If this is your only website you can place the WordPress files in your root directory. However, this is not usually recommended because people often want to expand their website and add more domains. It’s just as easy to set up a folder initially and placed the WordPress install there.

To create a folder, follow the instructions in your FTP program.  In the FileZilla program, if you right-click in the folders window of the remote computer (right side of the screen), you can click on create directories there.

Run the WordPress Install Program

If you installed WordPress in your root directory, you should go to  http://Your_Domain_Name/wp-admin/install.php in your browser.

If you installed WordPress in its a subdirectory called “my_new_website”, for example, you should go to  http://example.com/ my_new_website /wp-admin/install.php in your browser.

1and1’s FAQ on setting up the destination for a domain is here.

After The Install

There are still more things that need to be done before you will have your site the way that you want. You will need to check your blog settings, set up your theme, add any plug-ins, and backup your installation.

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