Installation and setup of Wordpress using the MAMP server tool. We first download all the WP(Wordpress) required software. In this case, we need a stack of Apache, Mysql, PHP, and we're going to install it locally under our Mac OS Lion. <br />You can donwload the software on from the links below. <br />MAMP Server: <br />http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/ <br />Sequel Pro - Used to interact with Mysql, it is free but it is only available for Mac OS <br />http://www.sequelpro.com/ <br />Wordpress - The popular Blogging platform used for anything raging from casual blogging, business websites, magazines and e-commerce. <br />https://wordpress.org/download/ <br /> <br />After you install all the necessary software, make sure you create the Sites directory under your Home folder. Also, make sure you change the root directory of the apache server, in this case from htdocs(default) to ~/Sites/ <br /> <br />Create a database connection using sequel pro and create a wordpress database to store all different type of database tables, including posts and pages. <br /> <br />Next, it times to enter the wordpress configuration file under wp-config.php. Here you should put the database setting we used under the sequel pro software. <br />DB-name: wordpress <br />DB-user: root <br />DB-password: root <br />DB-host: localhost <br /> <br />Direct your browser to <br />localhost:8888/wordpress <br />for the famous 5 minutes wordpress install, choose a username and password and you should be good to go. <br /> <br />Written tutorial found on my website: <br />http://wordpresscoffee.org/install-wordpress-locally-mamp-mac/ <br /> <br />Wordpress famouse 5 minute install, <br />wordpress themes and plugins <br />Ecommerce for wordpress <br />woocommerce for wordpress <br />Best hosting for wordpress, free and cheap <br />How to install WP on local machine Windows7, Mac OS Lion Mavericks and Unix. <br />Wordpress installation settings <br />Setup for wp-config.php cinfiguration <br />localhost:8888/wordpress/ setup url <br />Top free wordpress plugins <br />top 5 wordpress plugins <br />SEO for wordpress by YOAST
