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In this tutorial I will describe briefly how to install Wordpress on Aruba.

To run Wordpress your host needs:

• PHP version 4.2 or greater
• MySQL version 4.0 or greater

My hosting at Aruba includes Linux and MySql database service. Linux is more robust and featureful for running Wordpress, but you just need a server that supports PHP and MySQL.

The WordPress installation steps are:

1. Download the last stable version of WordPress from here and extract them on your computer.
2. Open the wp-config-sample.php file and set in this file the parameters that you got by email from Aruba when you subscribed for your MySql service. We will use example values here:
   • define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
     change the word wordpress with your DB name, the value should be similar to 'Sql123456_1'.
   • define('DB_USER', 'username'); // Your MySQL username
     change the word username with the username of your DB, the value should be similar to 'Sql123456'.
   • define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ...and password
     change the word password with the password, the value should be similar to 'd3412n5h'.
   • define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); change localhost with the IP address of the Aruba database, the value should be similar to '62.149.140.60'.

You can find the parameters that you need to use in the wp-config-sample.php file in the email that you received from Aruba when you activate the MySql service. Examples values are:

• host : 62.149.140.60
• username : Sql123456
• password : d3412n5h (composta da otto caratteri)
• databasename : one of the 5 created by default (Sql123456_1 , Sql123456_2 , Sql123456_3 , Sql123456_4 , Sql123456_5)

3. Now rename the file wp-config-sample.php and save it as wp-config.php.
4. Upload your files to your server via FTP. If you upload the folder wordpress, wich contains all the wordpress files (this is the folder you get when you extract the files), in the / directory of your server, you will need to type www.mydomainname.com/wordpress in order to access to your WordPress homepage. I suggest instead to upload only the files included in the wordpress folder to the / level so you will be able to access to your blog typing only www.mydomainname.com.
5. Now open your Browser and type the URL www.mydomainname.com/wp-admin/install.php or www.mydomainname.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php in case you chose to upload the folder wordpress.
6. That’s it! You will get the following page:
   Just follow the instructions now and remember to write down the Username and password provided at some point by WordPress to be able to Log in!

Enjoy WordPress!