If you are a novice user and intend to install Wordpess on your computer in order to understand it, configure it for yourself and test various plugins, then this article is just for you. The fact is that there are a lot of nuances, and quite important ones, without which it is impossible to work. Although installing Wordpress on Denwer takes place in a few simple steps, this may not be clear to a beginner, so let's get started.
Some general information
Before you start creating your own website directly on the Internet, it makes sense to try to do it on your own computer. Here you can find out if this platform is suitable for you. Simply put, for starters, your landfill is a local server. This scheme has several obvious advantages, for example, you can find glitches in plugins and fix them, the same applies to other glitches. Thus, you can make all the necessary settings, remove all unnecessary plugins and put the necessary ones. Template experiments are another advantage of the Denwer local server. The thing is that on a site that users can find, it is extremely inconvenient to do this, and you have to stop it, which will certainly affect your reputation and rating, and this is obvious loss.
Install Wordpress on Denwer: First Steps
First of all, you need to download the latest version of Wordpess to your computer. It is best to use the official site or the one where there are a large number of positive reviews from visitors. Next, you need to start the “Denver” itself, you can do this from the desktop of your computer or through “Start”. Here you will see the Z drive, it is automatically created during the installation of the program. We need to find a folder called Home and create another folder in it, naming it the name of our future site. After you need to open it and create another folder with the name www. After that we go to the place where we unpacked the WordPress engine, copy all the files from the folder and save them to www. Now we move on to the next step - creating a database for the site.
How to make a database?
So, in order to get started, we need to go to our browser. There, you must write the following in the address bar: localhost / Tools / phpMyAdmin. Confirm the transition by pressing the Enter key. In fact, this is the main tool of Denver, which allows you to somehow work with databases. You will see a small window, we need to go to the "Database" section, and after that - select "Create". One important point: do not forget to specify the correct encoding, this should be the utf8_general format. Now you can safely add a new user. But practice shows that the local denwer server has a number of features that most beginners cannot figure out on their own, so let's look at the step of adding a new user in more detail. It is important to do everything as correctly as possible.
How to add a user to the database?
It will not be superfluous to say that Denver was initially set to the default settings, so the username is displayed as root. As for the password, it is generally absent. You can not install it, although on a real hosting this is simply necessary to do. The first thing we need to do is go to the "Users" section and select "Create User". Here is a fairly simple form. You need to enter a name and password, as well as a host, and confirm all this. It takes no more than five minutes. In the "Global Privileges" section, select "Select all." You will need this item so that you have all the tools for editing the database. After that, click "Next" and exit. Adding a user can be considered complete.
How to edit wp-config?
This file is necessary in order to associate Wordpess with Denver. In fact, there is nothing complicated, but in any case, you need to edit this file. To do this, find the CMS folder and open wp-config / simple.php. You can open it in almost any text editor. The easiest way to do this is with a notepad. Here you need to fill in a few lines. One of them is the name of the database, and then the username and, of course, the password. Do not touch anything else. Remember to save the changes, but the file name needs to be edited, and to be more precise, delete the word simple. The file must be put in the same directory from where we actually got it. But all this will not work if you do not restart Denver, for this you need to click restart denwer. We start and see that everything works the same way as it should be. And now we move on to the next, no less important stage.
Understanding the Wordpress menu or first launch
I would like to say a few words about the fact that it is best to use Russian-language interfaces. Firstly, it’s much easier to learn the basics, and secondly, you will quickly understand all the intricacies of Wordpress. You can’t choose the Russian language, so you need to download the latest version from the official site, it will have the interface we need. In order to start the WordPress engine, you need to go to the browser and write wptest.ru there. Here you will see a window, in it you need to select "Create settings file." Next, fill in all the fields and move on, after which we click "Start Installation". You will be asked to enter your mailing address, as well as the name of the future site, its title. After you do this, it remains to wait for the installation to complete. A letter will be sent to the mail with the password from the admin panel. So your site is ready, its name is wptest.ru. If you need to go to administration, then this is wptest.ru/wp-admin. Well, now let's move on to the final stage, because we already figured out how to install Wordpress on Denwer, and made sure that there is nothing particularly complicated.
Why do I need to install on Denver?
The answer to this question is extremely simple. The thing is that if you are going to create your own blog, and you do not have such experience, then you need to practice on the local server. Already fully optimized for search queries site you can put on the hosting, Denwer is good for this. Windows 8.7, XP - all of these platforms are supported, so you can not worry about this. In fact, you can not use this method, but there is a risk of losing money and visitors, which is simply unacceptable when competing on the Internet. You can fully understand how Wordpress plugins work and don’t worry that you can harm your site, because no one sees this, since this is your own training ground. That is, this is a great chance to go online with some knowledge. Of course, you won’t be able to become a professional in such an environment, because only at the hosting will you be able to master all the nuances and subtleties, of which there are many. But a good start is already half the battle.
Some interesting and important details
You can not worry at all about the power of your hardware, since the same "Denver" takes about 15 megabytes on the hard drive, which is not very much. As for WordPress itself, there is nothing to say, because the engine will work on almost any equipment. Please note that after the installation of Wordpress on Denwer is completed, on the desktop you can see several new shortcuts. One of them is starting, the second is stopping the local server. There will also be a third one responsible for restarting. It is worth noting that Denver contains a number of distributions necessary for the web developer, such as MySQL, PHP, Perl and many others. Therefore, there is everything you need to work on the local server. They can be used by both professional programmers and novice users.
Conclusion
I would like to summarize everything that was said above. As you can see, this operation is not particularly complicated. You will need the Internet to download Denver, and you will have to have a little patience to set up the database. Remember, everything is done without access to the Internet, that is, on the local server. This is the first practical knowledge. But do not, however, underestimate this method. You can create your own blog on your PC, configure it as you see fit, debug it, and only then release it to the hosting. That's probably all that can be said on this topic. You just need to find an hour of free time - and you can deal with WordPress plugins and the principle of operation of this platform. It is desirable that the interface is Russian-speaking, so it will be much easier for you. In addition, it is best to use the latest version, because it contains all the latest plugin updates. As practice shows, the most difficult thing is to start working with Wordpress. Denwer helps you quickly figure it out.