First I need the downloads: MySql, PHP, Apache and Wordpress. Also TOAD for MySql
This was easily installed on my windows XP pc. However wordpress must be completely reinstalled for every blog that is run from your server… This might be fine for a company blog, but not as a public blog service!
There are a couple of other blog applications I have downloaded and checked out, one is a modification of Wordpress - the advantage being that wordpress themes can be easily applied. Another is a more advanced abstraction - more on this when I get back to my PC at home!
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The other wordpress derivatives I tried were both multi-user implementations. What I am looking for is something that will allow users to sign up and create their own blogs - like blogger and co. But will not require the complete re-install of the blogging framework: Wordpress-mu and
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I tried to install php and mysql a few time on windows they don’t work very well. Is there any trick like put them under one folder or not using the windows installation, create a batch command to run it directly? Maybe I should install Linux.
No trick, I used the installers for windows for all components that I installed.
Where it could be tricky is that the PHP install did not add index.php as a possible directory page. So index.php was not picked up initially when I browsed to the Wordpress location and the folder contents were displayed! After I changed the Apache httpd.conf file to pick up index.php and re-started Apache, it worked well. The PHP install did add the php module to the httpd.conf file, so it did part of the job!
I don’t think installing on Linux is any easier or more difficult. Except I have a Suse DVD that includes these components and don’t need to download them! And I think the installation automatically included index.php as a directory page.
guess I need to try to install them again. I am hoping to improve my php.
Give it a shot and let me know how you go… It is really easy to install on Linux if you are having issues with Windows - also I am using Windows XP… Windows Vista might have issues? Older OS like NT/98 might also cause issues.