WordPress on Windows March 11, 2006
Posted by cuyler in WordPress.trackback
The recommended setup for WordPress uses the Apache web server running under Linux. I had assumed this meant WordPress was not supported on other platforms. Although Linux might be the ideal solution, it didn’t particularly make sense for it the only system that could run a script based application.
Sure enough, delving a little deeper, I found that WordPress can be run on Windows. John Godley, the Urban Giraffe, has and excellent tutorial on installing WordPress on a PC. It doesn’t even look like using Apache is a requirement, there a a simpler solution that uses something called XAMPP Light. I even discovered a tutorial to install everything on the Mac. I am glad these options exist — even though I have nothing against Linux, I really didn’t want to go through the trouble of setting up a new system just to play with WordPress.
So I went ahead and installed Apache, MySQL and PHP using the WampServer on my laptop. It’s nice being able to play with the complete package. Nothing can be seen over the real network, but I can play with the options locally before going over to a hosted domain.
My next step will be to create a custom WordPress theme. I have an idea to paint a watercolor and scan it in for the header and background. That will be nice because I am getting behind on the assignments for my weekly painting class. Once I have something, I will post a screenshot in this blog.
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