Title: starting out
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# starting out

 *  [dwilde](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwilde/)
 * (@dwilde)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-out/)
 * Just one point and then I’ll go away for good. User background: no knowledge 
   of writing or using code, but I do have a website and a host whose basic functions
   I use. WordPress bills itself as easy. But I got stuck at the latter part of 
   step 2:
 * Installation: Famous 5-minute install
    1. Unzip the package in an empty directory.
   2. Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and
   fill in your database connection details.
 * My web host does not provide any information that looks anything remotely like
   what’s in these instructions. And even if it did, where in the world do I actually
   enter it, and what would I do with it even if I could?
 * Like practically all instructions devised by computer people, this is really 
   easy IF YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO IT.
 * No aspersions to the originators of WordPress, who give their work away for free.
   But really, this simple point has been unintelligible to the code and computer-
   help people for about two decades now.
 * I’m deleting the whole thing from my system now. You’ll never hear from me again.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-out/#post-1066849)
 * well did you do step 2? If you did you would know those details
 * Step 2 `Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL
   user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.`
 *  [kuryluk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuryluk/)
 * (@kuryluk)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-out/#post-1066891)
 * this might sound like a stupid question but what does unzip mean in the computer
   world? I’m just starting this type of thing thanks.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-out/#post-1066900)
 * [definition](http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=ZIP+file&i=55219,00.asp)
 * basically a file or files are zipped to compress them and make the file(s) smaller–
   usually for downloading
 * if you have windows xp or vista, you should be able to double click a zip and
   the file(s) will be extracted to normal size
 *  [borat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/borat/)
 * (@borat)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-out/#post-1067289)
 * I’m wondering – might the “Famous 5-minute install” be named “Famous” because
   I’ve spent already something like 5 hours on trying to install WordPress?
 * OK. I read over the Step 2 again and suddenly I got enlightened:
    1. I have to
   log in my web server administration page on host’s site. 2. There I have to create
   MySQL database. 3. And there I get the name of MySQL database un set up the password
   which are used for setting up the wp-config.php file.
 * After that it’s truly no more than 5 minutes and the WordPress IS installed.

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