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Install WordPress on Windows Server
Arvixe Windows server hosting is fully compatible with WordPress. You can host WordPress site or blog on their latest Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. According to WordPress.org, to run WordPress your host just needs 1) PHP version 5.2.4 or greater, 2) MySQL version 5.0 or greater. Arvixe Windows servers support PHP: 5.4, 5.5 and MySQL 5 Databases. To install WordPress on Windows server, you can follow below steps.
Quick Steps to Install WordPress on Windows Server
1. Log on your Windows Control Panel If you do not have your domain added to your Windows hosting account with Arvixe, you can click on Domains to add the domain or sub-domain to their Windows server. When adding a domain or sub-domain to their server, a directory or folder will be created automatically for the new website. In this case, I use a sub-domain demo.betterhostreview.com to set up the WordPress site. A folder for this new site named demo.betterhostreview.com has been created automatically when adding the sub-domain name to Arvixe account. 2. Download WordPress auto installer You can download WordPress installation package from its official website. However Arvixe has integrated WordPress in the Windows server control panel for users’ convenience. To access it, go to Web App Gallery where you can find a lot of useful CMS. These open source website builders can help beginners make websites without any coding experience. Find WordPress and click Download button to download WordPress installer to your account.
3. Install WordPress on Windows Sever Now you will open the setup page where you are required to fill up some parameters for the WordPress installation. Web site: In this field, you need to select website to install WordPress. You can choose an added domain from the list.
Database: Choose your database for WordPress. Arvixe Windows server supports MySQL 5.
Create a new or use an existing database: If you have created MySQL database before, simply choose it from the drop down list. If not, select Create new database, then input Database Name, Database User Namer and Database Password.
Other fields are mostly optional. Click the Install button at the bottom of the installation page, your WordPress will be installed on Arvixe Windows server.
4. Create WordPress Administrator and Finish WordPress Installation Now you can go to create the WP administrator account. Click Launch WordPress from the installation success notice page to access the classic WordPress admin role setup page, or you can directly open the WP web installation & configuration page by visiting an URL like this: http://demo.betterhostreview.com/wp-admin/install.php. Here you need to input information including:
Site Title Username Password Email After that, click Install WordPress to finalize installing WordPress on Windows server with Arvixe Windows hosting.
By hosting WordPress on a Windows hosting service provider, you can set up other Asp.Net applications under the same hosting account. Except WordPress, Arvixe has many auto installers added to its Windows server. If you want a Windows hosting which you can install WordPress on, Arvixe is a nice option.