How to install WordPress from your cPanel using Fantastico

To create your WordPress website:

Login to your cPanel – (example): http://www.computersph.com:xxxx (Note: xxxx is the number given to you by your webhost)

Then login with user name and password:

A new browser will appear, this is your websites control panel (you can take the tutorial now or later).
On the top left of your cpanel, you will find a search box titled Find.
Start typing the word fantastico inside the search box, a blue smilie face will appear on the right side.
Click the smilie Icon, you will go to another page (this time with cross tools and the same smilie icon).
On the left side, you will see Navigation with a blue radio button on the left.
Click WordPress then look to the right and click new installation (highlighted in blue).

Fill in informations: (some boxes will auto fill with informations)

Install on domain (example): www.computersph.com

Install in directory: leave blank for the default directory (which is public_html directory)

Administrator-username: create your admin name

Password: create your new password

Admin nickname: create a nickname

Admin e-mail: accept default or change

Site name: accept or create

Then click Install (to install WordPress)

One more click and that’s it, you now have a blog (just write down any information that is presented to you for future reference).

After the blog install, you can administer, modify and create blogs by going to your Administrator backend.

You can access the WordPress admin backend by going to your website example: http://www.computersph.com/wp-admin

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