So I decided to use Wordpress as the blogging platform and since I am more comfortable getting around in Windows environment, I decided to install Wordpress on Windows. There are a few ways to get it installed on Windows but the quickest and easiest way (or so they say) is to use the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
Just follow these steps:
- Launch Microsoft Web Platform Installer
- Click on Applications (at the top)
- Click Add button on the Wordpress item
- Finally, click Install button at the bottom of the screen
The installer will ask you a few questions regarding the database, username and server name... Then it will proceed with the installation in a few seconds. When the installation is finised, it will give you a like that will take you to the Admin area where you can configure an Admin account and customize your wordpress site.
That should be it. You should have a wordpress site running on a Windows server now unless you are like me... using a another server for database storage run into some other errors.
If you do run into an issue using remote database server then check out this post:
Installing Wordpress on Windows Using Remote Database Server.
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