Welcome to Part 2 of the 3 part series: Installing WordPress Is Easy.

If you haven’t read Part 1: Preparation yet, head over there now and make sure that you’ve taken care of all the things you need to do get ready to upload the WordPress software to your webserver.

Ready?  Okay, let’s get going.

• First up, you need to unzip the WordPress folder that you downloaded from wordpress.org.
  Using Windows Explorer you just double-click the zipped folder to open it,
  Click on the WordPress folder,
  Then click Extract all files.
  The Windows Extraction Wizard will guide you through the steps to unzip the WordPress files and place them in a new folder on your computer.
• Now you need to update some of the information in the WordPress config file so that it will be able to connect to your database.
  Open the newly unzipped WordPress folder and locate a file called wp-config-sample.php
  Rename the file wp-config.php and open it with a text editor such as Notepad (right-click, select Open With and choose Notepad).
  Look through the file for the following section of text (Hint: It’s right at the top):
  // ** MySQL settings ** //
  define(’DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere’);    // The name of the database
  define(’DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere’);     // Your MySQL username
  define(’DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere’); // …and password
  define(’DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);    // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
  define(’DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);
  define(’DB_COLLATE’, ”);
  This is where you need to put the database information that you noted down during Stage 1.
  NOTE:  Although it says there is a “99% chance you won’t need to change this value” if your webhost gave you a hostname for your database when you set it up (for example- db1234567890.yourwebhost.com) then you should replace localhost with that information.
  Leave the DB_CHARSET and DB_COLLATE lines as they are,
  Save the file to confirm these changes and you’re ready to move on to the next step.
• Now it’s time to upload the WordPress files to your webserver.
  If you already have a favorite ftp program that you’re comfortable using to upload files, go ahead and load them to your webspace.
  If you don’t have a separate ftp program don’t worry, you can use Internet Explorer.
  Just open a new IE window and, in the address bar, type ftp.yourdomainname.com then press return,
  When prompted, enter the ftp username and password details that you noted down during Stage 1 and you will be taken to a page listing all the folders currently saved in your webspace.
  Now click Page (on the IE status bar) and then click on Open FTP Site in Windows Explorer.
  This will open up a new Windows Explorer window for you and it’s now just a matter of copying all the files from inside the WordPress folder on your computer and pasting them into the appropriate directory folder on your webspace.
  REMEMBER:  If you want your WordPress blog to be your whole site and to be accessible directly from www.yourdomainname.com then DO NOT copy and paste the WordPress folder itself.  You have to open the folder then select all of the sub-folders and files inside and copy and paste those into the directory folder on your webspace.
  If you do copy the whole WordPress folder and place that into the folder for your site on your webspace you’ll end up with your blog appearing at www.yourdomainname.com/wordpress.
  If you plan to have your blog at www.yourdomainname.com/blog just rename the WordPress folder and call it Blog before you copy it over to your webspace.
  Uploading these files shouldn’t take very long (depending on your connection speed) and then you’re done.
• Pat yourself on the back, go and make a cup of coffee and get ready for Stage 3 - Configuring Your New WordPress Blog.