====== Installing XAMPP and WordPress ======

**Supporting**: [[eg-259:practicals:1|Practical 1]] and [[eg-259:practicals:2|Practical 2]].
 
  - Install the XAMPP web server using the [[eg-259:practicals:1|instructions provided]]. 
  - Examine the installation directories.
  - A real ''httpd.conf'' file is fairly complex, but it is usually well documented and as it is text, it's fairly easy to read. Examine the configuration file of your web server.((XAMPP for Linux: ''/opt/lampp/httpd.conf''; XAMPP for Windows ''c:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf'')) Open the file, and then       
    - Determine the ''User'' and ''Group'' of your server
    - Note the location of your log files, mime types, ''ServerRoot'', ''DocumentRoot'' etc.
  - Install the latest version of the WordPress blogging software using the [[eg-259:practicals:2|instructions provided]]. 
  - Create a blog entry.

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