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Frank Bell summarizes the steps involved in setting up a WordPress blog.  This episode covers creating a database and database user, installing the WordPress software, and configuring basic WordPress settings.
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<h2>Related links:</h2>

<a href="https://wordpress.org/">WordPress Software</a>, including the codex, themes, and plugins. (https://wordpress.org/)<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.com/">Wordpress blog hosting site</a> (https://wordpress.com/)<br />
<a href="https://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html">Xampp</a> LAMPP server stack. (https://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)<br />
<a href="https://mysql.com/">MySQL</a> (https://mysql.com/)<br />

Some other blog hosting sites:  <br />
<a href="https://blogger.com">Blogger</a> (https://blogger.com)<br />
<a href="https://blogspot.com">Blogspot</a> (https://blogspot.com)<br />
<a href="https://www.typepad.com/">Typepad</a> (https://www.typepad.com/)<br />
<a href="https://www.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> (https://www.tumblr.com/)<br />
