Wordpress/XAMPP/Netbeans getting started

wordpress-xampp-netbeans-getting-started

Initial setup

1. Download Wordpress from: https://wordpress.org/download/
2. Store the file in locally, unzip it, name the unzipped file to the name of your project, then put it in the xampp htdocs folder.
3. Create the project from existing sources in Netbeans.
4. Set up a database in PHPMyAdmin for Wordpress to use.
5. Run the project and follow the steps on the setup page to configure the project.
6. Log in.

Install theme

1. Download a free theme from (for example): http://themeforest.net/.
2. Unzip the package and read the README. Installing a theme will vary from theme to theme, but will be something like the following.
3. In your Wordpress project's Admin, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme. Choose the file specified in the theme's documentation. If you get a message that the theme exceeds the upload limit, go to php.ini (in XAMPP control panel, click the Admin button for Apache and choose "PHP (php.ini)". In php.ini, find the File Uploads section about halfway down and change upload_max_filesize to 10M, then save it and stop and start the server for the change to take effect). Once the theme is installed, click "Activate". Note: The theme will only be created in the project in htdocs, so you might need to copy the theme over to your original project location.
4. You may see a message prompting you to install plugins that the theme requires. Install and activate these plugins.
5. There may also be dummy data included in the theme package to assist setup.
6. Follow the steps in the documentation for the rest of the setup.