Access: www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/install.php with your browser. If you copied over the wordpress directory folder during the FTP step, you will need to include the folder name in the URL like this: www.yourwebsite.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php.

You should see a page like this:

Fill in the title of your website and your email address. This address is going to be used only by your own website, so don’t worry about spam. Click on the Install WordPress button. You should get a page like this:

Copy that password to your clipboard. You will also get an email with the password send to your email account. Click on Login. Enter Admin as the Username and paste in the password.

Login and you will get to your WordPress dashboard. This page allows you to manage your website and create new pages, new blog posts, edit your settings, turn on new features and templates, etc..

First thing to do, find the Users link at the far right of the page and change your admin password. In the users page, click on the Admin user to get to the details for Admin. Scroll down the page to the change password section.

Even though your generated password is very random, it’s best to have one that you can remember and that hasn’t been emailed to your email account.

Next, click on the Visit Site button. It should be at the top of the page next to your Title. This is your site:

Notice that the Title matches the title from the Install script. Everything else has been provided as a default by the install script.

Congrats! You now have your own website.

Go back to your site’s dashboard and make it into your own special creation. This site looked exactly like that image when I first created it. Check out the design section of the dashboard and look into the Themes that are available to get a new look for your site.

Have Fun!