How to Install WordPress from Fantastico.

Fantastico is a great tool that allows you to easily install WordPress with 2 -3 clicks. It comes free with some hosting servers like Hostgator (which we use to host this site).

This tutorial assumes that you have already logged into the cPanel of your hosting server and accessed the Fantastico  application.

Click on the WordPress link found on the Left side menu.

You will find a screen popping up like the one above , now click on the New Installation link  You will find yourself in a WordPress installation page,

We can change the install directory here, but it’s recommended that the default is used.
Enter an Administrator user name in the box provided beside the Admin access data and the password below that.
Enter a nick name for the Administrator in the Admin nickname found under the Base configuration.
Enter an email password provided under the E-mail account configuration, when ready click on the Install WordPress button, then click finish installation.  That’s it, we have successfully installed WordPress from Fantastico.

If you want the details of the installation emailed to you, enter your email address at the box provided, and click back to wordpress overview as shown below.

You will see a new screen like this one.

Now let’s take a look at WordPress running on our site,  from the screen above click on the Visit site link found under Current installations, you will see the installed copy of WordPress, now login to the admin area found at the bottom of the screen like this below.

It will prompt you to a new window which looks like this.

Now login using the administrator username and password, you will enter the admin area of your WordPress installation as seen below.

It is from here that you can modify all WordPress settings. You now know how to install WordPress from Fantastico.