How to install Wordpress on USB Flash Drive?

Whether you are a web designer or on IT Person who needs to give demonstrate of wordpress blogs/websites to their clients they  should think of installing a wordpress blog in to your portable flash drive so that they can carry fully installed program to give demonstration at various places.

How to Install Wordpress on USB Flash drives

You need to Download Copy of Wordpress on Stick . Select the Latest Apache, Php and Mysql Package to download from the options given .I have selected Following Packages to download.

Apache2 (Version 2.2.11), MySQL5 (Version 5.1.35), PHP4 (Version 4.4.9), PHPMyAdmin (Version 3.1.2) and Wordpress (Version 2.8)

Then you need to select a language of your choice, you would be having two options English and German. After select the language click OK. You will see a similar window as shown in Figure (click here to see fig.). Click Install.

Installation would start. It will take few minutes depending on the speed of your system.
CLICK HERE TO SEE SCREEN SHOT INSTALLING PACKAGES.

After the installation is complete, Go to http://localhost/start/index.php and click on Wordpress.

CLICK HERE TO SEE SCREEN SHOT OF NEXT STEP AFTER INSTALLATION.

Now your Wordpress Blog is install and you can see the default wordpress welcome page. CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW DEFAULT PAGE.

Now You can Log in to your Wordpress either by click Log in on going directly to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-login.php , the default username is admin and default password would be password

Once you get logged in you can change permalink structures, themes, install plugins etc according to your requirements

If you face any problems during installations then post below in comments and I would try to help you.

Gagandeep Singh is working as internet marketing executive for Fortepromo. You can find him selling custom Flash Drives to various companies and telling business owners the advantages of such small promotional Flash drives.