A. Local Installation

1. Install Web Server on Your Computer

If you want to install this WordPress theme on your computer, you will need a web server installed on it, as well as a support for MySQL and PHP. Although it may sound quite complicated, there are some nice, open source projects that support Apache web server and provide very easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL and PHP. XAMPP is one of these projects and it supports installation on all contemporary computer operating systems, including Mac OS, MS Windows (from WindowsXP Home to Windows 7) and Linux distributions. You simply follow the instructions from XAMPP project installation guide, accepting default installation parameters, and in a few minutes you will have a web server installed on your computer. After installation open a browser and enter http://localhost/ into the address bar. The Test Page for Apache installation should be displayed into your browser.

It is also important to remember where is the default location for your web projects on local web server; usually it is C:/xampp/htdocs/ (if you did not change the default setting during the installation).

It is beyond the scope of this text to provide full help on installing Apache web server, but you can find plenty of tutorials on the Internet. Just use your search engine or go to youtube for video tutorials.

2. Install WordPress on Your Computer

Now, when you have web server running on your computer, you can install WordPress locally and create your new project. There are some slightly differences compared to standard web server installation in creating WP config file and database, so let’s do it step by step.

1. Create a new database on your local MySQL server for WordPress. Open your browser and type http://localhost/, and it should now take you to the XAMPP start page. Now click on phpMyAdmin – it’s the tool you will use to manage your databases on MySQL server. In the phpMyAdmin page, create a new database and name it lyrics-01.
2. Go to wordpress.org and download the latest build of WordPress (current version is 3.2.1). Extract downloaded zip archive in some location (Desktop or My Documents folder).
3. Go to the htdocs folder (where you installed the XAMPP). In this folder create a folder LYR_01 for your WordPress site with Lyrics Organizer theme. Copy all the files and folders from downloaded WP installation folder to folder LYR_01.
4. Locate file wp-config-sample.php in your project folder LYR_01 and rename it to wp-config.php. Open wp-config.php with any text editor and update the database details: db_name is lyrics-01, user is root with no password (if you didn’t make any changes to MySQL configuration), and host is localhost.
5. Finally install WordPress. In your browser’s address bar type http://localhost/LYR_01/wp-admin/install.php, start the installation and follow WordPress instructions. You have to set a name for your WP project, user name and a password, and your WP installation is finished in a few seconds. Project name can be easily changed later, so for now, you can just enter ‘My Lyrics’. Local address for this new WP project is http://localhost/LYR_01/ so you can use it with any browser to access your lyrics WP site. At his point, the URL address is taking you to the brand new WordPress installation with default WP theme, and we can proceed to our theme installation. In case you find some difficulties in WordPress installation, please refer to WordPress install guide pages or other tutorials on the Internet.

3. Install Lyrics Organizer Theme

Extract Lyrics Organizer zip file you obtained from the ThemeForest. Locate the folder www and notice that you have the following subfolders: themes, plugins and upload.

All required files for your new theme should be placed in wp-content folder of your WP installation (default location is C:/xampp/htdocs/LYR_01/wp-content/). You have to copy content from themes and plugins folders to appropriate folders of your WP project:

• from www/themes copy three theme folders to wp-content/themes folder of WP installation
• from www/plugins copy required plugins to wp-content/plugins folder of WP installation

When you finish copying all those files, you should have the following folder/file structure on your XAMPP – htdocs location:

B. Web Host Installation

1. Install WordPress on Your Web Host

If you plan to run this theme as a standard Internet web site, you should first install WordPress at your web site location. You need to:

• Create new MySQL database using administration tools from your web host provider
• Upload WordPress files in the desired location on your web server
• Set the database parameters in wp-config.php file: db_name, user, password and host name
• Install Woordpress by accessing wp-admin/install.php in a your web browser

In case you need help on WordPress installation, you can find detailed instructions on WordPress official pages or search for other tutorials on the Internet.

2. Install Lyrics Organizer Theme

To install the theme, you simply have to upload files from themes and plugins folders from downloaded material to your new WordPress installation. Quite the same as described in chapter A.3, only here you are not copying it to a local computer folder, but are uploading files using some FTP tool.