Appendix A. Configurations, Tools, and Resources

Configure and set up WordPress

WordPress is a CMS that can be installed in a few minutes with the help of an easy-to-follow tutorial. Throughout this book, we have implemented a personal portfolio management application with advanced users. This compact tutorial is intended to help you set up your WordPress installation with the necessary configurations to be compatible with the features of our application. Let's get started.

Step 1 – downloading WordPress

We are using WordPress 3.6 as it's the latest version available at the time of writing this book. So, we have to download Version 3.6 from the official website at:

http://wordpress.org/download/

Step 2 – creating the application folder

First, we need ...

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