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If you remember couple of days back I posted same post in Learn WordPress in three days series, I am re-posting this post because that post was a bit confusing and readers were not able to understand it.

To install WordPress MU on your Windows computer you need to create local server, Xampp For Windows can be used to create it.  Download it and  after downloading  run the installer. When it comes to the installation options page, select Install Apache and MySQL as a service. When your installation gets finished open your web browser and type http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ in the address bar.

Now you need to create a database for WordPress MU installation. To create a database click on “Create New Database” field, enter a name for your database and press the create button.

After creating database you need to configure you Windows for WordPress MU. Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc and open the file “Hosts” with notepad and add – 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain in the end.

Now your Windows is ready for WordPress MU installation. Just download the latest version of WordPress MU and extract the folder as it is in Xampp/htdocs directory. After extracting open this link in your web browser – http://localhost.localdomain/wordpress-mu. There you should see a WordPress MU installation page (select sub directories not sub domains. This will save you plenty of trouble later on.) Now enter the database info you created –

1. Database name – enter the name of the database you have created.
2. Database user – type “root” in that field.
3. Password – just leave it blank, please don’t enter anything in that field.
4. Databse Host – localhost
5. Table prefix – wp_

Done! now a success page will come, copy your password from that page, log-in and edit your profile and click on save button.

How to install Buddy Press on Mu?

Download Buddy Press from here, extract buddypress folder as it is and upload it to  local server (C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress-mu\wp-content\plugins) and activate from plug-ins page. After activating it from plug-ins, page move buddy press themes to bp- theme directory.

BuddyPress Directory

Done! Browse the BuddyPress themes directory and select a theme that matches your needs and site content. You download theme for free from this link.