Although my Netfirms account already has the WordPress application available for installation at the click of a button, I decided to install the self-hosted version of WordPress for several reasons:

• I wanted more control over the WordPress application. The WordPress application provided by Netfirms is the WordPress MU (Multi-User) version and there are some limitations (though not critical) for the user who may wish to tweak the application.
• I wanted to have the latest version of WordPress which is Version 2.5.1
• I wanted to check out how easy it is to install the self-hosted version of WordPress.

This blog is now running on the self-hosted version of WordPress version 2.5.1.

For those of you who would like to try it out, here is how you do it in your Netfirms account. For those using other web hosting providers, the steps should be very similar except for the cPanel settings. Continue reading →