If for some reason that system, doesn't work for you, you can install a single user WordPress blog in your own account on itp.nyu.edu, by following these instructions.

First check out the suggestions at blogsecurity.net on How to Secure WordPress
log into itp.nyu.edu with ssh and type the following linux line commands:

cd public_html

change directory to where your public web files are: public_html
Note: if you don't want your blog directory at the top level of your site then cd to the directory that should contain your blog directory

mkdir blogname

make an empty directory for your new blog

cd blogname

change directory into your new blog directory

svn co http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/tags/2.7.1 .

copy whole line including
the final dot (.)

cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Create a config file for the blog.

Now you can edit that file, wp-config.php, in your favorite text editor. Be sure to save the file with Unix line breaks.

Here is a portion of the file with the parts that you should edit. Fill in database_name, username and password with the information from the info sheet you got when your database was set up.

// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'username'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ...and password.. (not your NETID password)
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // You won't need to change this value on ITP's server

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
// Note: For added security, please consider changing this
$table_prefix = 'wp_'; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

After you are done with that (remember to save the file with unix line endings). You can upload the entire folder to your "public_html" directory on itp.nyu.edu.
You may want to change the name of the folder so that it is something nicer and more descriptive. The name can have letters, numbers, and underscores. Don't use spaces.
Next, you are ready to run the install procedure, go to the following URL and follow the instructions:

http://itp.nyu.edu/~YOURNETID/nameofwordpressfolder/wp-admin/install.php.

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