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Curiosity is a simple, clean and elegant theme for WordPress 3.5. It is packed with an easy-to-use options panel which makes it very easy to customize the layout. It also holds a beautiful jQuery slider and carousel posts on homepage. There are two widgetized sections in siderbar and footer of the theme where you can use default or custom widgets included in the theme. Theme Features WordPress 3.5 Ready Custom Menu support Featured Image Support Multi level slide down menu Built in social media support Built in pagination. Nested comments Extensive Theme Options jQuery Featured Slider jQuery Carousel Theme Widgets Facebook likebox widget Twitter widget Advertisement widget Update History Version 1.0.1 January 19, 2013 Fixed slider issue Licence This theme is released under GNU General Public License, Version 3.  Feel free to modify it and use it for all of your projects. Download

To install WordPress without a one-click installer like Fantastico, you’ll need to create a database, upload the files, and run the installer. I’ll walk through the most common ways to accomplish these tasks. First, you’ll need to set up a database for WordPress to use. If your host has already created one for you, simply locate the database name, username, password, and host you were provided (usually in the welcome e-mail you received when you signed up). Otherwise, create a new database according to your host’s instructions. Figure shows how to do this in PHPMyAdmin (the MySQL web interface most commonly used by commercial hosting companies). If you are asked to specify a character set, choose UTF-8, which will support any language. If you are asked to specify a collation, choose utf8-general-ci. These are the language and character settings WordPress expects, but some older MySQL installations use more restrictive character sets. If you’ll be importing content, see Chapter...

WordPress is famous for its five-minute installation. Many commercial web hosts offer one-click installation from their account control panels. If your host does not, you can upload the WordPress files to your web directory. You can complete the installation using the web interface, or you can create a configuration file based on the sample included in the WordPress download. System Requirements WordPress’s requirements are modest. At minimum, your server should support: • PHP version 4.3 or greater • MySQL version 4.0 or greater • For clean URLs, a URL rewriting module that understands .htaccess directives, such as mod_rewrite on Apache or URL Rewrite on IIS 7 Your host should list these features and version numbers in the description of hosting plans or the support area (or both). Note that PHP 4 reached its end of life in 2008 and is no longer supported by its developers. While WordPress will run on these older versions, I highly recommend using a web host that supports...