What is the best way to plant a pineapple?

I have been to several websites and found conflicting directions. I would like to get directions from someone who has first hand expierence.

Pineapples are simple to grow. Just broke off the crown from the fruit then cut the base straight to remove some leftover fruit flesh out (to avoid rotting). Then pulled the leaves off the first inch from the base to expose the main stem. Doing this you'll exposed the skin where the new roots comes out from, leaving the bottom leaves will be hard for the roots to come out because it has to puncture layers of leaves. This way the roots reach the soil and nutrients right away and you'll have a better success.

Next thing is to plant it in a good growing soil and place it on a warm spot and plenty of sun, after all it's a tropical plant. Keep the soil moist but too soggy. Once and a while water the crown with plain water (if you want rain water works the magic, because watering the crown is to simulate the rain in the first place).

If you maintain it healthy and fully nourished you might get lucky to have a pineapple in the end. Once fruited it'll give you new shoots from the base then it's the time to cut off the old one and look after the new shoot. Also you can again plant the new crown. Good luck and have fun.

First off cut the pineapple off about inch from the top, then let the fruit insude dry out then put it in potting medium, the let it root, plenty of light, it will be fine.