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ITC298 > Installing WordPress to Your Server

Setting up WordPress on your own server is incredibly easy and is the best way to go.

Step One: Download the WordPress Application

For this step, we will need to visit http://wordpress.org/download/:

http://wordpress.org/download/

Once there, you will simply need to download the zip file.

You should see a ‘wordpress-2.8.zip’ file where ever you chose to save it:

Go ahead and extract the zip file.

Once extracted, you will see all of the HTML files associated with WordPress:

I am going to take this one step further and rename my folder to ‘HTML’ to keep my naming conventions consistent:

Step Two: Upload WordPress to Your Server

Next, you will need to upload the WordPress files to your server:

See Also: Managing Your Websites with Dreamweaver | Premium Design Works

Once you have uploaded all of your files to your server, you will need to connect WordPress to your MySQL database.

Open the “wp-config-sample.php” file:

Once opened, you will need to set it to point to your database:

You will need to define your:

1. DB_NAME: the name of your database
2. DB_USER: the username associated with your database
3. DB_PASSWORD: the password associated with your database
4. DB_HOST: the host name of your database

If username is jdoe0001 for O drive, edison web, macs etc…

SSH username = jdoe0001
SSH password  = last 6 of SID
MySQL username = jdoe0001
MySQL Database  = jdoe0001
MySQL Password   = set at https://zephir.seattlecentral.edu/mysql

Also, please check out: http://www.seattlecentral.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/dmartin/moin.cgi/Zephir

-Dylan

Once you have defined your settings, save the file as “wp-config.php” in your site folder:

Now, upload this file to your server.

When you visit the URL of your website now, you will be asked to install the WordPress tables to your database:

You will also be asked to name your blog and enter your e-mail address.

When you click the “Install WordPress” button, you will be given your first Username & Password:

Step Three: Log In

Enter your Username & Password and click the “Log In” button:

You will now be taken to the WordPress Dashboard:

Click on the “Yes, take me to my profile page” link to change your password.

Step Four: Change Your Password

If you do not see the “Yes, take me to my profile page” link, click on the “Your Profile” link under the “Users” menu :

This will take you to the Users Your Profile SubPanel:

Here you can specify your name and how it will be displayed on your site, your e-mail address (for administrative purposes), other personal information, and personal options.

See Also: http://codex.wordpress.org/Your_Profile_SubPanel

Go to the bottom of the page to change your password:

Then click the “Update Profile” button.

4 Comments:

1. Deb says:

   July 9, 2009 at 10:02 pm

   If you change your permalinks, you may be informend ever so politely (aka snarky, but gotta love it) by Wordpress that you need to update your .htacess file because it’s not writable.

   Unfortunately the .htaccess file was “hidden” so I wasn’t able to find it. This was because my site is hosted by GoDaddy, and because my computer was hiding them too… But I figured it out…

   I have a linux hosting account with GoDaddy, and they don’t automatically let people see the .htaccess file. To fix that, I went into my hosting account at GoDaddy and under hosting control center > settings > file extensions, I added .htaccess as an extension readable by PHP5x, that “enabled it” or un-hided it. (love my grammer – for all you pedantics)

   Then, I had to enable my computer to let me see the files once I had access to them. On the MAC I used command line, but if you install “secrets” you will then have the option in your finder to tell your Mac to show your hidden files. (along with all sort of other really cool s**t) Here’s the link to secrets:
   http://secrets.blacktree.com/
   Here’s the link to where I found the tips on showing hidden file on my mac:
   http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/04/show-hidden-files.html

   good luck
   Deb

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2. Raven says:

   July 7, 2009 at 10:13 am

   You may need to update the tutorial to include adding the security keys. I think this feature is fairly new.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Security_Keys

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3. Mike Sinkula says:

   July 7, 2009 at 4:54 pm

   You may need to get a Gravatar: http://en.gravatar.com/

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4. Mike Sinkula says:

   July 9, 2009 at 10:55 pm

   Wordpress’s index.php and .htaccess files should be together in the directory indicated by the Blog address (URI) setting on your General Options page. Since the name of the file begins with a dot, the file may not be visible through an FTP client unless you change the preferences of the FTP tool to show all files, including the hidden files. Some hosts (e.g. Godaddy) may not show or allow you to edit .htaccess if you install WordPress through the Godaddy Hosting Connection installation.

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Where.27s_my_.htaccess_file.3F

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