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Installing Wordpress on our linux hosting

Installing Wordpress on our linux hosting

Please note that Wordpress requires PHP and databases to run so if you are on a starter hosting package you will need to upgrade to our Advanced package to run it.

For any significant installation of Wordpress we advise considering an upgrade to a Virtual server or dedicated server. If you would like information on these please contact our Sales department and they can discuss the package which best suits your needs.

We recommend you install Wordpress on a linux package, this tutorial relates to installation on our linux packages.

There are a few things you need to do to set Wordpress up on our hosting.

1) Create a database for Wordpress to use by clicking on "Configure MySQL" in your control panel and then on "Add database"

You will also need to create a database user and give them a password. Wordpress will look for this information during the installation procedure. Your MYSQL hostname will also be displayed in this section.

For more information on setting up databases click here

2) Wordpress uses php so you will probably want to set the main page of your site to index.php. To do this click on "Configure websites" in your control panel then scroll down and click on "Directory Indexes" set this to on and type index.php in the box.

To install the Wordpress files to your website:

1) download wordpress as a zip file from http://www.wordpress.org

2) upload this zip fie to your website folder either via ftp or the file manager.

3) Once it is uploaded to the server click on the file in file manager and then on the "uncompress" option.

Alternatively your ftp program may allow you to do this.

By default Wordpress installs into a folder called "wordpress" in your website. So to access it you would go to

www.yourwebsitename.com/wordpress

If you want your whole site to be wordpress based copy the files from the wordpress folder into your main folder.

Then www.yourwebsitename.com will bring up wordpress.

Installation

Now when you go to your site it will automatically take you to the installation page.

Click "Lets go" to continue.

It will ask for database details. Enter the details of the database you created. You can see these details in the "Configure mysql" section of your control panel.

The next page says "Sorry, but I can't write the wp-config.php file."

Copy the text from the box underneath that into a notepad document and save it as wp-config.php

Now upload this file into your wordpress folder through the file manager or via your ftp program.

Click on "Run the install"

Enter your blog name and email address.

Click "Install Wordpress"

And you're done.

NB As with all custom installed software we highly recommend you keep your installation of Wordpress installed with the latest patches and updates released by the Wordpress Community. This will keep your site more secure against possible hackers.

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