Wordpress Install Tutorial

[lizon]

Installing Wordpress on Zymic is probably the easiest CMS install of the 3 major CMS systems out there (Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress). The install requires no edits to the basic code and files. Here's a quick rundown of the install process. First a recap of the basic Zymic setup can be found HERE.

This tutorial starts after you've created your web account and database.

Download the latest version of Wordpress.

Unzip these files and save them somewhere you can locate quickly. Your desktop should suffice.

Next open up your favorite FTP program and upload the files to your web directory using the FTP information you got earlier from when you were setting up Zymic.

Grab a cup of coffee this should take a few minutes.

Once all the files are uploaded goto your website (example: lizonwp.uuuq.com)

You should now get this page, put in your Blog Title and E-mail address. You can leave the check box checked off if you like.



Next you get this page. Write down your username and password. This will be needed later. Click on Log In.



Type in your username and password and log in.



Congrats! Almost done. Notice the warning message on top. Click on yes to change your password right now. You might as well do it now rather than later.



Scroll down to the bottom of the page and type in your new password and click on update profile.



That's it! Wordpress is installed! See told you it was simple.

[IamShipon1988]

Fixing the WordPress Upload by DroNix

1. Create a folder called uploads - it doesn't have to have that name but for sake of simplicity - inside of wp-content. If there isn't such folder (uploads) just create it.
2. Set the folders permission to 777.
3. Go to you wordpress dashboard, Settings>Miscellanous (only for Wordpress 2.0>2.9).
....For anyone using WordPress 3.0+ the location is now Settings>Media
4. Enter wp-content/uploads for the Store uploads in this folder field.

You should now be able to upload files. I've just went through the steps myself and it works just fine.


Changing your domain - The Back-door Way by IamShipon1988

If you are using wordpress, then you can change your site settings in the database. If you have already installed wordpress and would like to change your domain from yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com or to from yoursite.zxq.net to yoursite.com, these steps will guide you through the process. Note that I have yet to test this process out.

1. Load up control panel.
2. Select and open phpmyadmin.
3. Select your wordpress database (database name can be found in wp-config.php) from the left sidebar.
4. Click on "wp_options" on the left sidebar. This gives you the general structure of that table.
5. Click on "Browse" from the top navigation.
6. Entry (option_id) 39 of the wp_options table is home and entry (option_id) 1 is siteurl. Click the pencil to edit the entry. Note that this option might be on the next page.
7. In the option_value textbox, replace the entered domain name with your preferred domain name (ex. yoursite.org to www.yoursite.org)
8. Click go

If you change both home and siteurl to contain www in the domain, all your pages should now include it or go from subdomain to full domain. Now whether you type in yoursite.com, www.yoursite.com or your subdomain, they both will redirect to www.yoursite.com. All links on your WordPress will contain link such as: www.yoursite.com/page...


Themes, Plugins and Modifying Code by IamShipon1988 and Dronix

Change themes - Themes provide the ability to make your site look and feel different than it previously did. WordPress has a built in function that allows you to install themes via the dashboard. However, at Zymic, this feature is disabled. You will have to download all themes manually and upload the folder via FTP or filemanager to the wp-content/themes/ directory.

Add plugins - Plugins allow more flexibility and features to your site. Furthermore, plugins can also function as widgets for your site. You will have to download all plugins manually and upload the folder via FTP or filemanager to the wp-content/plugins/ directory. Do note that you might need to CHMOD some files for the plugins to work. If you do, it will be included in a read-me file or on the site where you downloaded the plugin from or included in the plugins archive you downloaded.

Modify code - Among the many user editable files in a standard WordPress installation are a Theme's Template and Stylesheet files. If you wish to change the footer.php file of your template, you can accomplish this without needing to login to your control panel. You can easily edit it via your WordPress dashboard. The Appearance Editor SubPanel allows you to edit those Theme files. This built-in Theme Editor allows you to view or change any code kept in a Theme Template or Stylesheet files. The particular file contents are displayed in the large text (or edit) box that dominates this SubPanel. Do note that you will have to CHMOD the wp-content/plugins/ and files under it to 0755 or 0777.

Reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Editor_SubPanel

[dolly]

Fixing the WordPress Upload by DroNix

1. Create a folder called uploads - it doesn't have to have that name but for sake of simplicity - inside of wp-content. If there isn't such folder (uploads) just create it.
2. Set the folders permission to 777.
3. Go to you wordpress dashboard, Settings>Miscellanous.
4. Enter wp-content/uploads for the Store uploads in this folder field.

You should now be able to upload files. I've just went through the steps myself and it works just fine.

Hello, I am Dolly from China.
I just tried according to what you said above, however I cannot find "Miscellanous" from "Settings". I could only find "General", "writing", "reading", "discussion",etc. The last one is "links".
Therefore I cannot set this folder as default uploads folder.

I just tried to upload files, but did not succeed.
Right now I could only take URL from other websites to show the pictures.

Could you please help me to see what happened?
Thanks.