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

[jonioinweb]

Hi, I'd tried to upload .htaccess on my website' root, but don't work! The file was deleted. Why this?

[goldenbear02]

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

I keep getting an error when trying to upload wordpress file via Classic FTP for mac. The error says, "unable to change to directory"
Does anyone have suggestions for me?

Reason for edit: Refrain from quoting the entire article - Staff

[lizon]

I keep getting an error when trying to upload wordpress file via Classic FTP for mac. The error says, "unable to change to directory"
Does anyone have suggestions for me?

My guess would be that your folder premissions aren't set properly. Make sure their set to 667 at least. I encountered zero problems with my install of WP. And it was by far the smoothest install of all the major CMS systems out there.

[asdtrader]

@lizon Thanks for the Tutorial.

[englishgeek]

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.
....
....

Nice post

Reason for edit: Refrain from quoting the entire article - Staff

[lqn2010]

I am new to WPress and this is my first attemp to install WP on my Zymic Account.

I received the following errors while trying to run the install.php:

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Warning: require_once(): Unable to access /www/zxq.net/l/n/2/ln2010/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php in /www/zxq.net/l/n/2/ln2010/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2825 Warning: require_once(/www/zxq.net/l/n/2/ln2010/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/wp-db.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/zxq.net/l/n/2/ln2010/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2825
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CODE

ERROR: %s'), $error); ?>
    
/>

'.__('Already Installed').'

'.__('You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.').'

' . __('Insufficient Requirements') . '

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Would appreciate any help on how to fix this ...

Thanks

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Problems solved !

Apparently the FTPing to my account did not complete successfully and this in turn caused the above errors when I tried to run the script.

I have now completed all the basic-5-mins installation OK.

Reason for edit: Place code or quote tags around your codes and error messages - Staff

[violinvelocity]

I'm still pretty lost with this tutorial... let me start off by saying I have the most basic HTML experience, from years ago, and am coming from FrontPage making web pages with tables. Ugh...

I uploaded wordpress through FTP to my user account, andper the tutorial created the username and password. Unfortunately it still gives me an error:

"Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down."

I made sure my user has all the permissions checked off. Is there something I'm missing?

I'm still pretty lost with this tutorial... let me start off by saying I have the most basic HTML experience, from years ago, and am coming from FrontPage making web pages with tables. Ugh...

I uploaded wordpress through FTP to my user account, andper the tutorial created the username and password. Unfortunately it still gives me an error:

"Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down."

I made sure my user has all the permissions checked off. Is there something I'm missing?

I saw there's a basic zymic setup for drupal... do I have to do something with wordpress to get it working?

[ssfdre38]

I'm still pretty lost with this tutorial... let me start off by saying I have the most basic HTML experience, from years ago, and am coming from FrontPage making web pages with tables. Ugh...

I uploaded wordpress through FTP to my user account, andper the tutorial created the username and password. Unfortunately it still gives me an error:

"Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down."

I made sure my user has all the permissions checked off. Is there something I'm missing?
I saw there's a basic zymic setup for drupal... do I have to do something with wordpress to get it working?

Make sure that you have assign the user that you made to your database to clear up that error. If you dont know how to do that, you can go to this site and look for Zymic DB setup
http://videosupport.zzl.org/videos

[lizon]

9 times out of 10 just by reading the error that you get you can find the solution.

"Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down."

IF the databse server was down you mearly have to try it again.

If the server is up open up the wp-config.php file and look for the database information and put your databse information where indicated.

[Affilojetpack]

I think I'm in the right thread. I am learning so much from the tutorials that you guys shared. Thank you for sharing this. Now, I can easily tweak my Affilojetpack website.

[10zen]

I'm new to this web design wordpress... I've been using blogger, haven't used wordpress.com before. So, this seems quite complicated. I uploaded wordpress now I'm not able to create any folder inside wp-content, it says can't create 'directory name'.

Reason for edit: Please refrain from quoting a post with most than 15 lines.

[edwar_mo]

I really need this tutorial i want to install wordpress on my site thank you very much for sharing such a nice post.

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[Warriorccc0]

I'm new to this web design wordpress... I've been using blogger, haven't used wordpress.com before. So, this seems quite complicated. I uploaded wordpress now I'm not able to create any folder inside wp-content, it says can't create 'directory name'.

You can fix this by changing the "wp-content" permissions.

I'm having another problem, this keeps on showing up:

RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: :

In the "Incoming Links", "WordPress Blog", and "Other WordPress News" sections in the Dashboard.

[GorGor]

Whenever I try to upload an images etc. I get this message: "The uploaded file could not be moved to /www/zxq.net/g/o/r/gordondowling/htdocs/wp-content/uploads."

What's going wrong? I've made sure all permissions are on etc. I'm lost.

[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.

[nemaless]

Hi to everyone

WordPress is well known for its ease of installation. Under most circumstances installing WordPress is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete. Many web hosts now offer tools (e.g. Fantastico) to automatically install WordPress for you. However, if you wish to install WordPress yourself, the following guide will help. Now with Automatic Upgrade, upgrading is even easier.

The following installation guide will help you, whether you go for the Famous 5 Minute Installation, or require the more detailed installation guide.

* Things to Know Before You Begin Installing WordPress
* The Famous 5-Minute Installation
* Detailed Installation Instructions
* Common Installation Problems
* WordPress in Your Language
* Installing WordPress in Your Language
* How to Install Multiple Blogs
* How to Install on Your Own Computer
* Easy 5 Minute Wordpress Installation on Windows
* Getting Started with WordPress (much more installation info)



By the way, folks

Before you begin the install, there are few things you need to have and do.

You need access to your site and its directory and software to proceed with the installation. These are:

* Access to your web server (via shell or FTP)
* A text editor
* An FTP Client
* Your web browser of choice

Things You Need to Do to Install WordPress

Begin your installation by:

1. Checking to ensure that you and your web host have the minimum requirements to run WordPress.
2. Download the latest release of WordPress.
3. Unzip the downloaded file to a folder on your hard drive.
4. Be prepared with a secure password for your Secret Key
5. Print this page out so you have it handy during the installation.

Good Luck


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[shans2213]

Thanks for sharing... Keep it up

[nemaless]

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