Setup a Wordpress Blog
How to set up a blog on our servers
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- Go to Wordpress'
Download section to get their
latest zip release.
- Unzip the file into yourdomainname.com/
YOURBLOGDIRECTORY
(for FTP, it would be www/YOURBLOGDIRECTORY).
- Copy or rename the "wp-config-sample.php" found in the blog
root directory to "wp-config.php".
- Open wp-config.php.
- Under the "MySQL Settings", you will need to change the following:
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'username'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
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define('DB_NAME', 'yourdomainname');
define('DB_USER', 'yourdomainname');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_HOST', 'mysqlserver.
setupsite.com');
Your MySQL database name and username should be the same.
The DB_HOST address, where the MySQL servers are located,
will be either be yourmysqlserver.
setupsite.com or yourmysql
server.setupsite.net. Refer to your MySQL login email sent
by us for this information.
- Go to http://yourdomainname.com
/YOURBLOGDIRECTORY/
wp-admin/install.php. If successful, you should the WordPress
installation page.
- Follow and fill in the necessary form entries. Wordpress
should then populate the MySQL database with the necessary entries.
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Log in and change the admin username and password as needed
at http://yourdomainname.com/
YOURBLOGDIRECTORY/wp-login.php.
- Go to http://yourdomainname.com/
YOURBLOGDIRECTORY/
index.php.
Your Wordpress blog installation should now be completed.
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