Comments on: How to install the latest version of WordPress http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/ Sat, 04 May 2013 15:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: NARESH RAMINI http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-16100 NARESH RAMINI Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:14:06 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-16100 o MHS . if you want to open your website by using url http://www.yoursite .com . then you should not install wordpress in a subdirectory . If you want to see your site by typing http://www.yoursite.com then it should be in default directory .

You must know this

A name after a forward slash after complete url represents the name of the directory you installed your wordpress or any other site . so install your site in default directory and create a new directory and move your existing files to that new directory and install WP directly without choosing a subdirectory .

]]> By: Leland http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-14440 Leland Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:20:07 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-14440 I get the feeling you’re talking about WordPress.com, this tutorial applies to self-hosted blogs only.

]]> By: Leland http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-14439 Leland Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:17:45 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-14439 You technically don’t need cPanel but you will need a database to store all the posts. Again, I’d recommend HostGator where they provide everything you need.

]]> By: Missdisplaced http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-14321 Missdisplaced Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:43:17 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-14321 I don’t understand the cPanel and MySql stuff! I don’t have an account with these. MUST I get an account with both of these?

]]> By: Debashish Paul http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-14248 Debashish Paul Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:51:03 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-14248 Can you help me with this!: Ok I recently got a domain name from wordpress and have redirected my blog to this name so when I type the new domain name, I get my blog there. Now I want to change the theme and I need FTP access for this but, I am not able to find anything that would help me on this. Please help

P.S. I read that wordpress doesnt allow FTP access but, what is the alternative, I am on Mac

]]> By: Jim Michaels http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-13956 Jim Michaels Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:08:37 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-13956 web page editors and ftp: frontpage will mangle your html and zap your javascript – it is well-known for that. a program that will not do that is Microsoft Expression Web, and it is the best web editor at WYSIWYG CSS. I suggest you get that instead. If you need something free, get KompoZer. If you want to pay lots of money, get Dreamweaver. if you just want to transfer files, use Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org). filezilla is multi-platform.

for for Gareth, the reason why it probably won’t allow you to put it on root is because the HTML files should probably be in the directory something like /public_html so you might want to set that as your remote default directory.

some hosting companies only give you a subdirectory (I doubt it though they would be free probably), so it may be different. look in the subdirectories for something like html or putlic_html or htdocs.

]]> By: Gareth http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-13677 Gareth Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:13:06 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-13677 Thanks for your help. I thought it was strange they told me to put it there, I tried putting it in the root, but it wouldn’t allow me to.

I will try hostgator.

Thanks, keep up the good work!

]]> By: Leland http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-13653 Leland Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:09:09 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-13653 Gareth, I’d recommend you find a new hosting company if they told you to put WordPress in the /cgi-bin/ folder.

WordPress is PHP/MySQL based, so no reason to put it in that folder. It’s possible to install it on the root directory of your domain.

I’d recommend a host like HostGator where they are known for WordPress hosting.

]]> By: Gareth http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-13637 Gareth Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:18:32 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-13637 Hi there, I hope you can help.
My hosting company told me install wordpress into the cgi-bin folder on my site, which works, but this means that the URL for my site now looks like http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/wordpress

How can I get it so that the URL is http://www.example.com?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Apart from this problem, I love it!

]]> By: Cathy http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-11652 Cathy Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:22:11 +0000 http://www.themelab.com/2008/02/26/how-to-install-the-latest-version-of-wordpress/#comment-11652 I did just get it installed. It seems when I uploaded files two were left behind. I guess the important two.

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