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Domains, Hosting and Installing WordPress Made Easy
Bret Phillipshttp://bretphillips.com
Twitter - @bretwp
Web Devils – WordPress Development, SEO,Restaurant Internet Marketing
http://[email protected]
(404) 997-3385
Hijacking Music Collectivehttp://hijackingmusic.com
http://hijackingmusicfestival.com
Domains
Choose a name that is easy to write and remember.
If possible, do not use hyphens or underscores.
Which to choose .com, .org, .biz, .info, .me?
What if someone already has my domain name?
Consider Search Engine Optimization (Keywords in URL)
What is a 'privacy‘ domain?
Hosting
Web Servers, FTP, Email, Bandwidth, Database?
MySQL & PHP – version 5 for both
Windows versus Linux Hosting
How much does hosting cost?
Recommended Hosting Providers
www.bluehost.com
www.wpengine.com
www.clickhost.comwww.zippykid.com
Installing WordPress
Difference between WordPress.com & .org- .com is hosted by WordPress for Free, limited flexibility- .org is for self hosting, unlimited flexibility
One-click installs- Usually found with cPanel hosting and SimpleScripts- Automatic database creation and installation
Manual Installation - Can be done on any server running MYSQL/PHP- Requires intermediate hosting knowledge
One-click Install
One-click Install
One-click Install
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Manual Install
What you will need
PHP version 5.2.4 or greaterMySQL version 5.0 or greater
FTP Access (FileZilla recommended FTP application)
MYSQL database/user/passwordtext editor
web browserinternet connection
Manual Install
The Steps
1. Download most recent WordPress from WordPress.org2. Create a MYSQL database3. Edit the wp-config.php file with database information4. Upload files to the root of your domain directory5. Visit yourdomain.com/wp-admin/wp-install.php6. Follow the simple instructions and submit7. Log In!8. FTP upload themes to wp-content/themes/9. FTP upload plugins to wp-content/plugins/
Creating FTP User
Creating Database
Creating Database
Using FileZilla
Host / Username / Password go here
Local Side Server Side
Domains, Hosting and Installing WordPress Made Easy
Bret Phillipshttp://bretphillips.com
Twitter - @bretwp
Web Devils – WordPress Development, SEO,Restaurant Internet Marketing
http://[email protected]
(404) 997-3385
Hijacking Music Collectivehttp://hijackingmusic.com
http://hijackingmusicfestival.com
