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blog software supported? - 2006/01/22 16:54
We get several technical support emails and requests asking if we support blogging software. The answer to this is YES!!
The most common blogging software being used on our servers is Wordpress but pretty much any mysql + php based software will work on our servers.
I will outline the installation instructions for installing Wordpress on our servers since it is the most popular:
1. Log in to your cPanel.
2. Click MySQL Databases.
3. If a user relating to WordPress does not already exist under the Users section, create one:
a. Chose a username for WordPress ('wordpress' is good) and enter it in the UserName field.
b. Choose a difficult-to-guess password (ideally containing a combination of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols), and enter it in the Password field.
c. Write down the username and password you chose.
d. Click Add User.
4. If a database relating to WordPress does not already exist under the Databases section, create one:
a. Choose a name for your WordPress database ('wordpress' or 'blog' are good), enter it in the Db field, and click Add Db.
5. Under Databases, select your WordPress username from the User dropdown, then select your WordPress database from the Db dropdown. Make sure All is checked under Privileges, then click Add User to Db.
6. When you return to the main MySQL Account Maintenance screen, cPanel will list information about the database you just created. You should see the username you just added to the database (with ALL PRIVILEGES), as well as a few sample Connection Strings for you to use in Perl or PHP scripts to connect to the database. The PHP code will have the following format:
Example:
$dbh = mysql_connect("hostname", "username", "<PASSWORD HERE>") or die ("message");
mysql_select_db("databasename");
7 - Write down the values of hostname, username, databasename, and the password you chose. (Note that hostname will usually be localhost.)
8 - Download the WordPress package to your computer with your favorite web browser and unzip the package using winzip, winrar, or other similar archive software
9 - decide if wordpress will be the main content of your web site or if it will be sub-content of your web site
a - if it will be the main content of your web site such as http://www.yourdomain.com, simply use your favorite ftp client to upload all of the wordpress files to your web hosting accounts folder public_html
b - if it will be sub-content of your web site such as http://www.yourdomain.com/wordpress, use an ftp client to create a folder, such as wordpress, inside of your web hosting account folder public_html and then upload the wordpress files to that folder.
10 - After your files are uploaded, you must configure wordpress
a - edit the file wp-config-sample.php on your computer
b - change the values below to match your values from step 7 above (change wordpress to your wordpress database name, change username to your database username, and password to your password for the database).
// ** MySQL settings ** //
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'); // leave this value as localhost
11 - upload the changed file to your web hosting accounts folder you used in step 9 above - be sure to overwrite the existing file
12 - rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php on the web server using your ftp client
13 - Run the installation script
a - if you installed wordpress as the main content of your web site in step 7 above, use your web browser to go to http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php
b - if you installed wordpress as sub content of your web site in step 7 above, use your web browser to go to http://www.yourdomain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php Replace wordpress with whatever folder you installed wordpress in.
14 - follow the screens that appear in step 13
Installation problems:
If you get an error message about the database when you are attempting to run the install.php file above in step 13, be sure the information in step 10 for database name, database username, and database password are correct.
Hope you find this information useful. If you are still having troubles, you may submit a trouble support ticket.
Ed Wiget
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