Assuming that you now have a website online and you are thinking of adding a blog, the post today will come in handy. There are many ways of coming up with a blog for your website…but the easiest one remains the use of WordPress blog.
So how do you Install a WordPress blog on your website? hawlast.com users can now install Joomla, or wordpress using InstallCentral. Its is super fast, you will not need to download wordpress, use ftp or even set up databases, all this will be take care of by InstallCentral.
The steps outlined below apply to those of us who want to install wordpress manually – otherwise, just log into the ControlPanel and look for InstallCentral 🙂
Step 1: Download and Extract
Download and unzip the WordPress package from http://wordpress.org/download/ and unzip the package.
Step 2: Create the Database and a User
You need to create a database and a user by logging in the Control panel. To do this:
1. Enable CG1 and scripts
To enable the CGI Management:
1. Log into the Control Panel with your account username and password.
2. Click on the ‘CGI and Scripted Language Support’ link under Scripting and Add-Ons section.
3.Click on the ‘submit’ button.
Once you enable CGI Management, your CGI scripts will be functional the next time the CGI servers reload. Servers reload every day at 9AM Eastern Time and 6PM Eastern Time.
· Click Manage MySQL link under Scripting and Add-ons:
1. Choose a name for your WordPress database (‘wordpress’ or ‘blog’ are good), enter it in the Db field.
2. Enter your WordPress username in the Database login field
3. Chose a username for WordPress (‘wordpress’ is good) and enter it in the UserName field.
2. 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.
3. Write down the username and password you chose.
4. Click Submit.
Step 3: Set up wp-config.php
Check in the WordPress directory you had downloaded for a file called wp-config-sample.php file and rename it wp-config.php.
1. Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor.
Change the name of the database, data base user and password to those that you had created in step two above. Also insert a phase under the secret key. You will not be required to remember the secret key. The final wp-config.php file should be structured as shown below:
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘ putyourdbnamehere ‘); //
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘ dbusernamehere ‘); //
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘ dbyourpasswordhere”); //
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘Yourcontrolpanelusername.accountsupportmysql.com:3306’); //
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
define(‘SECRET_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); //
$table_prefix = ‘wp_’; //
define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);
?>
More details
DB_NAME
The name of the database you created for WordPress in Step 2.
DB_USER
The username you created for WordPress in Step 2.
DB_PASSWORD
The password you chose for the WordPress username in Step 2.
DB_HOST
For hawlast.com clients, YourControlPanelusermane is the name you use to log into your control panel.
DB_CHARSET
The database character set should not be changed.
DB_COLLATE
The database collation should be left blank.
3. Save the file.
Step 4: Upload the files
Now you will need to decide where on your web site you’d like your blog to appear:
* In the root directory of your web site. (For example, http://example.com/)
* In a subdirectory of your web site. (For example, http://example.com/blog/)
In the Root Directory
· To upload your files to your web server, use your favorite FTP client to upload all the contents of the wordpress directory (but not the directory itself) into the root directory of your web site.
In a Subdirectory
· To upload your files to your web server, rename the wordpress directory to your desired name, and then use your favorite FTP client to upload the directory to your desired location within the root directory of your web site.
Step 5: Run the Install Script
Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser.
* If you placed the WordPress files in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php
* If you placed the WordPress files in a subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php
This is it! Your blog will be installed.
Disclaimer: The information above has been customized for the hawlast.com users. For those of you who are not hosted with us please inquire for your MySQL host address from your Hosting provider or check www.wordpress.org.
