Expert WordPress Installation Complete

The title says it all really… my first installation of Expert Wordpress is complete and here’s the blog to prove it.

If you are familiar with installing Wordpress manually you will have no trouble with getting Expert Wordpress installed onto your new site. (I should mention here that currently Expert Wordpress con only be used for new installations and not upgrading Wordpress.)

However if you are a complete newbie to hosting a Wordpress site or currently use Fantasico to install Wordpress don’t let that put you off from using Expert Wordpress for all your future Wordpress sites. It may seem daunting the first time round but once you get familiar with the process it will only take a few minutes before you are up and running.

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The Expert Wordpress Installation Process

To begin download a copy of the software from Alex Sysoef’s Expert Wordpress Site and save somewhere where you can easily find it again  on your harddrive. (most people save to desktop however I hate desktop clutter so have created directories where I save stuff for Wordpress)

The installation process has three steps:

1. Create a Database and Database user on your hosting account
2. Upload the Expert Wordpress software to your server & edit one file
3. Use the installation script to complete the install

Step One: The Database

If your host provider uses cPanel you will be abble to login to cPanel and use the MySQL Database feature. Select ‘create new database’ and give it a short (abrev.),  site appropriate name. Alex suggests that you use “sitedb” which helps you quickly find it in the future.

Next you need to create a user for the database and associate that user to the database. Again Alex suggests “siteadm” as a good rule of thumb for a database username. once created yu scroll down the page and add your new user to your new database.

Done!

Step Two: Upload the Software

Uploading the Expert Wordpress zip file can be done in 2 ways. Alex shows you how to use your hosting account cPanel or you can use your ftp client and FTP it to your new domain.

Once uploaded you need to extract the contents of the zip file using the cPanel file manager and then delete the zip file.

Done!

Step Two B: Edit wp_config.php

Using cPanel File Manger you will find this file in the main directory of your site: public_html. However if you are installing in a sub-domain or another site on the same hosting you will find the directory at public_html/yoursite

Open wp_config.php using the editor (us-ascii) and make the following changes:

Database Settings

MySQL database username: define(’DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere’);
MySQL database username: define(’DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere’);
MySQL database password: define(’DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere’);

Authentication Unique Keys.

define(’AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(’SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(’LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(’NONCE_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);

You can generate these using the link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/

WordPress Database Table prefix:

$table_prefix  = ‘w286p_’;

You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores

Save the changes.

Done!

Step three: Use Installation Script

Now open a new window in your browser and type into the address bar the URL
http://www.yoursite.domain/wp-admin/install.php
that is, type in your site’s URL and add wp_admin/install.php then hit enter key

Now fill in the details of your blog and you are good to go.

Done!

There you have it! You now have a Wordpress site just like this one. You can customize it, add advertisements, start blogging and making money!

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