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FTP WordPress to Lamphost

Page history last edited by Brad King 10 mos ago

The last step in setting up your blog is to FTP that WordPress software you just downloaded to your computer up to the server and URL you registered with Lamphost.

 

Getting an FTP Client:

The first thing you will need is an FTP program:

  1. If you are using a PC or Linux client, I've found the best one to use is FileZilla. Dowload and install it here.
  2. If you're on a Mac, you'll use a program called "Fetch".

 

 

Sign In to Your FTP Client:

When you open the client, there are three pieces of information you will need to use in order to FTP into your server:

  1. Host: ftp.yourdomainname.com
  2. Username: the email address you created at Lamphost to allow FTP access
  3. Password: the password for that email address

 

Uploading Content to Your Server:

  1. In FileZilla, the files you see on the left side (LOCAL SITE/DESKTOP) are the files on your computer.
    1. The top box on LOCAL SITE contains a list of the folders on your computer
    2. The bottom box contains a list of the files within the selected folder
    3. You will choose specific files or folders from the bottom box to FTP to your server
  2. The files on the right side (REMOTE SITE/SERVER) are the files on your server.
    1. The top box of REMOTE SITE are the folders on your server
    2. The bottom box contains a list of the files within the selected folder
    3. You will choose the location where you want to place the FTP'd file in the bottom box
  3. You will simply drag and drop the file from the LOCAL SITE to the REMOTE SITE (or you can "off-click" and click on UPLOAD).
  4. You have now uploaded a file!!

 

There are more specific instructions, with visuals, here: Using FTP. You may want to open this in another window so you can go back and forth.

  

FTP'ing Your WordPress Software To Your Server: 

I've taken this directly from the WordPress 5-minute install guide. I've used this repeatedly. It's amazing and simple.

 

  1. Download and unzip the WordPress package, if you haven't already. (We did this already in the previous step, after you downloaded the WordPress suite) 
  2. Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it. (The folks at Lamphost have done this for you already when you registered your domain. We sent them an email requesting the information. That was the email you sent to Support). 
  3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php. (This file is in the WordPress-2.7 file you extracted.) 
  4. Open wp-config.php in your favorite text editor (a text edit is simply a program like NOTEPAD. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER use Word) and fill in your database details as explained in Editing wp-config.php to generate and use your secret key password. (There are four pieces of informatoin that LAMPHOST SUPPORT sent you; you will now need to put those four pieces of information in this file and then save it. Your database is now ready to function)
  5. Fire up your FTP client, log into your server. Once there, click on the files on the right side (the server side) until you see HTDOCS. Click on that file. Move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (but excluding the directory itself -- which means don't upload the FOLDER) into the root directory of your web server.

 

Launching WordPress: 

  1. Go to the URL of your website (the one you registered) and add "/wp-admin/install.php"
  2. Follow the instructions (AND MAKE SURE YOU SAVE THE PASSWORDS AND USERNAMES GENERATED FOR YOU)

 

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