Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of faq/wordpress/WordPressInstall

Timestamp:

Feb 12, 2015, 2:36:54 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

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faq/wordpress/WordPressInstall

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  1. Download and unzip the latest WordPress package using one of the following methods:
   * (Recommended) If you're more comfortable editing files on your own machine and then uploading them to the server via SFTP, [http://wordpress.org/download/ browse and download] the preferred archive (Zip or Gzip) then extract the archive to a handy location.
-  * Alternately, if you are modestly comfortable with the Linux command-line interface and want to save some time, you can use wget to copy the archive directly to your account. You may later wish you had the files on your local machine, though, as it is likely you will want to edit themes or tweak other settings in a non-live environment. Anyway, to use the CLI method, check out these [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_1:_Download_and_Extract excellent instructions].  
+  * Alternately, if you are modestly comfortable with the Linux command-line interface and want to save some time, you can use wget to copy the archive directly to your account. You may later wish you had the files on your local machine, though, as it is likely you will want to edit themes or tweak other settings in a non-live environment. Anyway, to use the CLI method:
+         * change into your web directory:
+{{{
+cd ../../web
+}}}
+   * Follow these [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_1:_Download_and_Extract excellent instructions]. 
+   * After you have followed those instructions, you will end up with your latest.tar.gz file (which you don't need anymore) and your wordpress files in a directory called wordpress (rather than in your web directory). You can clean things up with these commands:
+          * Remove the latest.tar.gz file:
+{{{
+rm latest.tar.gz
+}}}
+    * Move the files from wordpress to your web directory:
+{{{
+mv wordpress/* ./
+}}}
+    * Remove the wordpress directory
+{{{
+rmdir wordpress
+}}}
  1. Rename the ''wp-config-sample.php'' file in the directory you just created to ''wp-config.php''. If you are doing this from the command line, type:
 {{{