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Thursday,November26,201Wordpresswebsitesetup(orca.
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uvic.
ca/~[username])InordertosetupyourwebsiteandpoweritbyWordpressyouwillfirstneedtodownloadWordpressfromwordpress.
organdunpackthetarballinyourpublic_htmldirectory(youshouldsendupwiththecontentsnotasubdirectorycalledwordpress).
BeforeyoucaninstallWordpress,youneedtosetupamysqldatabaseforWordpressandconfiguretheWordpressinstallation.
1-Settingupamysqldatabase:-ContactguruStephensonYangtosetupyouruseronamysqldatabase(mostlikelyonsquid).
-sshintosquid,andopenupmysqlsshusername@squid(youshouldalreadybeonthenetwork)mysql-p(thiswillpromptyoutoenterapasswordsuppliedbyStephenson)-viewalldatabasesshowdatabases;-createadatabaseforyourWordpressblogtouse(makesureitdoesnotconflictwithotherdatabases)CREATEDATABASEdbname;-createthefollowinguser[username].
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caonthemysqldatabaseandsetupapasswordCREATEUSER'username'@'orca.
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ca'IDENTIFIEDBY'password_of_your_choice';-askStephensontograntyourorcauserallpowersonthedatabaseyoucreatedGRANTALLONdbname.
*TO'username'@'orca.
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phpNowthatyourdatabaseissetup,youarealmostready.
ThefirststepofinstallingWordpressistoedittheconfigfile.
-Gotoyourpublic_html-Copythewp-config-sample.
phptowp-config.
php-Editthefollowinglinesinwp-config.
php-database_name_here—>thedatabasenameyoucreatedinmysqldefine('DB_NAME','database_name_here');-username—>yourusername(the[username]in[username].
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caandthepassword_of_your_choicethatyouusedtosetuptheuser)define('DB_USER','username_here');define('DB_PASSWORD','password_here');1Thursday,November26,201-localhost—>squid'sipaddressdefine('DB_HOST','localhost');-Youalsoneedtoeditthefollowingkeys:define('AUTH_KEY','putyouruniquephrasehere');define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY','putyouruniquephrasehere');define('LOGGED_IN_KEY','putyouruniquephrasehere');define('NONCE_KEY','putyouruniquephrasehere');define('AUTH_SALT','putyouruniquephrasehere');define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT','putyouruniquephrasehere');define('LOGGED_IN_SALT','putyouruniquephrasehere');define('NONCE_SALT','putyouruniquephrasehere');Youcanusethislink(https://api.
wordpress.
org/secret-key/1.
1/salt/)toautomaticallygeneratethekeysandsimplycopytheminplaceofthesamplekeys-changethetableprefixifyouwantacustomtableprefix(youcanleaveitifyouwant)Nowyouareofficiallyreadytoinstallwordpress.
3-InstallingwordpressGoto:orca.
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ca/~[username]ororca.
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phpFollowtheinstructionsandyouwillhaveafullyfunctionalwebsite.
Rememberthepasswordanduserthatyouuse.
Youwillneedthemtoedityourwebsite.
4-Building/editingyourwebsiteGotohttp://orca.
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ca/~[username]/wordpress_dir/wp-admin/edit.
php,login(theeditorfrontendtheyouseewhenyouloginiscalledthedashboard),pickatheme,andstartbuilding/editingyourwebsite.
Youcanfindmanythemesusingthedashboard.
Ifyoudon'tlikeanyofthosethemes,thereareplentyofthirdpartywebsitesthatoffergreatthemes!
NOTE:Incaseyoualreadyhaveawebsiteonwordpress.
com,youcanimportittoyourwordpressandmakeityourastrowebsite.
5-TipsAfewtipsthatwillmakeyourinteractionwithyourwebsitethroughdashboard(viabrowser)easier.
-Knowingthattheastroserversdonotsupportftp(forsecurityreasons)itiseasiesttosetupasftp/sshconnectionbetweenthedashboardandtheservers.
Thiswayyoucanuploadimagesandaddpluginseasily.
Ironicallythisisdonebyaplugin:ssh-sftp-updater-support.
Downloadtheplugin,moveittopublic_html/wp-content/plugins/anduntarit.
Then,inyourdashboardgotopluginsandactivatethessh-sftpplugin.
Thiswillallowyoutousethepluginssearchandinstalloptionsondashboard.
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