1 | Page JenniferSBailey.com v1 Manually Installing WordPress I have tried to make this section as easy to follow as possible, however all web hosts are different. I have used some screen shots to help you along. If in any doubt I would seriously consider taking a second web hosting account with someone like Hostgator because it will make your life a whole lot easier! For more details check out: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress What tools do I need to install WordPress manually? When installing WordPress manually it is recommended that you certain tools/information. All these tools are readily available for free on the Internet or on your PC. 1. Access to your web server via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or equivalent. 2. Text Editor that uses plain text such as Notepad (not Microsoft Word) 3. FTP client (e.g. Filezilla - http://filezilla-project.org/ or Cyberduck http://cyberduck.ch/) 4. Web browser (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari) The first thing that you need to do is to check that your web host meets the minimum requirements. The most up to date requirements can be found on the WordPress support site http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/. There is also a handy email script which you can copy and paste into an email and send to your hosting company asking whether they meet the minimum requirements! Step 1 - Downloading and Extracting the WordPress files Step 1.1 Go to http://wordpress.org/download/. Click the blue ‘Download WordPress’ button to download the latest version of WordPress onto your computer. It will be a Zip file.
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1 | P a g e JenniferSBailey.com v1
Manually Installing WordPress
I have tried to make this section as easy to follow as possible, however all web hosts
are different. I have used some screen shots to help you along. If in any doubt I
would seriously consider taking a second web hosting account with someone like
Hostgator because it will make your life a whole lot easier! For more details check
What tools do I need to install WordPress manually?
When installing WordPress manually it is recommended that you certain
tools/information. All these tools are readily available for free on the Internet or on
your PC.
1. Access to your web server via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or equivalent. 2. Text Editor that uses plain text such as Notepad (not Microsoft Word) 3. FTP client (e.g. Filezilla - http://filezilla-project.org/ or Cyberduck
http://cyberduck.ch/) 4. Web browser (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari)
The first thing that you need to do is to check that your web host meets the
minimum requirements. The most up to date requirements can be found on the
WordPress support site http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/. There is also a
handy email script which you can copy and paste into an email and send to your
hosting company asking whether they meet the minimum requirements!
Step 1 - Downloading and Extracting the WordPress files
Step 1.1 Go to http://wordpress.org/download/. Click the blue ‘Download WordPress’
button to download the latest version of WordPress onto your computer. It will be a