stayboystereo

I'm interested in installing wordpress for my website. Am i correct in assuming that surpass can meet these requirements? I don't know the first thing about this. Can someone look at these & tell me if it's cool?

Thank You

Roxy

Hello, yes we meet every requirement for installing Wordpress. We even have a few tutorials about it within the Web Hosting Tutorials - Surpass Web Hosting Forums and Search Me! - Surpass Web Hosting Forums =)

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask!

stayboystereo

Roxanne, you rock. When i downloaded the software, i'm being asked to modify the "wp-config-sample.php"....*gulp* Is the "installing wordpress multi-user the thread i want?

stayboystereo

also, i'm using sandvox right now for my site. If i upload this stuff up to my public folder, i'm afraid that things are going to get a little messy, & i won't know what's what. Is there a way to build the new site in wordpress, & when i'm ready, have it point to my domain?
thanks again

Roxy

For your first question, I'm going to assume your installing WP manually? The easier way would have been through Fantastico within your cPanel. Anywho, what exactly are you being asked to do with the wp-config file?

For your second question, yes there is a way to install WP in its own directory and then have it be redirected. You can do this all in the dashboard once you have installed it completely. =)

stayboystereo

this is the config sample that is was downloaded:

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define('DB_NAME', 'putyourdbnamehere'); // The name of the database

define('DB_USER', 'usernamehere'); // Your MySQL username

define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpasswordhere'); // ...and password

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

define('DB_COLLATE', '');



// Change SECRET_KEY to a unique phrase. You won't have to remember it later,

// so make it long and complicated. You can visit http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.0/

// to get a secret key generated for you, or just make something up.

define('SECRET_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here'); // Change this to a unique phrase.



// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix

$table_prefix = 'wp_'; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!



// Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the

// chosen language must be installed to wp-content/languages.

// For example, install de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'

// to enable German language support.

define ('WPLANG', '');



/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */



define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');

require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');

?>

according to this, I need to know the:
DB Name
DB Username
DB Password
DB Host (gee, i wonder who that is...)

stayboystereo

wow, i just went and looked at fantastico. COOL! Didn't even know it existed. should i even be worried about this & have fantastico do it for me?

Roxy

Yea, you should use Fantastico as it is easy to use and you won't need to do much as it installs everything itself. Also it is updated as the scripts get updated, all you have to do is watch out for the latest update and let Fantastico do it automatically. Very neat feature!

stayboystereo

alrighty then. One last question, my dear roxy: do i just create a directory now, then when everything's ready, i do the re-direct? Can i hit you back when i'm ready? pretty please???