WordPress Software Review - Part 1
Installing Wordpress using Fantastico on my control panel. If your host does not have this feature then I would switch hosts to one that does.
The WordPress install wants my email and password
I didn't even give b2 this information and I got kicked off my server because someone hijacked it and started using it for junk email.
I enter a bogus email and password.
I click on continue and this is what I get:
Install WordPress Page (2/3)
The MySQL database and MySQL user busus_wrdp1 will be created and used for this installation.
- You chose to install in the main directory of the domain the-best-business.us.
- The access URL will be: http://the-best-business.us/.
Click on Finish installation to continue.
Install WordPress (3/3)
/home2/busus/public_html/wp-config.php configured
/home2/busus/public_html/data.sql configured
Please notice:
We only offer auto-installation and auto-configuration of WordPress but do not offer any kind of support.
You need a username and a password to enter the admin area. Your username is mayor. Your password is XXX The full URL to the admin area (Bookmark this!):
http://the-best-business.us/wp-admin/
DO NOT REMOVE the file named fantastico_fileslist.txt from the installation directory. It is used for uninstalling this application.
Once again I am surprised how easy everything is. WordPress is up and running now.
I log in and notice it has write post, and write page.
I am not sure what the difference is so I click on post and type in a test entry.
I check and my first post is up. Not bad I guess you can set this up in less than 5 minutes.
There is a permalink tab that talks about changing your URL to get rid of the ? and long numbers very impressed with the ease I could change the links.
Changed to title and it seemed to work with the software only. Now when I click on either of the two pages I get an error page.
The program gave me a .htaccess file and said if it could not write it then to upload this file. I didn’t upload anything so I go back and check again. I uploaded the new file and it looks like it is working.
There are no extension on the URLs now, I would like .htm or .html on the file names but I can live with this.
Originally I added "/%postname%" as the structure now I go back and add
"/%postname%.htm"
that worked my file names are just like I want them. I am impressed that the program went back and changed my previous posts to the new format also.
Ok, that was easy enough to be called a success.
Now I just need to be able to do a back up and reinstall - and find out if w.blogger will work for publishing from my desktop and I may be onto something.
15 minutes and it looks like this is working.
Not quite up there with Bloggers 55 seconds but acceptable. At this point I would say WordPress looks like a success, and I would have to say it was very easy to install and use.
The WordPress install wants my email and password
I didn't even give b2 this information and I got kicked off my server because someone hijacked it and started using it for junk email.
I enter a bogus email and password.
I click on continue and this is what I get:
Install WordPress Page (2/3)
The MySQL database and MySQL user busus_wrdp1 will be created and used for this installation.
- You chose to install in the main directory of the domain the-best-business.us.
- The access URL will be: http://the-best-business.us/.
Click on Finish installation to continue.
Install WordPress (3/3)
/home2/busus/public_html/wp-config.php configured
/home2/busus/public_html/data.sql configured
Please notice:
We only offer auto-installation and auto-configuration of WordPress but do not offer any kind of support.
You need a username and a password to enter the admin area. Your username is mayor. Your password is XXX The full URL to the admin area (Bookmark this!):
http://the-best-business.us/wp-admin/
DO NOT REMOVE the file named fantastico_fileslist.txt from the installation directory. It is used for uninstalling this application.
Once again I am surprised how easy everything is. WordPress is up and running now.
I log in and notice it has write post, and write page.
I am not sure what the difference is so I click on post and type in a test entry.
I check and my first post is up. Not bad I guess you can set this up in less than 5 minutes.
There is a permalink tab that talks about changing your URL to get rid of the ? and long numbers very impressed with the ease I could change the links.
Changed to title and it seemed to work with the software only. Now when I click on either of the two pages I get an error page.
The program gave me a .htaccess file and said if it could not write it then to upload this file. I didn’t upload anything so I go back and check again. I uploaded the new file and it looks like it is working.
There are no extension on the URLs now, I would like .htm or .html on the file names but I can live with this.
Originally I added "/%postname%" as the structure now I go back and add
"/%postname%.htm"
that worked my file names are just like I want them. I am impressed that the program went back and changed my previous posts to the new format also.
Ok, that was easy enough to be called a success.
Now I just need to be able to do a back up and reinstall - and find out if w.blogger will work for publishing from my desktop and I may be onto something.
15 minutes and it looks like this is working.
Not quite up there with Bloggers 55 seconds but acceptable. At this point I would say WordPress looks like a success, and I would have to say it was very easy to install and use.
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