Installing WordPress

How do I install WordPress?

*Note: When installing the latest version of WordPress, PHP 7.0 or higher is required. This can be adjusted by logging into the control panel then you can navigate to web > websites > your domain > extensions.*Here is
the guide to install WordPress the FTP way.

You only need a MySQL database and associated user.

This article explains how to do this using the file manager in the control panel.

Optionally, an FTP account and FileZilla can be used.
The steps are not described, however, this manual is roughly to follow.

Step 1 Download WordPress

Go to the WordPress site to download the latest version of WordPress : WordPress

Click on Download WordPress and save the file.

Step 2 Install WordPress

Do not unpack your .zip file of WordPress and upload it in its entirety to your hosting space. After this unpack the files and move them 1 folder up.
If you don't need any further explanation you can go straight to step 5.

If you need some more explanation about this you can follow the screenshots below:




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Step 5 Installing WordPress

Remember to set the read and write permissions for your page on the wwwroot. You can do this in the file manager .

Step 6 Installing WordPress

For the following steps you will need the MySQL database, plus associated user and password. Please note that the database name and user are case-sensitive.
You therefore need to keep them handy for the following steps.

Step 7 Install WordPress

Go to the URL of your website, in our case www.WordPress.mijntestpartner.nl. You can go to the URL in the internet browser of your choice.
You will see the following screen :

Step 8 Install WordPress

Fill in your data.
- MySQL database name.
- MySQL User
- MySQL password

You can always check which MySQL server you are on by going to the control panel.
Then you can click on space statistics, and on the right view space summary. At the bottom you find the description of your MySQL server.
This article explains how to find out the server.

(This is often not mysql1.mijnhostingpartner.nl)

Step 9 Install WordPress

After this you fill in your personal data, use a strong password !

If you want to create a strong password you can use the password generator.
Save this password in a safe place so that if you forget it you can easily retrieve it.

Step 10 Installing WordPress

Login with your newly created data.

Step 11 Installing WordPress

You are now ready to get started with your website.




Troubleshooting WordPress Installation

If the default.htm page of MijnHostingPartner.nl appears then you still have the default in the wwwroot. The web.config file refers first to this file. To fix this you can remove the following file from the wwwroot:

Default.htm

If you are having problems with the read and write permissions on your installation you can find out how in this article.

If you want more information about the further steps with WordPress then you can read the WordPress forums further. https://WordPress.org/support/


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