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How to Install Wordpress on 256 slice with ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty)?
  • fortune
    I purchased 256 slice with ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty) to run my wordpress blog.

    But, I dont know, hot to install wordpress on this, I searched a lot but still unable to install this, this is my first experience with slice host and i have not any experience with this and even dont know, how to start.

    Please guide me in this regard, how to proceed.

    Thanks in Advance.
  • austinaustin
    Have you already installed a Web server, a mail server, and a MySQL database? you'll need to do those first

    SliceHost has good tutorials:

    SliceManager > Help > Technical Articles > Servers > Apache

    SliceManager > Help > Technical Articles > Servers > Email

    SliceManager > Help > Technical Articles > Other > MySQL

    I don't know whether there are any tutorials specific to Jaunty; maybe you should reinstall your Slice with an Ubuntu version for which there are tutorials.

    You'll want to install email service in order to enable certain WordPress notification features, although you can use WordPress without email service. It is possible to have GMail handle the mail service, which would reduce the burden on your Slice -- search the forum for pointers on how to do that. Or skip Email until you've gotten Apache, MySQL and WordPress going, and take care of it later.

    Apache is the default choice for WordPress Web service; there are alternatives, but they are complicated for a novice; I suggest you go with Apache to start.

    One of the most challenging things in setting up a Slice for WordPress is getting the Apache settings right. The default settings are not (in my experience) adequate to the purpose. Search the forum for posts about configuring Apache for WordPress.

    WordPress.org has a step-by-step tutorial for creating an SQL database for WordPress. After you've done that, you'll be ready to do the WordPress install, which is also covered in WordPress.org.

    By the way, one grace of SliceHost is that one can erase and start over, if there are mistakes.

    Finally, do yourself a huge favor and buy the backup service; between the snapshots and the daily and weekly backups, you won't always have to start from scratch; you can restore from a backup.

    HTH (Hope This Helps)
  • Mr_T

    Hey there fortune,

    As austin alluded to, Wordpress.org has a pretty complete set of docs. So, once you've got Apache, PHP (see: Slicehost Articles: Ubuntu Intrepid - installing Apache and PHP5) and MySQL (see: Slicehost Articles: Ubuntu Intrepid - Installing MySQL (with Rails and PHP options)) installed on your slice, I'd start here: Installing WordPress « WordPress Codex.

    If you're in a "tl;dr" mood, I'd recommend their "Famous 5-Minute Install".

    Later on, you can install an email server on your slice, if you'd like: Mail server setup and configuration.

    It can be a little tricky at first, but generally speaking, you can find stuff covering most of what you want to do by searching our articles site, the WordPress docs, this forum and Google.

    Personally, though, I consider the hardest part to be the bit where you have to write an interesting blog :-)

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