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Before you upgrade you should also backup your Wordpress files. I’ll explain how to do that using Filezilla. Filezilla is a free FTP program. I explained how to download and install it in this post- Filezilla-A free FTP program.

Open Filezilla and log in using the FTP user name and password your host provider gave you when you signed up for hosting.

In the top left pane, navigate to the folder on your computer where you want to back up your files. If you need to, right click, select make directory, and add a new folder.

In the right bottom pane, double click on the www. [Read more →]

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Before I move on to upgrading your Wordpress Blog, let’s talk about backing up the blog. Before you upgrade to a new release of Wordpress, it’s a good idea…or I’ll put this more strongly…you SHOULD back up your Wordpress Database and files.

This post will show you how to back up your Wordpress database using utilities in your CPanel. One of the many reasons I suggest getting a hosting provider that has Cpanel.

Log into your CPanel with the user name/password you received from your hosting provider when you set up your website. On CPanel, look for the PHPMyadmin icon.

Click on the phpMYadmin icon.
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Now we’re ready to install Wordpress using Fantastic. Log into your Cpanel like you did in the last lesson. Your hosting provider will send you information on your user name and password for logging in. You’ll probably access your Cpanel at www.yourdomain.com/cpanel. (or use the information provided by your hosting company).

Here is your Cpanel. Look for the smiley face Fantastico icon. Click on it. (your Cpanel might look slightly different).

Click where it says New Installations. [Read more →]

Tags: Wordpress, Wordpress Setup Series by Kacey
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First, let’s set you up with email using the Cpanel on your new website. When you register for a website, they’ll send you information on how to log into your cpanel. The login page will probably be at www.yourdomain.com/cpanel/ (if they’ve given you different login information, use it.)

Your Cpanel will look similar to this. Cpanel can have different “skins” so it might look different, but it should have most of the same information in it.

On your cpanel, you’ll see a section like this. Click on the icon that says Email Accounts.

Fill in the information for your email account. Choose an email name. Choose a password. The form will show you how strong your password is. Remember your password! Type in your password again. Click on create.

Write down the information you filled in. We’ll use it when we set up Wordpress.

Prior Wordpress Setup Workshop Lessons:

Pre Wordpress Setup:

1) Setting up a domain and hosting.
2) Download Firefox for use in Modifying your themes.
3) Get an FTP program(optional)

Tags: Wordpress, Wordpress Setup Series by Kacey
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Okay, we’ve gotten our domain and webhosting. Now before we start to install Wordpress, let’s get set up with a free FTP program…a program that lets you transfer files from your computer to the server where you’ll have your blog.

We’re going to download FileZilla It’s simple and easy to use. Hey, it has a cool name, and it’s free. What more do you want from an FTP program?

Go here and click on the button circled in red. Save it to your computer. Unzip and install. Now you’re ready to be able to transfer files to your blog. We’ll use it later to transfer themes and plugins to your blog.

SKIP THIS NEXT STEP IF YOU’RE USING BLUEHOST OR ANOTHER HOST COMPANY THAT PROVIDES FANTASTICO

If you did as I suggested and got a web host with Fantastico, you can skip this next step. You really, REALLY want a webhost with Fantastico. But, if not, you’ll have to manually download and install Wordpress.

Go to the Wordpress site and download Wordpress.

The directions for manually installing Wordpress are here if you want to work through them now. After I finish our series on installing Wordpress and setting it up with Fantastico’s one click install, I’ll then add a post on manually installing Wordpress without Fantastico.

For those of you with a host with Fantastico, my next post will be on using Fantastico’s one click install for setting up your Wordpress Blog.

Tags: Wordpress, Wordpress Setup Series by Kacey
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