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==Setting with ssh==
==Setting with ssh==
Right so the permission on wordpress can trick you up if you don't use the right command. So here a step by set guide.
Right so the permission on wordpress can trick you up if you don't use the right command. So here a step by set guide.
#Login into Redbrick from terminal or putty (or some other ssh)
*Login into Redbrick from terminal or putty (or some other ssh)
#Enter your public_html folder <code>cd public_html</code>
*Enter your public_html folder:
#Download WordPress with wget <code>wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz</code>
<code>cd public_html</code>
#Now extract it, this is the part where if you do it wrong permissions are a plain in the a$$! so use <code>tar -pxvzf latest.tar.gz</code> the -p insures that the permissions will be the same as when it was compress (which WordPress normally have right)
*Download WordPress with wget:
#You now have a folder called WordPress, and that as much as you need to do from ssh got to. http:redbrick.dcu.ie/~'''YOURUSERNAME'''/wordpress/
<code>wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz</code>
#Follow the WordPress instructions there, you will need a Mysql database at this point just email admins for one
*Now extract it, this is the part where if you do it wrong permissions are a plain in the a$$! so use:
<code>tar -pxvzf latest.tar.gz</code>  
the -p insures that the permissions will be the same as when it was compress (which WordPress normally have right)
*You now have a folder called WordPress, and that as much as you need to do from ssh got to. http:redbrick.dcu.ie/~'''YOURUSERNAME'''/wordpress/
*Follow the WordPress instructions there, you will need a Mysql database at this point just email admins for one


===<s> Fixing the Dashboard - WordPress 2.8 or higher</s> ===
===<s> Fixing the Dashboard - WordPress 2.8 or higher</s> ===
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