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[http://wordpress.org/latest.zip Download WordPress] to somewhere in your <code>public_html</code> directory and unzip. If you don't already have an SQL account, email the [[admins]] to get one. Make sure your permissions are good and then follow this [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress handy guide]. | [http://wordpress.org/latest.zip Download WordPress] to somewhere in your <code>public_html</code> directory and unzip. If you don't already have an SQL account, email the [[admins]] to get one. Make sure your permissions are good and then follow this [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress handy guide]. | ||
==Setting with | ==Setting with SSH== | ||
Right so the | Right so, the permissions on Wordpress can trick you up - if you don't use the right command. So here a step by step guide. | ||
*Login into Redbrick from | *Login into Redbrick from Terminal or PuTTY (or some other SSH client). | ||
*Enter your public_html folder: | *Enter your public_html folder: | ||
<code>cd public_html</code> | <code>cd public_html</code> | ||
*Download WordPress with wget: | *Download WordPress with wget: | ||
<code>wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz</code> | <code>wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz</code> | ||
*Now extract it | *Now extract it - this is the part where if you do it wrong, permissions are annoying to fix, so use: | ||
<code>tar -pxvzf latest.tar.gz</code> | <code>tar -pxvzf latest.tar.gz</code> | ||
The -p insures that the permissions will be the same as the compressed file you just downloaded (trusting WordPress have it right, as they generally do). | |||
*You now have a folder called | *You now have a folder called "wordpress" in your public_html folder, and that's basically as much as you need to do from your SSH connection. <code>http:redbrick.dcu.ie/~'''YOURUSERNAME'''/wordpress/</code> | ||
*You need to check the permission on config.php so that it is 400 | *You need to check the permission on config.php also, so that it is 400. | ||
<code>chmod 400 config.php</code> | <code>chmod 400 config.php</code> | ||
*Follow the WordPress instructions there, you will need a Mysql database at this point just email admins for one | *Follow the WordPress instructions there, you will need a Mysql database at this point just email admins for one | ||