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To make life a little easier, you can run this script which will download the latest wordpress, unpack the archive and modify the headers for you. All you need to do then is set it up with your SQL details.  
To make life a little easier, you can run this script which will download the latest wordpress, unpack the archive and modify the headers for you. All you need to do then is set it up with your SQL details.  


  /home/associat/c/cammy/bin/install-wordpress-2.1.2
  /home/associat/c/cammy/bin/install-wordpress


This script will create a subdirectory called "wordpress". You can rename and move this directory however you please. This is for release 2.1.2 of wordpress. It will also patch the necessary files to make sure everything is working.
This script will create a subdirectory called "wordpress". You can rename and move this directory however you please. This is for release 2.3 of wordpress. It will also patch the necessary files to make sure everything is working.


'''Hint:''' The script ''/home/associat/c/cammy/bin/install-wordpress'' will always point to the latest version of the wordpress install script.


==The Hard Way==
==The Hard Way==

Revision as of 11:54, 8 June 2007

Wordpress is a nifty open-source PHP Content Management (or "blogging") web tool. You can use it to handle your website blog with ease.

The latest version of Wordpress 2.1.x. Instructions for the previous version of Wordpress 2.0.x (specifically 2.0.4) can be found on this page.

The Easy Option

To make life a little easier, you can run this script which will download the latest wordpress, unpack the archive and modify the headers for you. All you need to do then is set it up with your SQL details.

/home/associat/c/cammy/bin/install-wordpress

This script will create a subdirectory called "wordpress". You can rename and move this directory however you please. This is for release 2.3 of wordpress. It will also patch the necessary files to make sure everything is working.


The Hard Way

To be done...