Installing and Upgrading WordPress

Intaling and Upgrading WordPress

Download the installation package from wordpress.org and upload the files to your web host using

FTP client software. Simply place the files where you want your WordPress site to be located; that is, if you want the site to be located at mysite.com, upload the files to your web root folder. If you want the site to be located at mysite.com/blog, create a folder called blog and upload the WordPress files to that folder instead.

Installing and Upgrading WordPress - Uploading files via FTP in Transmit

Once you have uploaded the files, visit the site in a web browser. You will immediately be presented

with an install screen. Fill in the requested information as shown in Figure 2-5 and press Submit to

complete the installation.

Filling in the database connection information

                                                                                                                                                 

■ Note While localhost is the most common setting for the database host, your web host might use something different–even if the host was not included in the database settings you were given. GoDaddy and Dreamhost, for example, do not use localhost. Check your web host’s documentation.