Installing WordPress on Panix

Following these instructions as written will install WordPress in a subdirectory of your primary web space called 'wordpress'. Substitute your user name for yourusername, and, where appropriate, your domain name for yourdomainname, throughout.

The web address for your blog will be:

• Single-user customers:

http://www.panix.com/~yourusername/wordpress/

• Cheap-web & Corporate customers:

http://yourdomainname/wordpress/

You may, of course, install WordPress at the root of your primary web space. To install WordPress at the root level, simply follow the instructions below, omitting the 'wordpress' sub-directory everywhere it appears.

1. Request a MySQL addon. Pricing for MySQL is listed in the Single-User and Corporate service pages.
2. Log into your Panix shell account.
3. Change directories into your web space:

   • Single-user & Cheap-web customers:

   cd public_html

   • Corporate customers:

   cd corp-web/yourdomainname

4. Fetch the latest copy of WordPress:

   wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

5. Unpack it:

   tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

6. Remove the zip file:

   rm latest.tar.gz

7. Create an .htaccess file in your new wordpress directory:

   emacs wordpress/.htaccess

   with the following contents:

   <filesmatch "^(.htaccess|wp-config.php|wp-settings.php)$">
   order allow,deny
   deny from all
   </filesmatch>
   
   Options All -Indexes
   
   AddHandler php-handler .php

   • Single-user customers:

   Action php-handler http://www.panix.com/~yourusername/pcgi-bin/php-handler.cgi

   • Corporate & Cheap-web customers:

   Action php-handler http://yourdomainname/pcgi-bin/php-handler.cgi

   Use ctl-x ctl-c to save and exit emacs.

   NB: If you switch from "Single-user" to "Cheap-web", you will need to use WordPress's relocate function to change your site URL; see http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Relocate_method.

8. Give the webserver permission to see your .htaccess file:

   chmod o+r wordpress/.htaccess

9. Also give the webserver permission to see your images, css, and javascript directories:

   chmod -R o+r wordpress/wp-content/themes
   chmod -R o+r wordpress/wp-includes/images
   chmod -R o+r wordpress/wp-includes/js
   chmod -R o+r wordpress/wp-admin/css
   chmod -R o+r wordpress/wp-admin/images
   chmod -R o+r wordpress/wp-admin/js
   

10. If you do not already have one, create a pcgi-bin directory:

    mkdir pcgi-bin

11. Create a php-handler script in your pcgi-bin directory:

    emacs pcgi-bin/php-handler.cgi

    with the following contents:

    #!/bin/sh
    
    cd `dirname ${PATH_TRANSLATED}`
    exec php
    
    

    Use ctl-x ctl-c to save and exit emacs.
12. Give yourself permission to execute your php-handler script:

    chmod u+x pcgi-bin/php-handler.cgi

13. In your web browser, visit

    • Single-user customers:

    http://www.panix.com/~yourusername/wordpress/wp-admin/

    • Cheap-web & Corporate customers:

    http://yourdomainname/wordpress/wp-admin/

    Click the "Create a Configuration File" button.
14. On the next page [ wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php ], click the "Let's go!" button.
15. On the next page [ wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php?step=1 ] enter

    database name: yourusername
    user name: yourusername
    password: (insert password here)
    database host: mysql2
    table prefix: wp_

    and click the "Submit" button.
16. On the next page [ wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php?step=2 ], click the "Run the install" button.
17. WordPress does not secure your site. Check your permissions after each auto-update!
    Protect your wp-config.php file from the prying eyes of other Panix' users:

    chmod 600 wordpress/wp-config.php

18. On the next page [ wordpress/wp-admin/install.php ], fill in site title, etc.; click the "Install Wordpress" button.
19. Make a note of the provided password!!
20. Begin editing your blog at

    • Single-user customers:

    http://www.panix.com/~yourusername/wordpress/wp-admin/

    • Cheap-web & Corporate customers:

    http://yourdomainname/wordpress/wp-admin/

21. Get help online. http://wordpress.org/

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