How to Install Wordpress with Fantastico
December 27, 2007 by Gurmit BalIf you are thinking of installing Wordpress on your website and your web host provides the cPanel control panel, you don’t need to download, unzip and upload any files to install Wordpress. You can easily use Fantastico which is available in the cPanel.
Requirements
To proceed with this procedure you’ll need to meet the following requirements. Now-a-days almost all web hosts provide these services but if you are not sure then you should check with your web hosting provider.
- The control panel is cPanel
- You have the authority to log into your cPanel
- Your hosting includes PHP
- Your web hosting package allows you to create mySQL databases and you have at least one mySQL database available. For example if your web hosting package allows you to create a maximum of 10 mySQL databases and you have already created 10 databases for other applications, you won’t be able to install Wordpress.
Wordpress Installation Procedure Using Fantastico
Simply follow these steps:
- Log on to your cPanel as usual
- As soon as you log into your cPanel, you’ll see a number of icons with labels underneath them. Look towards the bottom of the cPanel (you might have to scroll down) and you’ll notice an icon with the label Fantastico De Luxe as shown below.
- Click on the Fantastico icon and you’ll be presented with the Fantastico screen in the cPanel as shown below.
- Look left under the heading ‘Blogs’ and you’ll see Wordpress. Click on Wordpress and the next screen of cPanel will show Wordpress as below.
- As you can see in the above image, it gives a short description of Wordpress etc. But what we are really interested in the line that says New Installation; click on it and you will see the screen below.
- In your cPanel screen shown above, fill in the following required information:
- Install on domain: Your domain should have automatically been selected in the box. If not then use the drop down to select your domain on which you want to install Wordpress.
- Install in Directory: If you want to install in the home directory (also called root directory), then leave it blank as shown in the image above. But if you want to install Wordpress in a sub-directory, then type in the name of that directory. Note that this directory should not already exist; the installation script will automatically create this directory. For example, if you want to install Wordpress in a directory like http://YourDomain.com/blog then you will type ‘blog’ (without quotes) in the above box and the directory ‘blog’ should not already exist in your home (root) directory.
- Admin Access Data: Fill in the user name and password that you would like to use when logging on to the Wordpress admin panel. For illustration purpose I have filled in the values as ‘UserName’ and ‘password’ but you should NEVER use these values; use your own. Use only letters and numbers for username and password and note them down as after installation, you’ll need these values to log on to the Wordpress admin panel.
- Base configuration: Fill in the required information. All these vales can be left blank except for the email. These values can be changed later in the Wordpress admin panel.
- E-mail account configuration: These values are only needed if you plan to blog by email. If you don’t plan to blog by email or you don’t know what blogging by email means then just leave these values blank. Later on if you change your mind these values can be easily added/edited through the Wordpress admin panel.
- After you have filled in the required information and double checked to make sure that everything is filled in correctly, click on Install Wordpress. The installation process will start and the next screen will printout important information like mySQL database name etc. that the installation will create. Note down all this information.
- Click on the Finish Installation button and you are done! The next screen will print all important information which you should note down and it also offers you the option to get all info emailed to you.
Your Wordpress is now installed and ready for you to use.
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