WordPress Problem

hi StevenNexus90,

sure, there is nothing wrong in doing so. However, make sure that when you copy the WP folder (that you have been working on in xampp) over to your USB pen drive, that you also copy the exported SQL file to your USB pen drive (they go hand-in-hand).

I would also assume that your friend/client have the necessary tools on his PC (such as the FTP client)?

Hi RSPublishing, thanks for your reply. I will make sure the exported MySQL DB from phpmyadmin is on the USB drive too!

He has a Mac, so I will download it onto his machine when I get there.

We will be hosting the site through Blue Host, once we have the hosting sorted, do I just enter the server details into FileZilla to FTP upload the files?

hi StevenNexus90,

yes, once the hosting is sorted out and you have all the details you need (such as the FTP details), you can connect your FTP client and start uploading. However, do make sure you upload your files to the correct directory (your host should be able to assist). You will also need to set up your SQL database in your hosting before importing the SQL file. Everything need to correspond.

Okay, cool.

I did a little research earlier and it said you can set up the username and password through your cPanel or Administration Menu on your hosting provider.

Yeah, I was looking at where I am supposed to upload the wordpress file to, do I upload the WordPress folder (containing the sub folders and files) or do I just insert the contents of the WordPress folder in the correct directory?

The directory is usually called HTML_Public, WWW or something along those lines, am I correct?

you are correct! however, some hosts will have a default index.php (which needs to be removed first). Here are a few steps in uploading (using either FTP or cPanel file manager) :

cPanel File Manager:

1. I would upload the zipped file (WP) via my cPanel file manager
2. once uploaded, I would extract the files to the correct directory
3. create a db in phpmyadmin (like you did in xampp – details the same)
4. import the SQL database / populate tables
5. ready to go!

FTP Client (such as Filezilla)

1. connect to your server via FTP client
2. make sure your remote site has the correct directory selected
3. navigate to your WP files on your local site (select files, right click, upload) = files will now be uploaded to the directory specified in your remote site directory as selected.
4. create a db in phpmyadmin (like you did in xampp – details the same)
5. import the SQL database / populate tables
6. ready to go!

Thanks RS for your help, it’s really appreciated!

So wherever the index.php file is on the remote site directory, this is where i would add the WP files? and delete the original index.php file that was there first of all.

you are most welcome StevenNexus90,

Just on a sidenote here, the default file would most likely be an index.html (not php). However, as you said in a previous post, the correct directory would be something like public_html (and if there is a default index file in that directory = you can remove it).

Oh I see, that’s great then, I’ll write back and let you know how I got on ??

Sure ?? Good luck on your website!

Hey RS,

Quick update ??

Here is my website I made for my friend. What do you think?

I am having some problems regarding a transition background image, I had one set up but when it transitioned it would hang whilst fetching the other image and leave a second or 2 of white space, my friend would like it to cross fade between images. Any idea on how to do that?

Thanks

hi Steven,

Had a look at your site. Wow! You have some amazing skill!

I checked on my side, the transitioning seems to work just fine on my side without any delay (or white space).

Hi RS.

I managed to get some other code working a different way! It works perfectly now and my friend is happy, thanks for your kind words ??

When I set the height to 100% for the image (so it fits the browser screen) his images become squashed so that’s something else I will need to look at but I don’t think there is a work around for that as each browser is different and surely there is no way to make sure the images constrain to stay proportionate.

Thanks for you WordPress help, I felt comfortable doing it lastnight and I have you and a few others to thank!