WordPress. How to install the engine to GoDaddy server (manual installation)

This tutorial is going to show you how to install WordPress engine on your GoDaddy server.

WordPress. How to install the engine to GoDaddy server (manual installation)

If you purchased  a WordPress template and you are going to do a clean installation, first off you will need to download and install the  WordPress package for that.

Downloading WordPress

Open your web browser and google “wordpress”, then  click WordPress › Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS or just go to http://wordpress.org.

1. Click Download WordPress ## in the right section of the page (where #.#  is the current version of WordPress, e.g. WordPress 3.6).

   

   Make sure that your template is compatible with the latest version (you can see it stated on the preview page of the template in the list of the “Software Required”, otherwise you will need to download the required version at http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/).

2. After you clicked the button to download WordPress, a window is going to pop up asking you to save the file in the location selected by your  web browser as default where  you will need to click “Ok” or it will start downloading the file automatically depending on your browser configuration.

   

3. At the end you will get a wordpress-3.6.zip file  in the directory you saved it to. It’s a zipped folder which first needs to be unzipped  and then zipped again before  you upload it to your server. Using any unzipping program (for instance, WinZip which is used for that tutorial, so we suggest you download and install its trial version to follow the same steps). You need to right click that file and select “Extract to wordpress-3.6.zip”.

   

   That will create an unzipped wordpress-3.6  folder.

4. Double click the folder to open it. Inside you will find another folder called “wordpress”. Double click that folder to see its content.
5. The “wordpress” folder contains a whole bunch of files  and folders that need to be uploaded to your server to start installing WordPress.  The File Manager tool that comes with GoDaddy allows you to upload a zipped folder and then unzip it on your server. So you will need to select everything you have in the “wordpress” folder, right click on the content highlighted and select “Add to archive”.

   

6. In the “Archive name and parameters” window that will pop up select .ZIP as the Archive format and click “Ok”.

   

7. You will get a new wordpress.zip folder among these files which you need to upload to your server.

Uploading to server

The next step assumes you already have a domain registered with GoDaddy with the login details to access its Control panel.

1. Go to http://www.godaddy.com. Click Log in to My Account  in the top left corner. Log into the Control Panel of GoDaddy using the details that were sent to your via email  and click Log in.

   

2. Click My Account in the top left corner once you’ve logged in.
3. Scroll down and click + sybmol next to WEB HOSTING.
4. Find your domain in the list and click Launch.

   

5. On the frontend page scroll down click the File Manager icon under the Tools section.

   

6. By default the next page opens the webroot  folder. You need to decide if you want to access your site from www.mysite.com  (where mysite is your domain name) – then  the wordpress.zip file should be uploaded to the ‘webroot ‘directory, or if you want to open it from yoursite.com/wordpress (if you have some files in the webroot  already)  – then you will need to click “+New” -> New Folder at the top, enter a name for your sub-folder (e.g. wordpress) and click Ok  – that will create a new folder with the name you entered in the ‘webroot’  directory which you will need to double click to open  and upload the files.
7. Click Browse  and navigate to the wordpress.zip file on your computer.

   

8. Double click the wordpress.zip file or click on it and click Open to start uploading the file.

   

   At the  left corner you will see a timer that shows the uploading process.

9. Once it’s finished uploading your file, you will see the wordpress.zip folder in the directory you uploaded it to. Check it to select, then go to the More -> Extract menu to unzip it.

   

10. In the window that pops up click the name of the directory you want to extract the content to.  Click Ok.

    

11. When the wordpress.zip is unzipped ,  you will no longer need it, so check it to select, then go to the Delete menu. In the next window  click Ok.

    

Installing WordPress

Now you can proceed to installing WordPress

1. Open your web browser and type in your domain name (or your domain name / subdirectory)  and click Enter.
2. You are going to see the first page of installation. Click Create  a Configuration File.
3. Click Let’s Go! On the next page.
4. For the next page you will need to create a database.

   

   Creating database

   1. Open the GoDaddy frontend page and click the MySQL in the Databases section.

      

   2. Click Add in the top left corner of the new window that will pop up.
   3. To add a MYSQL database, enter the following fields:  1) Friendly name; 2) Database name and username; 3) Ppassword (twice). Then click Ok:

      

   4. It’s going to take a while before the new database is created.  Once it is created, its status  will turn from Pending Setup to Setup. Click Actions -> Details  to see the database connection details you entered.

      

5. Enter your database connection details on the WordPress installation page.

   

   Leave the the Table Prefix (wp_) fields unchanged and click Submit.

   

6. Click Run the Install on the Next page.
7. Enter your Site Title, a username/password to log into your WordPress admin panel and your email address. This info can be changed anytime later. Click Install WordPress.

   

8. WordPress has been installed. Click Login to log into your Wordpess admin with the details you entered previously.

   

9. When you are in the backend of your WordPress site, click WordPress -> View Site in the top left corner to open its frontend. You will see the default Wordprerss theme. Now you can proceed and install the template you purchased.

   

   Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

   WordPress. How to install the engine to GoDaddy server (manual installation)