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The basics of installing Wordpress on 1and1 Linux Hosting.

• Download the ZIP file from Wordpress.org
• Unzip to an easy to remember folder on your computer.
• You’ll want an FTP program, I recommend the FileZilla client.
• The next few steps require logging into your 1and1 account.
• Set your domain to point to a folder, not just the root of your account (click on domains menu).
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• Write down the first entry “snnnnnnn.onlinehome.us” This is your web and FTP default location. (the snnnnnnn is your unique hosting ID)
• Get the default FTP account for the hosting account (click on “Webspace and Access” then “FTP Account”
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• Write down the User name and Password.
• Click on Websites and Applications menu and MySQL administration (You DID choose Linux hosting?).
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• Create a new database and write down the Database Name, User Name, Password and Host Name.
• Start FileZilla setting your FTP account to your FTP default location from above and entering in your User name and password. Click on connect. You should be able to connect to your hosting account at this point.
• Upload all the files from your unzipped copy of Wordpress to the folder you created in your hosting account.. should look something like this:
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• There’s one file we need to edit: wp-config-sample.php
• Open the local copy in notepad and you’ll see this

<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');    // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'username');     // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix  = 'wp_';   // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
// Change this to localize WordPress.  A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
// For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.
define ('WPLANG', '');
/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
?>

• Change the DB_NAME from Wordpress to your 1and1 Data Base name.
• Change the DB_USER to your User Name for your database.
• Change the DB_PASSWORD to your Password for your database.
• Change the DB_HOST to the Host Name for your database. (nnnnnn.Perfora.net)
• If you are planning on sharing the database with other apps, or other blogs of your own, you can make one final change…
• Change #table_prefix from wp_ to something unique like blogname_
• Save the file and rename it wp-config.php and FTP it up to your hosting account.
• Close everything and open your website in a browser.
• You should see the Wordpress default screen saying that it appears that Wordpress is not installed.
• Well, it’s installed, just not ready. It hints that you should click on the install.php link.
• Do it!
• Follow the step by step, filling in the name of the blog and your email (you can change these later).
• When ready, it will diplay a screen with a really important piece of information…
• That really important piece of information is the initial password.
• Copy and paste it to a file, email it to yourself and write it down in at least three places for safe keeping.
• Click where it suggests to login.
• Login with username: admin and password of: you DID write it down!?
• You should be graced with the Wordpress control panel.
• First thing I would do is go to Users and add another Administrator user (yourself) and then change the admin password to something you can remember (after this you can get rid of that cryptic inital password).
• From here, you can add and edit posts, do all kinds of configurations (a little spelunking is in order here).
• If you want to add plugins/widgets or Themes, you can download them from the Wordpress site, unzip them and follow the instructions for each one.
• Enjoy!