This presentation covers topics on how to download, upload and install WordPress online in an hosting account.

1. Host Your Blog Online
Jamshid Hashimi
Trainer, Cresco Solution
http://www.jamshidhashimi.com
jamshid@netlinks.af
@jamshidhashimi
ajamshidhashimi

2. Agenda
• Download WordPress
• FTP & Control Panel
• Upload WordPress
• FileZilla
• Control Panel
• Install WordPress

3. Download WordPress
• WordPress can be download from wordpress.org

4. Download WordPress
• Unzip the downloaded file

5. FTP & Control Panel
• FTP
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard Internet protocol for transmitting files
between computers on the Internet.
• A control panel, in web hosting, is a web-based interface provided by the
hosting company that allows customers to manage their various hosted
services in a single place.
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Access to server logs.
Details of available and used web space and bandwidth.
Email account configuration.
Maintaining FTP users’ accounts.
Managing database.
Visitor statistics using web log analysis software.
Web-based file manager.

6. Upload WordPress
• In order to use WordPress under your domain name, you must upload
and install it in your hosting account.
• FileZilla
• FileZilla is free and cross-platform FTP software, consisting of FileZilla Client
and FileZilla Server. Binaries are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS.

7. Upload WordPress
• Before uploading and installing your blog
• Get your FTP account details
• Get your Control Panel account details
• You need your FTP account to upload WordPress files
• You need your Control Panel account to create Database, create email accounts and more.

8. Upload WordPress
• FTP connection
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Host
Username
Password
Port

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• Control Panel
• Database

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13. Install WordPress

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20. Install WordPress

21. Questions?