Wordpress test site - how would I set it up?

valve90210 · 4 Mar 2010 at 19:34

Hi All

Ive currently got a very basic website which I put together using some free wysiwyg webdesign software (and ended up editing the html to get what I wanted...) But I would like to move it to something rather more user friendly and easy to update.

I'm considering using wordpress for this as it looks to have loads of options and plugins etc that would make the site easy to keep updated.

However first I would like to give it a try to see how it works and if I can get it doing what I'd like.

My hosting uses Cpanel and I could auto install wordpress via this, which would be nice and easy but I'm wondering if there is an easy way for me to be able to install it for test purposes so I can have a good play with it and check it out on different browsers etc without publishing it to the whole wide world.

Would this be possible/easy to do? If so , how would I do i?

Any help anyone can give me would be very very much appreciated.

Valve

valve90210 · 5 Mar 2010 at 09:40

tres said:
Why bother using .htaccess or any sort of authentication?
Just install it into a randomly named folder, no one will ever find it!

_lecro_ said:
if you want to keep it on your server just install in a folder .. i.e www.YOURDOMAIN.COM/wordpress

EDIT : dohhh 2 mins too late

This sounds like the easiest way to give it a try. If I do this and spend ages playing around on it and getting it doing what I like, would it be easy to move it from the test area to the actual site? Is it a case of copying files into my main domain folder?

valve90210 · 5 Mar 2010 at 10:57

Sounds easy enough, thanks for your help so far, and if I get stuck I shall give you a shout...

Know what I'm gonna be doing this weekend now...lol

valve90210 · 8 Mar 2010 at 11:01

Well, I was having a play with Wordpress over the weekend, and found it to be pretty good, bit of a learning curve but I think I'm getting there.

Hardest part at the moment is customing the look of the site (using a theme but want to change colours etc) using the CSS which I've never used before. Found some decent software to allow me to do it though making sure I'm changing the right things has taken some time.

Next step is to install an ecommerce plugin (thinking probably WP-Ecommerce - unless anyone can suggest something easier and better). I need it to be really simple to add new items so my girlfriend, who the site is for, will be able to add things herself to save me having to do it all the time.