How To Install WordPress on IX Web Hosting Account

Thank you this was very helpful. One note, to not get an install error I had to go back and give mySQL user full permissions.

Great help, but also note, on IX, you’ll need to insert the Host Name over localhost (as it says 99% won’t have to do this, IX=the 1%).

Thanks a lot. This was my second attempt. Your instructions made the process as easy as advertised. I did have to make the two changes previously posted as well. Good work.

Great tutorial. IX WebHosting had no information as to how to install WordPress. This was a lifesaver. Thanks!!!

Yes, this was very helpful. I was a little outside of my comfort zone messing with the MYSQL database. I had the error message near the end, but it was easy to correct once I saw the note from Csyd, regarding permissions. As soon as I changed that everything worked fine.

hi, im trying to install wp 2.8.5 on my ix hosting but it is giving me an error.. i think it has something to do with the wp-config-sample configuration.. could you help please?

@Reza : When requesting help, please include as much information as you can. For instance:

- the steps you have gone through so far
- error messages
- are you tring to install from scratch or are you using the installer from IX Web Hosting?

Hi I have completed all the steps and then when I tried to log in or go to my website it tells me:

Directory Listing Denied
This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.

If I go to http://www.turtledovephoto.com/index.php then you can see the blog is there?

I am confused at how to log into & edit the blog or get it to be my website without /index.php ?

I’d massively appreciate anyhelp

~Jenilee

To me it looks fine whether I specify index.php in the URL or not.

Word press automatically strips the first portion of IxWebhosting database user names (everything before “_” and including the underscore ) when you use the easy form. You need to open up the wp-config.php file and change

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘DBUSERNAME’);

TO

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘IXUSERNAME_DBUSERNAME’);

This fixed everything for me.

Followed all the steps but keep getting the message “error establishing a database connection” when I try to go to my site in a web browser. Any ideas?

Check :

- database name
- username
- password

I had follwed all ur had displayed here to install wordpress .
I had followed all steps and now its saya”Error establishing a database connection”
Please help me
Sagar

Verify :

- database name
- username
- password

It HAS to be caused by one (or more) of these information being incorrect.

Thank you, Thank you. Everything worked as you described. I would have worked for hours without your help.

All the information given was coorect I had tried five times.
I had also created new databases twice and have tried but of no avail.
Please help

H-SPHERE

Error 500: Internal Server Error

The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.

The problem is on the server side, not with your browser or the address. Most probably, a certain service (e.g., Tomcat engine) is down. Please contact your webmaster.

OK, so I was able to upload an index.html file (as a placeholder), but without the index.html OR when I attempt to run http://ninjamantra.com/wp-admin/install.php I get the above error. I have made and re-made the mysql database, changed the wp-config.php file, etc. Please let me know what should be done next.

@Maplex: I’d say delete everything and start all over again. Since you changed a few things here and there, I can’t help you out.

K, deleted everything, followed the directions again & uploaded freshly unzipped versions of all the files (unmodified), and got the same result. Whenever I go to the website it gives me the above error.

Make sure you don’t upload files in binary mode. Try uploading them in ascii mode.

@Maplex: have you tried contacting IX Web Hosting support?

Also make sure there’s no hidden files that stayed in your directory like .htaccess (although it’s not always hidden).

Uploaded in ASCII, no hidden files, haven’t gotten in touch with IX tech support yet (it’s confusing).

I did everything as listed, which seemed to go well. But when I go to my direct URL to finish I just get this error message:

Directory Listing Denied
This Virtual DIrectory does not allow contents to be listed.

How do I resolve this?

I followed the tutorial and got to the last page where it is the WP 5-minute install. I entered in my blog name and email, then it went to a page where it said “congrats” but had a lot of error messages above the username and password it had given me. When I go to my domain it tells me to install and I keep getting the same 5 minute install screen. Help?

[...] And we’re off! Thankfully, wordpress was much easier to install on IX Web Hosting than I had prepared for thanks to this tutorial. [...]

For IX Web users the localhost should be change to the host mysq###.ixwebhosting.com

Go to your phpMyadmin and look at the url. If it looks like the one below you should put mysq229.ixwebhosting.com where localhost is.

https://mysq229.opentransfer.com/phpMyAdmin/index.php?lang=en-utf-8&token=….

Hi,
Well, firstly, you must need many a “pat on the back” for even thinking about creating this topic – I have used it and have a couple of problems which you, as a pro, will be able to answer easily I hope?!

“Error establishing a database connection”

Now, I hope I have entered all the details as per the setup – so in the config file, is the mysql hostname “localhost” or, with ixweb, is it different.

When I reach the wordpress .php?step=1 (if I entere the full url manually) it tells me that it needs the file I changed to wp-config – this may make sense to you, but it sure beats the hell out of a first timer….

Would appreciate any help you can give.

Thanks again,
Darren

Sorry, that was supposed to say requires the “wp-config-sample” file to contact the database – yet I renamed the file to wp-config prior to upload…. guess this may be the issue or the “localhost” in the config file?

Thanks
Darren

@Darren: with IX Web Hosting, the MySQL server resides on a different server than your website. Therefore it can’t be “localhost”.

From your control panel, click on the “MySQL Server” icon. On the next page you’ll see the MySQL Server hostname at the top (mysql123.ixwebhosting.com or something).

Excellent – all done and running smooth – thank you very much for your input and help solving my problem, lets see how I get on now from changing the themes over and hopefully, will be swinging away with a great blog!

Best Regards
Darren

I have a couple of websites on my IX account that non wordpress, and I don’t want to change them. I also have a couple of domain names for which I’d like to use WP. If I follow these instructions will it affect the non WP sites? Should I install WP to the route, or locally, to the folders of sites I want to develop using WP? I also have Microsoft Expression web 3 and I’ve heard you can integrate WP with this (presumably on my hdd rather than on the server) – would this be a better option? Many thanks for your help.

@Oshun: I suggest you install WordPress into a subfolder or on a subdomain (blog.yourwebsite.com) and use a different database.

If you install WP this, it shouldn’t interfere with anything else.

hey, thank you so much. helped a lot. had to give complete permissions to the db user in order to avoid install error.rest was a cakewalk.

thanks again

I had to set up my database user to dba, not read and write for it to work. Thanks for this post though, it did help.

Hey it worked!
Just installed WP 3.0 on an IX host.
Worked just fine. MAKE SURE you set mysql21.ixwebhosting.com I mis-read it at first and tried mysql121 – 121 instead of 21.

@Timewalker: this value can differ from one user to another so be careful

Thanks for the info. I got WordPress 3.0.1 installed. One glitch: the MySQL user has to have admin rights. Your screen shot shows it being configured with read/write.

Hi,

I have just installed WP3.01 on ixweb and have experienced a couple of issues which I guess you may be able to assist with, I hope!

If I go to the domain, it shows a strange landing page – like a root directory but for wordpress. Now, if I click the login it then takes me to a 404 page as the redirect link reads as
http://IPaddress/wordpress/login.php

Went through the install ok, when I got to the end it asked me to login – went to login and thats where I found the issue.

Any thoughts what could have caused this?

wp-config-sample.php has been renamed, and the .html file has been removed.

Look forward to hearing your pro-thoughts on this!

Regards
Darren

Worked perfectly! Thank you!

Cool stuff, thanks for posting this helpful tutorial I guess IX would have figured people want WordPress as the root directory by now.

Just to reiterate a comment further up, there is one step missing.

1. Before running the WP install you need to click on the “Database User” inside IXWebhosting MySql and grant full permissions.

Other than everything works perfectly.

Thanks again:.

Actually you don’t have to do any of this any more. In Control Panel, go to WebServer/EasyApps and you can install WP on the spot.

Sorry, just read the intro. You knew this.

ืCan you provide useful information about how to install WordPress Multi-Site in IX Webhosting ?

This is very important and will help you to increasing customers from other hosts to using your services

Pasin

Hi,
If i want to leave my existing horrible site live while i work on setting up my wordpress site, is there a way to do that? Is it as simple as not deleting index.html until i’m ready, or will that cause a problem when I try to install wordpress?

How can i restore my website on IXwebhosting ? can someone help me ?

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I’m a newbie to say the least, and both WordPress and IX Web hosting had a lot of information and FAQs, but none simply explained in a clear, precise step-by-step manner as yours did. I had given up hope that I could use WordPress with my web site. Thanks again.

Thank you for this doc, it will be useful if ix offer a one-click install for wordpress

Thanks for the easy step by step tutorial on installing a Word Press blog on my website in IX Web Hosting.

i created a wordpress website in my local host how can i import the wordpress database to ix hosting ?

@Iomang: use phpMyAdmin.

why i can not import my database to the new database that i create with ix webhosting.

i installes wordpress on ix server. When i tried to enable a plugin(transposh) entire site will become blak, db correpted.

In your “How to Install WordPress on IX Web Hosing Account” a graphic won’t download:

Once the database is created, you’ll need to create a MySQL user account in order to access it. Hit the Add User button after filling the fields as shown below :

http://netdna.thewebhostinghero.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ixwebhosting-mysql-user.jpg

“Oops, the page you were looking for cannot be found.”

@rhodyman: fixed, thank you!

how can i do when i install wp eCommerce plugin it kill my administrator, so please help me