How To Install Wordpress on IX Web Hosting Account

January 19th, 2009 · 25 Comments

IXWebHosting Tutorial - How To Install Wordpress ManuallySince I’ve made a post on how to use EasyApps to install applications on your IX Web Hosting account, a reader made me realize Wordpress has to be installed in a directory and cannot be installed in the root folder of your website.

Another inconvenient is the fact that the latest Wordpress release available through EasyApps is version 2.5 while version 2.7 is already out at the time of this writing.

Despite these problems, IX Web Hosting remains a good web host so I’m going to show you how to install Wordpress manually. This way, you’ll be able to use the latest version and install it at the root of your website.

How to Install Wordpress Manually on IX Web Hosting

This tutorial assumes that you’re already logged in your IX Web Hosting control panel and that you know how to upload files through FTP.

First, click on the Manage button from your IX Web Hosting control panel and a new window will open :

IXWebHosting Control Panel

From the newly opened window, click on the MySQL Server icon, right under Databases :

IX Web Hosting - MySQL Server

Click on Add Database :

IXWebHosting - Add MySQL Database

Enter a name and a description for your database, then hit Next :

IX Web Hosting - New MySQL Database

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 :

IXWebHosting MySQL User

Okay we’re now done with the MySQL database part. Now let’s head over to Wordpress.org (http://www.wordpress.org) to download the latest version of our favorite blog platform. Click on the Download Wordpress button :

IXWebHosting - Getting the latest Wordpress version

From the next page, click the Download Wordpress button :

IXWebHosting Wordpress Download

When you’re prompted to save the Wordpress installation files, don’t forget to choose a directory you will remember. Too often, people click the Save button as soon as the see the download window and they have no idea where the file will be saved!

Once the download is completed, use your favorite compression utility (Winzip, WinRAR, ZipGenius or whatever) to extract the content from Wordpress file archive. Take note of the directory you’re extracting the files to. For this tutorial, I’ll be extracting them to D:\temp\wordpress

Next you will need a FTP client in order to transfer the Wordpress files to your website. Personnally I like using Filezilla because it’s easy to use and it’s free.

Connect to your IX Web Hosting through FTP and double-click the folder named by your website’s domain name :

ixwebhosting-ftp-upload-wordpress

Now select all the content from the Wordpress folder on your computer and upload it to your IX Web Hosting account. You may be prompted to overwrite some of the files created there by default when you signed up with IX Web Hosting :

IX Web Hosting - Uploading Wordpress

Sit back and get a coffee, the upload may take a while. When completed, use your FTP client to delete the file named index.html :

ixwebhosting-wordpress-tutorial

Hold on, we’re almost done now! Open your web browser to http://www.yourwebsite.com and click the Create a Configuration File button:

ixwebhosting-install-wordpress

On the next page, hit the Let’s Go button to start the installation. Enter the information needed by Wordpress to connect to your MySQL database as you’ve created earlier in this tutorial and click on Submit (don’t forget to set the right Database Host) :

ixwebhosting-wordpress-mysql

If everything went correctly, click on Run the install from the next page. Enter a title for your blog as well as your email address and click on Install Wordpress :

Install Wordpress

Take note of the login information provided and you’re now ready to blog your way to success! Your blog will now be accessible at the root of your website while the administration interface will be available at http://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin

25 responses so far ↓

1. Response by : csyd on Feb 10, 2009 at 5:05 pm

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.

2. Response by : Si on Feb 21, 2009 at 3:18 am

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%).

3. Response by : Matthew Sancomb on Feb 28, 2009 at 12:16 am

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.

4. Response by : Patrick Casey on Apr 25, 2009 at 5:06 pm

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

5. Response by : Okyay on Oct 21, 2009 at 4:18 pm

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.

6. Response by : Reza on Nov 9, 2009 at 7:26 am

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?

7. Response by : The Web Hosting Hero on Nov 9, 2009 at 10:21 am

@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?

8. Response by : Jenilee on Nov 27, 2009 at 6:07 pm

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

9. Response by : The Web Hosting Hero on Nov 30, 2009 at 10:48 am

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

10. Response by : Corey on Jan 7, 2010 at 12:38 pm

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.

11. Response by : AJ on Jan 13, 2010 at 11:47 pm

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?

12. Response by : The Web Hosting Hero on Jan 14, 2010 at 2:48 pm

Check :

- database name
- username
- password

13. Response by : Sagar on Jan 17, 2010 at 6:11 pm

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

14. Response by : The Web Hosting Hero on Jan 17, 2010 at 6:17 pm

Verify :

- database name
- username
- password

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

15. Response by : Clark Hinson on Jan 17, 2010 at 6:55 pm

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

16. Response by : Sagar on Jan 18, 2010 at 6:02 am

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

17. Response by : Maplex on Feb 17, 2010 at 12:16 am

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.

18. Response by : Maplex on Feb 17, 2010 at 9:06 am

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.

19. Response by : The Web Hosting Hero on Feb 19, 2010 at 3:54 pm

@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.

20. Response by : Maplex on Feb 20, 2010 at 11:24 am

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.

21. Response by : The Web Hosting Hero on Feb 20, 2010 at 11:38 am

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

22. Response by : The Web Hosting Hero on Feb 20, 2010 at 11:39 am

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

23. Response by : The Web Hosting Hero on Feb 20, 2010 at 11:42 am

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

24. Response by : Maplex on Feb 21, 2010 at 11:49 am

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

25. Response by : M. Ducher on Feb 24, 2010 at 1:58 pm

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?

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