Basic Start Help Please

  • joeatb2bmn

    (@joeatb2bmn)


    15 years, 2 months ago

    Have read all of recommended Codex pages and we have content & nav buttons & “needs” etc. more or less figured out for a new site (with a blog) but anxious about 1st steps. We’re a small ad agency & want to offer WPress design, content, SEO to clients, bypassing our current (outsourced) programmers. We do know SEO.
    1) Is it best to upload WP to a host server from the start, or start outside of the host, get client-approved, then upload?
    2) I assume we get a .com domain from GoDaddy or similar, then have it hosted at a place like bluehost?
    3) The steps to upload to host seem daunting; do they assist with that, and with FTP client, MySQL user, etc.?
    4) I need to find a PHP for Mac; I just see FileZilla mentioned (Windows).
    5) Seems like Coda is good editor for Mac? Seems it’s free but then they have a $99 option (?)
    6) Confused about placing files in “root of domain” or in “sub directory on my site” — pros & cons?
    THANKS, people! The “5-minute Install” they talk about must be for the pros! Thanks again — nice support forum.

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  • Samuel B

    (@samboll)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    1 – personal preference there – I like to install in a “test” folder on host – then move install to root or another server when ready

    2 – yes – yes

    3 – most hosts have a one-click install for wordpress – bluehost does

    4 – I assume here you mean ftp client (you will need one eventually)
    options

    5 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TextEdit

    6 – another personal preference – seo doesn’t seem to be affected either way

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    1. Unless you can run WP on a local server, I’d suggest you upload WordPress first. Alternatively, you can do a lot of the design & development work on a local server and then have a demo site on a remote server where you can display new themes etc to clients.

    2. For clients – absolutely. You might even want to look at networked sites if you feel that you’ll have a reasonably stable stream of clients.

    3. If you are going to offer WP to clients, I’d strongly suggest that you get used to using FTP now. There are times when it will come in very useful.

    4. You need some sort of FTP client for Mac. Have a look on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_FTP_clients for some suggestions.

    5. Not a Mac person myself but all you need is a good text editor. If you can get one with some syntax highlighting, so much the better.

    6. I think that’s going to depend upon whether these clients have existing sites that you will be replacing (upload to a sub-folder) or are going to use a completely new domain (upload to domain root).

    Thread Starter joeatb2bmn

    (@joeatb2bmn)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks much, Samuel. Great re #3; like that. So re #1, is that seamless to do? Thanks again…

    Thread Starter joeatb2bmn

    (@joeatb2bmn)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks, esmi — good advice. Re #6, Brings up question: we would want to keep a client’s domain name, for sure, and I assume that’s not a problem if we use WP platform?

    Samuel B

    (@samboll)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    #1
    http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Moving_WordPress

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    No – that’s no problem at all.

    Thread Starter joeatb2bmn

    (@joeatb2bmn)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks, guys!

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