Help and Tips

To hide an extension from URL, for instance;

Change this url http://simplebyte.net/does/seo.php to http://simplebyte.net/does/seo

copy and paste the following code to your .htaccess file.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php

If you just put a link to your vCard on a webpage, some browsers cannot parse it as a vCard. For instance try downloading this vCard.

To enable browser to corectly read a vCard, just copy and paste this code into your .htaccess file

<Files ~ "\.vcf$">ForceType text/x-vcard</Files>

This should now enable the browser to properly download the vCard. Try downloadable vCard.

After you’ve set up the WordPress site, you might want to change the default theme.

1. To change the theme, you need to first download a theme.

2. Once you’ve downloaded the theme you need to navigate to WordPress directory in your server and upload the theme  folder to /wp-content/themes. You can use software like filezilla to connect to your server.

3. After you’ve upload the theme folder, log in to your WordPress admin and navigate to Appearance > Themes.

4. On the right, you’ll see your newly uploaded theme. Just click on ‘Activate’ and you are done. Congratulations ! You are one step closer to world domination.

To log into wordpress admin panel

1. Point your browser to http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin ( yourdomain.com needs to be replaced with your website domain name )

2. On the screen, enter your admin username and password.

1. To create a new Post, log in to your WordPress admin at http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin

2. Once you are logged in, you will notice a menu bar on the left hand side of the screen.

3. Click on Posts > Add New.

4. Type in a relevant post title and insert the content.

5. After you finish writing the content, press Publish on the right hand side of the screen.

Before proceeding with WordPress setup you need to walk through Tutorial 1: How to Add Domain Name to your server andTutorial 2: How to Setup a Database.

If you have already setup the domain and database, make sure you have the ftp host, username, password and database name, username and password handy.

1 ) Download WordPress : The very first thing you need to do is download WordPress from here.

2 ) Unzip WordPress : After you have downloaded the WordPress, unzip the folder. To unzip the folder just right click on the downloaded file and look for an option that says “Extract Here”.

If you don’t see the option, most likely you don’t have an archive software installed. You can install WinRar from here.

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If you reached this page from the first tutorial How to Add the Domain in Plesk Panel you can jump directly to step 3.

To add a database for a domain, you need to add the domain in plesk panel first. If you’ve already added the domain name just login to your plesk and follow the instructions below:

1. Click on Domains from the general menu.
2. Click the Domain Name you are adding the database for under the Domains section.
3. Click Databases from the Services section.
4. Click Add New Database from the Tools section.
5. Enter the appropriate information:
   • Database Name: enter the name of the database
   • Type: select the type of database you wish to create ( Recommended: MySQL)
6. Click Ok.
7. Click Add New Database User
8. Enter appropriate information
   • Database user name: enter a database username
   • New Password: enter a password
   • Confirm Password: enter the password again
9. Click Ok.

Now you have a database ready. Make note of the database name, username, and the password.  You will need these for the next Tutorial: WordPress setup.

This guide is the first tutorial out of five on “how to setup wordpress site” and shows you how to add a new domain name in your media temple (mt) server.

Add Domain within the AccountCenter

In order for your newly added domain to propogate correctly you must also add a zone file for your new domain. This zone file allows Media Temple (mt) nameservers, ns1.mediatemple.net and ns2.mediatemple.net, to properly route your domain to your (dv) server. The following steps will show you how to accomplish this:

1) Log into your (mt) AccountCenter .

2) Select “Add New” from the “Domains” drop-down menu.

3) Type in your domain name in the blank field, e.g. mt-example.com, not www.mt-example.com

4) Check only the “Add Domain to a new or existing service” box and click “Next”.

5) On the next screen select the radio button for your (dv) server and choose the applicable IP Address in the “Choose IP” drop-down box.

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To create a new Page, log in to your WordPress admin.

Once you are logged in, you will notice a menu bar on the left hand side of the screen.

Click on Pages > Add New.

After you finish writing the content, press Publish on the right hand side of the screen.