How to setup a subdomain and install WordPress

First Setup a

Subdomain

How to setup a Subdomain

Subdomains are URLs for different sections of your website.

They use your main domain name and a prefix. For example, if

your domain is GINZBURGPRESS.COM a sub-domain of your

domain might be SUPPORT.GINZBURPGRESS.COM.

Login into your cPanel.

Go to Domains > Subdomains

In the Subdomain field enter a name for your subdomain.

If creating a staging server name it stagesite.

Example URL will be stagesite.yourdomain.com

Hit Create.

You’ll see a message similar to this:

stagesite.yourdomain.com has been created!

Create a new database in

the cPanel

Go to Databases > MySQL Database Wizard

Create a new database:

Go to next step

Create a new database in

the cPanel

Go to Databases > MySQL Database Wizard

Create a new database:

Go to next step

Create a Database Username:

Create a password:

Create a new database in

the cPanel

Go to Databases > MySQL Database Wizard

Create a new database:

Go to next step

Create a Database Username:

Create a password:

Click on Create User

Select All Privileges

Click on Next Step

Download and configure WordPress

Download WordPress from the repository.

https://wordpress.org/

Save it to your computer.

Extract the zipped wordpress file.

Rename this file

wp-config-sample.php

We are going to rename this file wp-config-

sample.php to wp-config.php.

Right click on the file and rename it to

wp-config.php

Then open the file in a text editor such as

notepad or notepad++ to connect to the

database.

Make the following changes

inside the config.php file:

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from

your web host ** //

/** The name of the database for WordPress */

define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');

/** MySQL database username */

define('DB_USER', 'username_here');

/** MySQL database password */

define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');

Upload the wordpress

files to your subdomain

Upload the entire wordpress contents you

just extracted to your new subdomain

directory with the newly changed

wp-config.php file.

You can use your FTP program or your can

upload the files from within your cPanel.

FTP your files

Use Filezilla to upload the wordpress files to your

newly created subdomain.

When the upload is done, navigate to the URL of

your new subdomain.

For example:

www.stagesite.mydomain.com/wp-config.php

You’ll see the install screen.

Select English or another language.

Welcome

Fill out the rest of the information for your new site.

Site Title:

Username:

Password:

email:

Hit Install WordPress

You’ll see the Success! Screen Login

Success!

You should also be receiving an email that you have

a new WordPress site.

Navigate to the site to ensure it’s been properly

installed.

Hello world!

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