Comments on: How To Install WordPress on Ubuntu: Part 2

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:05:51 +0000

You were spot on, Linerd! I should automatically think of this as I come across it often in Windows and have come across this before in Linux. Images are now showing up.
Thanks for the 'clue'. I hope I can return the favor to the group with my growth in knowledge.

By: Linerd

Linerd — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:51:44 +0000

Try clearing the cache in FF if you haven't already. The only other thing I can think of is that it's a permissions issue on the theme folders. You might need to make sure you have execute permission on the images directory. http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:43:17 +0000

Installed WP 3.01 locally on Ubuntu 10.04 including dependencies. Everything functioning except when viewing a theme in Firefox [3.6.12].
Appears that not all graphic files are showing. Example: various menu*.jpg files don't appear with the menu bar on the home page, only the menu tags ['home' 'about' 'contact'] on the main background. Same with any icons; can see them in the images directory of the theme but not showing up.
Issue possibly with FF?
THX!

By: bobot

bobot — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:35:26 +0000

great! i always wanted to do this all along and had it not been for this guide... muchas gracias

By: bobot

bobot — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:33:30 +0000

i also ran into the same error and i was lucky to fix it by checking on the membership on my own group! i do not understand it but when i check on the group that has the same name as my user id, i am not a member! so what i did is to make myself a member of the above group.

By: hoss

hoss — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:42:05 +0000

I get this error when I try to unzip into /var/www

You don't have the right permissions to extract archives in the folder "file:///var/www"

any suggestions?

By: Lois

Lois — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:56:23 +0000

Ok, I'll try file manager then. Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

By: Linerd

Linerd — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:29:43 +0000

Well, if you're working on a theme, just archive the theme folder in a tar.gz or zip format. You can then upload the archived file to your hosting account through the cPanel File Manager or use FTP/sFTP (depending on what your hosting package supports) to upload the archive. Then you just unzip the archive on the server to the proper location. If you're not familiar with FTP, then the File Manager is the most straight forward way to upload.

By: Lois

Lois — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:36:19 +0000

Thanks Linerd, that makes a lot of sense. I've successfully set up WordPress on bluehost. I can certainly appreciate how valuable it is to have a platform set up to play with offline. Once that's done though, do you know of any good guides to help with uploading everything to the WordPress installation with my hosting provider?

By: Linerd

Linerd — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:42:09 +0000

The whole point of this is that you can develop or customize a WordPress theme off line (as in editing the theme code, not just adjusting theme settings). This is jsut so you can experiment in your own controlled environment. Then, once you have your theme looking the way you want, you can upload it to your WordPress installation with your hosting provider.

Your production WordPress site will be on your host's server. If you bought your domain name and hosting package from the same provider, then they should have setup their domain name servers to point your domain name to your account. This video should walk you through setting up WordPress on BlueHost. http://tutorials.bluehost.com/wordpress/
You can also install it using Fantastico DeLuxe: http://tutorials.bluehost.com/fantastico/