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WordPress

Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points
Posted by Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points

Basic Wordpress Question: does both the 1-click install and the famous five minute install have to be used?

I apologize for the very basic question. I am unsure from the videos if both installs need to be done? What is the difference between the two?

6 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

No, if you have the 1 click option available all you have to do is use that and you are done with the install. If your hosting provider does not provide the one click install, thats when you have to do the 5 minute one

Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points
Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points

Thank you, I can't believe I am having so much difficulty with these tracks!! I can't pass the first test, I keep missing two questions. :-/

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

what are the questions? can you post a link to the quiz?

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

what are the questions? can you post a link to the quiz?

Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points
Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points

Well I managed to answer one of the two, so I passed. But he other question is: "To upload files to our hosting accounts, we use _______ software."

I thought this was FileZilla??

James Ingmire
James Ingmire
11,901 Points
James Ingmire
James Ingmire
11,901 Points

What is FileZilla tho? Think what type of software is is? P

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

hint: the answer is a 3 letter acronym.

James Ingmire
James Ingmire
11,901 Points
James Ingmire
James Ingmire
11,901 Points

What is 'F'ileZilla tho? 'T'hink what type of software is is? 'P' lol

Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points
Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points

James, I'm not sure what you are getting at? Is it not an FTP software??

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

I was pretty sure FTP is the answer. is it not? filezilla is an FTP client.

James Ingmire
James Ingmire
11,901 Points
James Ingmire
James Ingmire
11,901 Points

It was a hint in the post i gave earlier up on the post, pretty hard to get i guess. Yes it is a FTP.

Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points
Jennifer Crawshaw
Jennifer Crawshaw
17,878 Points

LOL! Ok, apparently I'm very slow today!! :-D

I blame the heat ;-)

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,147 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,147 Points

I always do the manual install over the one-click for one simple reason. I can make sure the I have unique secret keys in the config file, and I always change the database prefixes to something a little more ambiguous than the default "wp-[table-name]". It's just a tiny extra layer of security the one click might not give you, since it would be harder to do harmful sql injections when the table prefixes are something custom.