I proved this wrong! All i needed was the ‘site software’ button in cPanel and it installed it.
Good luck when you break it and then can’t fix it because you don’t have a clue about how it works.
Automated installation systems like this are a detriment to web-based software in general, because they enable 1-click installs, but not 1-click fixes or customizations. We do not recommend using these sorts of systems around here.
At a minimum, to install WordPress, you need to know:
a) how to get files on your site,
b) how to create a database for your site, and
c) how to edit text files using a simple no-frills text editor.
If you can do those three things, then the one-click installs are unnecessary.
Granted, I *am* a web developer, but I had WordPress up, running, updated to a newer version via the admin panel, and a new theme installed in approximately 5 minutes. I agree with most of the comments, that if you’re not capable of making a database and getting WordPress running (as it’s pretty much the easiest and most refined I’ve ever seen) then you should be looking to either learn how or get some help from someone who knows what they’re doing.
The install process being so simple is actually what hooked me, and then looking at (and playing with) the development API reeled me in. I used to code exclusively in ASP.NET or JSP, but now I’m 100% a WordPress developer.
LOL the wordpress installation is pretty simple, I preffer installing it manually now actually rather than using the likes of fantastico as sometimes i’ve found fantastico to cause unforseen issues with some scripts.
For starters you would have had to specify an install directory if you used fantastico or cpanels own auto install feature so you should have made a note of it, however its probably in something like public_html/dir/wp/ or public_html/dir/blog
best you can do is look in file manager in public_html to see what folders are there, if there are any you dont recognise or if there are any new ones you should look in those folders as it’s probably in there somewhere, then simply just point your browser to that directory.
wordpress couldn’t be easier to use and tbh if you installed it manually you wouldn’t have had any problems with it. The admin panel is a lot easier to use and a lot less confusing than it used to be, it used to use terms i didnt have a clue about but now its much more user friendly. Good Job wordpress!!!!
