Looking to set up a blog with your IX Web Hosting? No problem. Although IX Webhosting’s H-Sphere control panel does not come with Fantastico, putting a blog like Wordpress on your small business or church website (I’m using it for this site) a very easy thing to do. Why? WP can be maually installed through the IX Webhosting control panel.
IX Web Hosting and How to Use Wordpress
We recommned using WP if your web host is IXWebhosting and want a blogging website. Why? It’s simply the best because does well with search engines and has ton of plugins that you will enjoy using. Here are the simple steps:
- Go to Wordpress. org and and download the FREE latest installation.
- Unzip the file and using a FTP Client like Filezilla, upload all WP to IX Web Hosting host server (in the root-public_html where you have your site.
- Login to your IXWebhosting control panel, and click on MySQL because what you need to do is have IX Web Hosting create a new MySQL database for your blog, making sure you add a user to the database.
- Now you are ready to install Wordpress. Simply type in “YourDomain.com/wp-admin/install.php, which will begin the the Wordpress installation for your IXWebhosting site. Follow simple steps (which amounts to a few clicks) and you’re done.
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