Remote web server - 384 CHAPTER 14 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING WORDPRESS
384 CHAPTER 14 INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING WORDPRESS $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2′ or ‘mylogin_’ to this: $table_prefix = ‘example_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2′ or ‘mylogin_’ Now save the changes made in wp-config.php file. Note You need to change the prefix setting in wp-config.php only if your WordPress installation is going to be sharing a database with another installation. If some other software is using the database, you don t need to change this setting, as WordPress and the other program should not have conflicting table names. Next, create a brand-new file called dothtaccess.txtin the same folder as wp-config.php. It should be an empty file, but if you re using Notepad, it won t let you create an empty file! Simply press Enter a couple of times to get around this restriction. You can create the file in Windows Explorer if you wish. Simply right-click, choose New . Text Document, and name it dothtaccess.txt. Transferring the Files You are now ready to transfer the files onto your server. Using your FTP software, upload all the WordPress files to you web server, storing them in the folder you decided on earlier, as shown in Figure 14-4. This folder will be the one your hosting company told you is the place to put your web pages or a subfolder. You may need to create the folder first, if it does not already exist. Next, on the server, rename the dothtaccess.txt file you uploaded to .htaccess a leading period (or full stop), followed by the name htaccess with no extension. This is a special file that will be used later to give some special instructions to the Apache web server software.
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