Installing wordpress?

Azhan · 12-20-2009, 12:40 PM

Guys. I was wondering.what's the difference between installing wordpress manually and installing wordpress using fantastico

?Sorry for asking this question.Just curious though.

david carr · 12-20-2009, 01:35 PM

fantastico is quicker(a lot) but thats about it

Dave

pdrw07 · 12-20-2009, 08:37 PM

its the same installing.. but using fantastico is the no-brainer installations

everyone can do it from fantastico because it not so technically..

mywebwork · 12-20-2009, 08:58 PM

Not sure why you're "sorry for asking", it's actually an excellent question.

Fantastico simplifies the WordPress installation, and as long as your hosting provider keeps things up to date it is by far the easiest route to go.

A manual installation can have advantages in certain specific situations. For example, if you have several installations to perform that all use the same set of themes and plugins you could create a master template and then upload it to all of the sites.

Another situation may arise when you want to create a custom security hack or configuration, again a manual installation would give you more control.

But in the majority of cases Fantastico is the way to go. It creates a WordPress installation in a matter of seconds without having to bother with file permission and database settings.

Bill

HomeBizNizz · 12-20-2009, 09:00 PM

How is the upgrade possibility with Fantastico...?

thrilrich · 12-21-2009, 12:55 AM

HomeBizNizz,

You have to keep going back to CPanel in your hosting account, and re-install a newer version of Wordpress everytime a new version surfaces. And that may overwrite certain config of the old wordpress files if u hv already installed. A faster or more efficient way for upgrading Wordpress will be within your own hosted domain. Whenever there's an upgrade, there's will be a reminder at the top of the interface. So u will not miss it.

I always do that and I find more streamlined and efficient in that way. Do the first install once in Fantastico, and upgrades within Wordpress environment.

Hope that helps.

Azhan · 12-21-2009, 10:24 AM

Thanks for the info guys.

Selena85 · 12-21-2009, 12:49 PM

Just a quick tip: if you install wp using Fantastico on hostgator, always check the privacy settings as they block search engines by default. Just change it to "allow search engines" or your site will never get indexed. I don't know how it works on other hosts...

When you install manually, it's the other way around.

domainsam · 12-26-2009, 05:42 PM

Softaculous is easier than anything else. I use it for every wordpress site and it has many other scripts for free.

warfore · 12-28-2009, 01:55 PM

Some hosting companies also have another option for installing Wordpress called Simple Scripts. Bluehost offers it in addition to Fantastico. I actually like Simple Scripts a little better than Fantastico because of the installation options.

Abledragon · 12-28-2009, 05:15 PM

I wrote an article recently on 3 things to look out for when doing 1-click installs (including Fantastico) of WordPress. You can find it here:

http://www.wealthydragon.com/blog/20...lick-installs/

Cheers,

Martin.

projek001 · 12-28-2009, 05:31 PM

I think the wp version in fantastico is not the latest version.

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