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Gina Bégin
Courses Plus Student 8,613 PointsWhere do I learn about connecting with FTP for Wordpress?
In the "Migrating Wordpress from Local to Live Server" module, it's assumed we know how to do this (I don't; I haven't worked with Wordpress before). Is there a course somewhere in here that will show me how to connect to Wordpress with the FTP Zac shows sporadically throughout this track?
3 Answers
Andrew Shook
31,709 PointsFTP, file transfer protocol, is simply a way for computers to share files with each other. If you are on a Mac you could use the command line to ftp, but I recommend downloading an ftp client like Filezilla (that is what Zac is using in the video). Once you download FileZilla, you will need to go to the admin dash board for your remote server. Where exactly to find the ftp username and password depends on what type of admin dashboard you are using. Your hosting companies web site should have instructions somewhere that will tell you where to find your ftp username and password.
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherTry our how to build websites with WordPress course.
Andrew Shook
31,709 PointsThanks for pointing her in the right direction Zac. I learned ftp scp the old way.
Gina Bégin
Courses Plus Student 8,613 PointsThanks, Zac! (Just realized I asked a stupid question; reading comprehension on little sleep doesn't go well together. ;)
Gina Bégin
Courses Plus Student 8,613 PointsGina Bégin
Courses Plus Student 8,613 PointsThanks, Andrew. I've replied to Zac to see about the course, but I'm familiar (in days gone by!) with using FTP for standard websites; just confused on how to connect it to a Wordpress.org site. If I go through Godaddy.com, would it just be uploaded into Wordpess files on there, in the file manager? (I've connected Wordpress via the CP in Godaddy).
Hopefully I'm making sense. It's been a very long time since I've coded a full website and Wordpess coding is brand new to me. I've only used ready-made themes and tinkered with them through the dashboard options. :)
Andrew Shook
31,709 PointsAndrew Shook
31,709 PointsOh okay. If you know how to ftp a site, then yes it's exactly like ftping a static html site. You simply ftp the entire WordPress folder into the directory where Apache/Nginx is expecting to find the site. For example, /var/www/your_site