Month: August 2020

cPanel is a simple to use dashboard that allows you to manage your server. Many providers provide cPanel to their customers. From cPanel, you can perform a number of important actions such as installing WordPress.

Softaculous is a web interface that allows the user to install the type of site they want with a simple click.

In this post we indicate the best procedure to quickly install wp using cPanel and Softaculous. The post starts first with the procedure not to perform.

Wrong Procedure

1. With cPanel we create the mysite.it domain. The new directory will exist on the server.
2. I don’t create the directory dir (example) under the root directory
3. The installation through Softaculous tells me to indicate an installation directory and this must not exist. I write “dir”. The intent is to install wp in a directory dir below the main one which will be created automatically.
4. I launch the installation
5. the result is incorrect because the site installed will not be http://miosito.it, but http://miosito.it/dir

Correct Procedure

1. With cPanel we create the mysite.it domain. The new directory will exist on the server.
2. From cPanel, through the domain management program, I indicate the directory in which I want the site to reside. I put dir. The procedure automatically creates the directory dir.
3. The installation through Softaculous tells me to indicate an installation directory and this must not exist. I don’t write anything. The program will only take delivery of the new site http://miosito.it but will install in the directory http://miosito.it/dir
4. I launch the installation
5. the result is correct because the site installed is http://mysite.it, All files reside in http://mysite.it/dir