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
- With cPanel we create the mysite.it domain. The new directory will exist on the server.
- I don’t create the directory dir (example) under the root directory
- 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.
- I launch the installation
- the result is incorrect because the site installed will not be http://miosito.it, but http://miosito.it/dir
Correct Procedure
- With cPanel we create the mysite.it domain. The new directory will exist on the server.
- 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.
- 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
- I launch the installation
- the result is correct because the site installed is http://mysite.it, All files reside in http://mysite.it/dir
