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@@ -10,38 +10,6 @@ http://wordpress.com/ and sign yourself and your friends up to free blogs.
It's easier in the long run and you'll save yourself a lot of pain
and angst.
-Install
-=======
-1. Download and unzip the WordPress MU package, if you haven't already.
- The unzipped files will be created in a directory named "wordpressmu"
- followed by a version number.
-2. Create a database for WordPress MU on your web server, as well as a
- MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.
-3. Place the WordPress MU files in the desired location on your web server:
- * If you want to integrate WordPress MU into the root of your
- domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all the files and
- directories of the unzipped WordPress MU directory into the root
- directory of your web server.
- * If you want to have your WordPress MU installation in its own
- subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blogs/),
- rename the directory wordpressmu to the name you'd like the
- subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server.
- For example if you want the WordPress MU installation in a
- subdirectory called "blog", you should rename the directory called
- "wordpressmu" to "blogs" and upload it to the root directory of your
- web server.
-4. Make sure your install directory and the wp-contents directory are
- writeable by the webserver.
-5. Run the WordPress MU installation script by accessing index.php
- in your favorite web browser.
- * If you installed WordPress MU in the root directory, you should
- visit: http://example.com/index.php
- * If you installed WordPress MU in its own subdirectory called
- blogs, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blogs/index.php
-(Adapted from http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress)
-
-If you're upgrading, skip to the end of this document.
-
Apache
======
Apache must be configured so that mod_rewrite works. Here are
@@ -127,6 +95,39 @@ settings to be updated.
4. If you want to restrict blog signups, set the restrict domain email
setting in the admin.
+
+Install
+=======
+1. Download and unzip the WordPress MU package, if you haven't already.
+ The unzipped files will be created in a directory named "wordpressmu"
+ followed by a version number.
+2. Create a database for WordPress MU on your web server, as well as a
+ MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.
+3. Place the WordPress MU files in the desired location on your web server:
+ * If you want to integrate WordPress MU into the root of your
+ domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all the files and
+ directories of the unzipped WordPress MU directory into the root
+ directory of your web server.
+ * If you want to have your WordPress MU installation in its own
+ subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blogs/),
+ rename the directory wordpressmu to the name you'd like the
+ subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server.
+ For example if you want the WordPress MU installation in a
+ subdirectory called "blog", you should rename the directory called
+ "wordpressmu" to "blogs" and upload it to the root directory of your
+ web server.
+4. Make sure your install directory and the wp-contents directory are
+ writeable by the webserver.
+5. Run the WordPress MU installation script by accessing index.php
+ in your favorite web browser.
+ * If you installed WordPress MU in the root directory, you should
+ visit: http://example.com/index.php
+ * If you installed WordPress MU in its own subdirectory called
+ blogs, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blogs/index.php
+(Adapted from http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress)
+
+If you're upgrading, skip to the end of this document.
+
ERROR LOGGING
=============
If you are developing a site based on WPMU it is recommended that you