: Shaper Installation - Via Fantastico/Softaculous
: Tristan Rineer November 28, 2012, 12:58:15 PM
- Download the Shaper .zip file
- Use your hosts auto-installer tool to create a fresh WP installation where you want your site to be
- Extract the shaper .zip to a folder on your computer
- Upload the extracted files to your server via FTP and copy the sample data injector to the plugins folder
- Download Filezilla (Client) (http://filezilla-project.org/)
- Install Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/)
- Connect to your server in Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/)
- Navigate in Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/) to the folder on your server where you would like your site to be located
- Drag the files from your computer into Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/) and drop them in the server folder you have open
- Choose "Overwrite all" when prompted.
- (Pre-Vertex Releases Only) Navigate to the wp-admin folder, and copy or move the "sampledata.php" file from that folder to the "wp-content/plugins" folder
- Navigate to your site admin in your browser
- Activate the "Sample Data Injector" plugin and refresh the page 1-2 times until it deactivates automatically.
NOTE: You will lose all existing content/settings/changes every time you activate the plugin; delete it to prevent accidental losses. - Update WP and all Plugins
- Enjoy your new site!
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