Tigersites http://www.tigersites.com/blog Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Installing Wordpress on Tigersites http://www.tigersites.com/blog/2009/04/05/installing-wordpress-on-tigersites/ http://www.tigersites.com/blog/2009/04/05/installing-wordpress-on-tigersites/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:48:29 +0000 TJ http://www.tigersites.com/blog/?p=17 As defined by Wikipedia: “WordPress is an open source blog publishing application. WordPress is the official successor of b2\cafelog which was developed by Michel Valdrighi.”

Installation of the blogging software can sometimes be a daunting task for those who are not familiar with installing scripts on a linux-based web hosting platform. That’s alright though. We’ve made it simple to do, actually very simple.

Here’s what you do.

1. Log into your cPanel

2. Look for the “blue smiley” icon labeled Fantastico

3. On the left side, you’ll see a list of scripts that can be installed. Click on Wordpress.

4. On the right side look for a link that says New Installation. Click it and follow instructions.

The script installer will automatically install wordpress on your hosting account with Tigersites. That’s all there is to it :)

Happy blogging!

]]> http://www.tigersites.com/blog/2009/04/05/installing-wordpress-on-tigersites/feed/ Staging your site without Switching DNS http://www.tigersites.com/blog/2009/04/01/staging-your-site-without-switching-dns/ http://www.tigersites.com/blog/2009/04/01/staging-your-site-without-switching-dns/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:43:22 +0000 TJ http://tigersites.com/blog/?p=5 When customers are looking to switch hosting providers, they usually stage the setup of their web site before completely switching the DNS (domain name servers). We provide you with a temporary URL so that you can see how your site will look before you switch your domain’s DNS. The problem comes when some scripts require you to access the script through a valid domain name. This poses an issue because you haven’t switched the domain’s DNS and don’t want to until you know the script works 100%.

Here is an easy work around:

1) Upload your site / databases, etc to your new web hosting account with Tigersites

2) Locate your hosts file on your computer (On Windows XP, it’s located at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc\HOSTS) and add the following line at the end of the file:

IP_ADDRESS    www.yourdomain.com yourdomain.com

Obviously change the IP_ADDRESS and yourdomain.com to the appropriate values. The IP_ADDRESS can be found in your welcome e-mail and also inside of your cPanel account.

3) Hit save, close all your browsers. That’s it.

Now when you load your web site from your computer, you will be able to see your site as if the DNS was pointed to our servers. You can fully stage the setup and ensure all components of your site are in working order. The rest of the world will still be loading from your actual server (since you did not change the domain’s DNS).  You can remove the line in the hosts file whenever you’re done staging and your computer will reference your ISP DNS servers as usual.

]]> http://www.tigersites.com/blog/2009/04/01/staging-your-site-without-switching-dns/feed/ Tigersites blog launched! http://www.tigersites.com/blog/2009/04/01/hello-world/ http://www.tigersites.com/blog/2009/04/01/hello-world/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:05:09 +0000 TJ http://tigersites.com/blog/?p=1 Welcome to the first post on the Tigersites blog!

The Tigersites blog will be used as a means of communication to our customers.  You can expect to see industry news and opinions, tips and tutorials and an insight into what’s happening at Tigersites to make your experience with us an even more pleasant one.

Welcome to the Tigersites blog and do come back as we’ll be posting fresh stuff frequently.

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