Web Development

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Four weeks ago we presented our brand new  Top WordPress Themes  reports explaining its features in my post  Introducing our new feature: Top WordPress Themes reports . On that post I introduced the information and details you could get for each top theme “ in the first version”  of our report and, right at the end of the post, I also said “ stay tuned, there is more to come!” . Why? Because  there is  more already. What´s new? Our first additions to these reports are a couple of statistical features that allow you to see the evolution of scores for every top theme by comparing the current metrics with older data: Rank Evolution and Usage Evolution. Rank Evolution The first added feature compares the current rank position for each theme with the position achieved by that theme a period of time ago. Right now the time interval for comparison is set to one week. From now on you will see under the rank position number a li...

To install WordPress without a one-click installer like Fantastico, you’ll need to create a database, upload the files, and run the installer. I’ll walk through the most common ways to accomplish these tasks. First, you’ll need to set up a database for WordPress to use. If your host has already created one for you, simply locate the database name, username, password, and host you were provided (usually in the welcome e-mail you received when you signed up). Otherwise, create a new database according to your host’s instructions. Figure shows how to do this in PHPMyAdmin (the MySQL web interface most commonly used by commercial hosting companies). If you are asked to specify a character set, choose UTF-8, which will support any language. If you are asked to specify a collation, choose utf8-general-ci. These are the language and character settings WordPress expects, but some older MySQL installations use more restrictive character sets. If you’ll be importing content, see Chapter...

WordPress is famous for its five-minute installation. Many commercial web hosts offer one-click installation from their account control panels. If your host does not, you can upload the WordPress files to your web directory. You can complete the installation using the web interface, or you can create a configuration file based on the sample included in the WordPress download. System Requirements WordPress’s requirements are modest. At minimum, your server should support: • PHP version 4.3 or greater • MySQL version 4.0 or greater • For clean URLs, a URL rewriting module that understands .htaccess directives, such as mod_rewrite on Apache or URL Rewrite on IIS 7 Your host should list these features and version numbers in the description of hosting plans or the support area (or both). Note that PHP 4 reached its end of life in 2008 and is no longer supported by its developers. While WordPress will run on these older versions, I highly recommend using a web host that supports...