Good luck.

Oh also, if you’re keeping existing files, back everything up. It’s always good to do. Files and databases.

Once my theme is installed, and the site looks acceptable, I’ll give you a link.

Please keep the videos coming.

You might want to check out my other video on cleaning up your root directory. By doing this, you can get all those pesky WP files and folders you never use out of your root directory.

Site is http://easypublicspeaking.co.uk/

At this point, I have to come clean… I used cPanel – what a cowardy custard I am.

P.S. thanks for the additional tip in your comment.

One little tip I don’t think I included in the video which can help increase security.

When installing WordPress, one of the things you need to do before you run the install script is edit your wp-config.php file with your database information (username, password, etc.). That’s in the video.

But when you’re editing that wp-config file, scroll down to where you see it say, $table_prefix = ‘wp_’;

Change the wp_ to something else, like 345LkeV_ or something. This is your database prefix and hackers know default installs of WordPress use wp_ so they can easily guess many WordPress user’s database info.

So make it look something like $table_prefix = ’395KvsOW_’; or something.

Good luck and have fun cutting the grass. You know, I’m a part owner in a landscape company – but I just do the tech stuff. I’m not much into landscaping.

Keep up the great videos, and rest assured, all the ladies will be swooning at your voice-overs.

Our company doesn’t use Fantastico, we have a similar auto installer. I’ve never had any issues using it to install WordPress on customer hosting accounts. In fact, it sometimes can be good to install it through the installer only because you can then do upgrades through it and if your upgrade breaks something, the auto-upgrade has a restore function.

It’s more about the learning curve. That’s why I mention beginners might want to take a stab at installing it on their own. It gives them a conceptual view of how WordPress is organized.

On another note, thanks for the good stuff you said about my video. It’s funny because I don’t like hearing my voice on there and yet I’ve had multiple people say I have a good voice for it. We’re our own worst critic, aren’t we?

I fully appreciate why you advise beginners to get involved with a manual install i.e. increasing your skills, understanding what you are doing etc, but my question is…. do you think installing with cPanel via Fantastico can cause problems?

Using cPanel looks so easy and with time commitments…. add your own excuses and justification here.

Bottom line… is it OK to install with cPanel or does it lead to problems later down the line?