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Upload WordPress to the server

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Upload WordPress to the server

- [Instructor] Now that we have connected to our web host using FTP, we're ready to upload the WordPress files to the server. From before, we are using a free FTP client called FileZilla. Here in the right-hand panel we can view the files that are located on the server. We want to upload the WordPress files into this directory named public_html. Then, here in the left-hand panel we can view the files that are located on our local machine. So, to upload the WordPress files, we first locate them on our computer. For this course, we downloaded WordPress to the desktop. We want to upload everything contained in the WordPress folder. So first, select all, and then right-click or Ctrl + click to get the context menu, and then select Upload to transfer the selected files to the server. While the files are uploading, you can view the logged results here in the upper panel. Once the process is complete, you can click the…

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