GoDaddy.com’s Managed WordPress Hosting requires some additional steps in order to to successfully deploy your site. Create a basic WordPress installation on GoDaddy’s server Associate your domain with your WordPress site (if applicable) Get coffee Go to the Settings for your GoDaddy WordPress installation Select the SFTP tab Open your FTP program and enter the SFTP connection…
How to Create a Complete DesktopServer Installation Backup By gathering the following files you will have a complete DesktopServer installation backup: application folder (XAMPP on Mac or xampplite on Windows), project preferences file (com.serverpress.desktop.json), actual website files. Please note that unlike using DesktopServer’s built in export feature, the installation backup you create following the directions above will…
The Direct Deploy feature gets your WordPress websites from your desktop to your hosting provider in just a few clicks. No FTP or SSH client is necessary. In fact, you won’t even need such credentials to launch. What you will need is a hosting provider that supports WordPress’ File System Direct feature (fortunately, most shared…
DesktopServer comes with PHPMyAdmin which allows you to manage your MySQL databases. You can access this tool two ways. Open DesktopServer In the left bottom corner is a [ Sites ] button, click it. This will open a page in your default browser, at the top is a menu item called “Tools”. Click the Tools…
On the left will be the name of your website, if you hover over the link a tool tip will display the “Site root”. On the right you have 3 buttons to quickly get you to: Visit Website – The front of the website Dashboard – The administration area of your website Database – Using…
Quick Deploy can make deploying your development website to a live server extremely easy. While there are other ways to deploy your website, DesktopServer’s export feature can prepare your database and files for easy deployment. Quick Deploy makes the process even quicker by allowing you to deploy your site in a few easy steps. This article covers…
DS-Deploy is a command line deployment tool that is much faster and more reliable for most hosts than the previous tool that is built into DesktopServer v3.8.1. This is a command line tool that allows you to take an “archive” file created with DesktopServer and deploy it to a hosted WordPress install. If you’re not…
**Before deploying your website to WPEngine, make sure you are not using any of the WPEngine Disallowed Plugins. If you have any of the plugins from the list in your local site, the deployment has the potential to fail. If you prefer step-by-step directions, here is what is covered in the video: 1) Create a WordPress…
ATTENTION: THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAUSE BEHIND THIS ERROR Due to some of ways Windows handles file security, when exporting to create an archive, you might receive the following: Error – Unable to write to and update c:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Temp\DesktopSErverTemp\wp-config.php. We have learned that Windows, for unknown reasons, sets…