Ok, maybe I'm easily pleased, I don't know, but when a tool can save me a long, long, long, mind-numbing boring amount of time watching files slowly ftp up to a server, over and over and over again, for what feels like forever...I tend to fall in love with that tool.
If you've ever had to upload WordPress to a server more than one time, or you ever expect to have to do it again, stop. Wait. Grab the EasyWP Installer first.
Installing a new WordPress blog (or upgrading an existing one) really isn't hard. In fact, it's darn easy. But what annoys me a WHOLE BUNCH is the ftp process. OMG, it takes freaking forever to upload the entire WordPress directory. By the time the last file gets uploaded, I've aged another few years.
And if my satellite connection is a little wonky (as it often is), fuggedaboudit!
My buddy Michael solved this problem for me - and for all of you too. I never, ever have to ftp all those files up to the server again. Ever!
I do have to ftp though - ONE FILE. One teeny, tiny file. Then I fill in the blanks on a form (the same stuff you'd normally put into the wp-config.php file), click a button, and BAM! Like 10 seconds later, it's all done.
Ok, so let's recap.
Before the way cool tool:
- Create database and assign a user to it.
- Download the wp install zip file.
- Unzip it.
- Edit the wp-config file.
- FTP all the WP files up to your server.
- (Wait for an eternity for it to finish)
- Tell WP the name of your blog.
- Start blogging.
Total time: Maybe half an hour, but feels like forever.
With the way cool tool:
- Create database and assign a user to it.
- Answer questions on a web form (same ones you'd get when editing the wp-config file).
- Tell WP the name of your blog.
- Start blogging.
Total time: About 30 seconds.
You can get all the info about the EZ WordPress Installer either here or here.
Photo by: Tanakawho
P.S. Some of you may have super-fast connectivity and web hosts with awesome ftp speeds, and if so, it may not bother you as much as this upload process bothers me. With my "supposed" broadbands speed of my lousy satellite connection, and some servers that aren't first class, ftp'ing over 500 files is just an enormous waste of my time. But your mileage may vary. In any case, I seriously doubt anyone's ftp speed would beat the few seconds this tool takes.
