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An ongoing post of wordpress snippets
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install
sudo apt-get install wordpress
install
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.0

restart pc for idiots
restart

run
sudo bash /usr/share/doc/wordpress/examples/setup-mysql -n wordpress blog.example.com

backup
sudo cp /etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/apache2/apache2.conf.bak

run
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

paste
########## Without using Virtual host, hosted off /blog
Alias /blog /usr/share/wordpress
<directory /usr/share/wordpress>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo
DirectoryIndex index.php
</directory>

restart
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

run
sudo bash /usr/share/doc/wordpress/examples/setup-mysql -n wordpress localhost

go to
http://localhost/blog (or your virtual host) and wordpress will walk you through the rest of the setup.

when all else fails goto (the answer will be clear)

sudo /etc/wordpress/config-localhost.php

also for reference

• ubuntuforums-howto-wordpress
• howto-install-lamp

A collection of links for wordpress… (more…)

lists sub pages of current page

<div class="sectionpages">
<ul>
<?php
global $id;
wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=$id&sort_column=menu_order");
?>
</ul>
</div>