Here is my way to install wordpress on my DirectAdmin V.1.3.2 using registered new domain from co.cc.

Login to your Direct Admins control panel, add in your domain name as add on domain by clicking “add another domain”

Filled in your domain name.

Create a database for your domain by clicking “Create new Database”

I’m having 2 databases for 2 different wordpress. So, i put the name of wrdp3 for my third wordpress. Try using name that related in order for u to differentiate out the database. Fill in also the username and password.

Once created database, below screen will show up indicates that database is created successfully.

After finish create database, we now move to wordpress script. Download latest wordpress. Unzip it.

Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php

Edit wp-config.php using text editor such as notepad and fill in your database details.

Upload all your wordpress files to the desired location on your web server using FTP clients.

• If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (but excluding the directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.
• If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blog/), rename the directory wordpress to the name you’d like the subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server. For example if you want the WordPress installation in a subdirectory called “blog”, you should rename the directory called “wordpress” to “blog” and upload it to the root directory of your web server.

Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser.

• If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php
• If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php

Insert your Blog title and email address.

Once finish, a admin username will be created with password. *Remember the password, u need it to access the wordpress later. The auto created password can be modified.

Login to your wordpress control panel to modify admin password or created another username.

That’s it! WordPress should now be installed. U can go to your website link to test your wordpress.

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This is why my site not accessible for this few days. The server had just been reinstalled OS this evening…

PS: Always remember to backup regularly

1. What kind of server OS ( operating system ) / environment u want ?

U can choose either window plan or linux plan. Both environment are totally difference.

Windows Hosting is ideal for those who prefer the functionality of ASP.NET 2.0 and Access database. Operating under the Windows OS such as 2003 / 2000.
While Linux Hosting is ideal for those who prefer the functionality of PHP and MySQL database. Operating under linux OS such as Fedora, CentOS, Debian and much more.

For OS, normally linux hosting will be cheaper than window hosting due to the OS licensing fee.

2. What kind of hosting u prefer?

U need to choose a package type such as shared hosting, reseller hosting, dedicated hosting, Colocation hosting or VPS hosting. More details regarding these can refer to my post in What is hosting ?

3. Hosting company

Now we come to hosting company, here we separate to local hosting company & oversea hosting company. Local hosting means that the hosting provided is based locally while the later is based oversea. Normally local hosting will host their servers in local datacentre such as KL Netmyne Brickfields Datacenter, Myloca datacentre in Cyberjaya or Kuching Jaring Kuching Datacenter and etc.

For oversea hosting company, they will host their servers in respective country such as Data 393 datacentre in Denver/Colorado USA, The planet datacentre in Dallas/Texas USA and etc.

For local datacentre, there are pros & cons.

Pros:

- no time zone, easy to look for their support in phone call or direct contact especially encounter with complicated technical stuffs.
- easy to make payment such as local GIRO, direct deposit.

- u have their address, easy to talk/find them. Less worry that they will just closed & run away with your money.

- Easy to communicate because same language.

- For target browsers in local, speed will be faster because u didnt use International Bandwith.

Cons:

- More expensive caused by hardwares and international bandwidth ( Major ISP count in USD ).

- Poor technical & response from Telekom datacentres . For those streamyx users u will know how good is the streamyx broadband service they provided …

4. What do u need to concern after choosing a hosting company

- After u choosed the suitable company, u need to check also their server uptimes, customer services.

- Make sure the company is not a reseller because lots of reseller do not have technical background…

5. Features

Lastly we need to compare what kinds of features the hosting plan provides. Such as control panel, database/domain/email/bandwidth restiction, supports, backup and etc.

Hopefully this article can give those who looking for hosting plan a clear view or guidance.

PS: Do not get cheated by those cheap cheap shared hosting which got plenty of problems….

Colocation Hosting
Well, this hosting has the same features as dedicated hosting. The difference is all the hardwares/server are belongs to you. You have to manually setup/troubleshooting your server/hardwares on your own. You just rent a place in the datacenter.
Reseller Hosting
Reseller Hosting is a hosting where the account owner has the priviledge to allocate the webspace and bandwidth access and resell them to his clients. This shows that reseller hosts act like a middleman and is usually not responsible for any software or hardware intallation. They only buy webspace and resell to clients.

VPS Hosting
VPS stands for Virtual Private Serve