movable type blog – Email shop Community https://theemailshop.co.uk/community Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:38:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 How to install Movable Type via Softaculous in cPanel? https://theemailshop.co.uk/community/knowledge-base/how-to-install-movable-type-via-softaculous-in-cpanel/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:38:44 +0000 https://theemailshop.co.uk/forum/?post_type=epkb_post_type_1&p=1792
  • Sign in to your cPanel account.
  • Click ‘Softaculous app installer’ present under ‘Software’ menu
    • You will see a softaculous interface
    • Now on the left area of your screen, you will simply locate the “Blogs” category. Click on this, and then click on “Movable-type” that will appear.

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    • Click on ‘install’ button

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    • Fill out all the essential fields under ‘software setup’
    • Choose Protocol:Leave the field as it is.
    • Choose Domain:If you are not using domains, leave it also
    • In Directory:If you need to install this in the directory, for instance example.com/directory, enter the name of your directory. Otherwise, leave it blank as well, and then install this in the main domain example.com
    • Check under the ‘site settings’ area
    • Site Name: Enter your site name, like “my website“.

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    • Check for “Admin Account” and enter the below details:
    • Admin name: Add new Movable type username (do not use admin for security purposes)
    • Admin Password: Create a strong password.
    • Admin Email: Enter email address

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    Note: Copy the admin username and password on a notepad because you will need these login details to access the admin area of your Movable-type blog.

    • Choose the language of your blog, the default language of Movable-type blog is English
    • Advanced options: Leave it like that, unless you are looking to change the name of your database, or taking an automated backup. Also, please note that taking plenty of backups can utilize a lot of space.

    Finally, get to the bottom of the page and click on the ‘Install’ button

     

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