On 03/29/2017 09:46 AM, Larry Brigman wrote: > Those package resources are typical of a remote hosted system and ftp > is how you would connect to the remote system. > In this case, the book and other instructions just didn't allow for > someone that had full console access to the server running wordpress. > Pull the modules down and then follow the instructions after the > packages are ftp'ed onto the system.
That has me going in a productive direction. I did a DuckDuckGo search for "install theme localhost linux site:wordpress.org" (w/o quotes) to find out what to do with it after downloading. I was not unique. It appears there may be more learning experiences ahead ;) Thank you. > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 6:50 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 03/22/2017 11:30 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> On 03/20/2017 03:33 PM, wes wrote: >>>> you certainly can. simply point your browser (aka HTTP client) at >>>> http://localhost. configure apache (aka HTTP server) to serve the >> desired >>>> website with the virtualhost defined as "localhost" and you should be >> good >>>> to go. >>>> >>>> -wes >>> >>> *ROFL* >>> I clicked on the http://localhost above and got a page whose sixth line >>> of HTML is " <title>Apache2 Debian Default Page: It works</title> " ;/ >>> >>> The page includes links which should answer the 2 or 3 dozen questions >>> that your post raised. >>> Thank you. >>> signed >>> HHHMRA {He hoot hath much reading ahead} >>> >> >> I was overly optimistic in ways ;< >> I'm running Debian Jessie. >> There was apparently no problem installing Apache2. >> wget and ufw(with defaults) are installed. >> I then installed WordPress from the Debian Repository and created "My >> first WordPress page". >> I'm using _WordPress All-in-One For Dummies_ 2nd Edition (3rd edition on >> pre-ordered) as a guide. >> Things apparently work, barring operator errors. >> >> There is an update available for the installed theme. >> I am having problems. >> >> To perform the requested action, WordPress needs to access your web >> server. Please enter your FTP credentials to proceed. If you do not >> remember your credentials, you should contact your web host. >> Hostname >> FTP Username >> FTP Password >> >> I enter "localhost/" for Hostname. >> I have 2 combinations of Username and Password that I use for my local >> experiments. I've tried both. The error message is always: >> "Failed to connect to FTP Server localhost/:21" >> >> >> How many errors am I making? >> >> Have I not installed an FTP related module? >> The book mentions three "hosting account management" packages - >> cPanel, Plesk, and NetAdmin. Using Synaptic to search the repository >> based on those names or the description gives no hits. >> >> Suggestions please. >> TIA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
