Ftp

This is also my problem I don’t understand what I’ve to do.
Many people have to struggle with this.
I know that I need e server ftp in local but I don’t know how to customize it ?
Just some tip ?
Thank you

ow also you help us please

This happens if the webserver is not running under the same user account that owns the WordPress files

For XAMPP, you should be able to use the default ftp settings

server localhost
user nobody
password xampp

For different servers you’ll need to find out the details for a user account.

but can you tell me how to install wordpress under xampp in ubuntu and thanks

For different servers you’ll need to find out the details for a user account.

Do you know how to find out ?
Thanks

Sorry if I give some details maybe I could have a better help.
Operative system ubuntu, server Apache2, ftp vsftpd.
If someone can help and other things will be useful I’ll give you thanks

As usual there are loads of different ways, but what I do is,

1. Install the Apache module to allow Apache to run as my user.

$ sudo apt-get install apache2-mpm-itk

2. Create a virtual host, by creating a file in /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite with the contents,

<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

	ServerName mysite

	DocumentRoot /home/ian/Projects/mysite
	<Directory /home/ian/Projects/mysite>
		Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
		AllowOverride All
		Order allow,deny
		allow from all
	</Directory>

	<IfModule mpm_itk_module>
	AssignUserId ian ian
	</IfModule>

	ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/mysite-error.log
	CustomLog /var/log/apache2/mysite-access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Adjust your paths and userid as appropriate.

3. Edit /etc/hosts to append mysite to localhost

127.0.0.1 localhost mysite

4. Create the ‘Projects’ directory above, e.g. /home/ian/Projects/mysite and dump a 1 line index.html file there with hello world

5. Enable site and restart Apache

$ sudo a2ensite mysite
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

6. Browse to https://mysite and see ‘hello world’

Now that’s working you can follow the 5 minute WordPress install to create an installation in mysite. For example,

$ rm -rf /home/ian/Projects/mysite
$ cd /home/ian/Projects/
$ unzip wordpress-x.x.x.zip
$ mv wordpress mysite
$ mysql -uroot -psecretpass
mysql> create database mysite;

Browse to https://mysite and follow the instructions. Automatic updates and plugin installs all work without prompting for FTP information because all the files in Projects are owned by you and Apache is running as the same user.

Rinse, repeat for more sites.

I’ve got about 20 virtual hosts with WordPress, Drupal etc. installed in each Projects directory, for theme, plugin development

Ian.