- Do Items
- Go to https://login.siteground.com
- Login
- Navigate to Websites
- Select ‘Site Tool’ for desired domain
- From menu on left, navigate to ‘SITE/MySQL
- Select ‘DATABASES’ in main content section
- Select ‘CREATE DATABASE’
- From the newly created database, click on Actions on far left column
- Select ‘Change Label’ and add a descriptive label to identify the database, for example, the subdomain address
- Select ‘CONFIRM’
- Select ‘USERS’ in main content section
- Select ‘CREATE USER’
- From the newly created user, click on Actions on far left column
- Select ‘Change Label’ and add a descriptive label to identify the user, for example, the subdomain address
- Select ‘CONFIRM’
- From the top of the main section, select ‘MANAGE ACCESS’
- Select the desired database
- Select ‘All Privileges’
- Select ‘CONFIRM’
WordPress Development
Install fresh site from Duplicator Pro Archives
- Do Items
- Go to https://login.siteground.com
- Login
- Navigate to Websites
- Select ‘Site Tool’ for desired domain
- From menu on left, navigate to ‘SITE/File Manager
- Select public_html folder the desired domain or subdomain
- If folder is not empty, delete contents
- Upload Installer file from Duplicator Pro Archive
- Upload Archive file form Duplicator Pro Archive
- Copy the name of the installer file including the suffix
- Open a new browser tab
- Enter the domain or subdomain followed by /~name_of_installer_file.php
- Enter the name of the newly created or existing database
- Enter the name of the newly created or existing user
- Enter the password for the newly created or existing user. If necessary, navigate to the user, select ‘actions’, ‘Change Password’, ‘Generate’, ‘Copy’, and ‘CONFIRM’
- Select ‘VALIDATE’
- Check ‘I have read and accept all terms & notices*’
- Select ‘Next’
- On popup ‘Install Confirmation’ select ‘OK’.
- Files will extract and install
- Select ‘Admin Login’
- Login using admin credentials
How to install a site from Duplicator Pro to Local
- Do Items
- Open Local app
- Add new site
- Name new site (best to name local site same as site you are uploading from Duplicator Pro)
- Choose Your Environment – choose ‘Preferred’
- Add username, password, and email for site
- Change web server to ‘Apache’Navigate to Local sites folder in your computer files (Finder)
- Go to your Local site folder /app/public and delete all files in the public folder
- Navigate to the folder that holds your Duplicator Pro backup files
- Copy the latest installer and archive files of the site you want to put in Local
- Navigate back to your local site public folder
- Paste the installer and archive files into the public folder
- Navigate to your site in the Local app
- Click ‘Open Site’
- Click on the installer.php file in the webpage that opens
- Database is localhost
- User is root
- Password is root
- Click ‘Validate’
- Click ‘I have read and accepted all terms and notices’
- Click ‘Next’