WordPress integration questions?
I contacted my webhost to find out on whether i can run WordPress?
I’m an absolute beginner. I want to be able to keep my site fresh and up to date with articles and images. And i’m assuming wordpress can get the job done. The thing is my site was developed using xhtml and css. How can i integrate WordPress for this site.
This is what i sent to my webhost (got this from the wordpress.org website).
I’m interested in running the open-source WordPress
* PHP 4.3 or greater
* MySQL 4.0 or greater
* The mod_rewrite Apache module
And this is the reply i got from my webhost…
hosted under Windows Platform. It support PHP, MySQL but do not support for mod_rewrite Apache module. You might need to transfer to linux Platform.
Now what do i do? What is this mod_rewrite Apache module. What does it do? And whawwt is my next plan? Do i move to a Linux Platform as advised or can i still use WordPress with the Windows platform.
I know i’ve asked alot. Thanking you all in advanced.
Kenneth
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Do not use WordPress with Windows platform. Mod_Rewrite is required to make your website 100% search engine optimized by converting the long dynamic URLs into meaningfull HTML URLs. Please use Web Host as suggested by WordPress http://wordpress.org/hosting/.
A little information about mod rewrite.
Mod rewrite changes the way search engines see your dynamic pages on a web server. Say you have a page called index.php?=12344555521. Mod rewrite would change this to index.html.
That’s the thing that’s not going to work on your windows server. I hope this helps you make your mind up.
LBS Hosting offers multiple blogging options, the main two are at:
http://lbshosting.info/wordpressblog/
But there is several options with WordPress pre-installed on your site, http://www.lbshosting.com