Wordpress Set Up Question

Could anyone please answer these questions?

1. If I want to run wordpress only in a subdirectory how can I do this? (Does wordpress need to be in the same directory as the files it is modifying?)

2. I am trying to set up the wp-config for the database connection and it won't connect. I am using php admin for my database. What should I enter into the fields: Database Name, User Name, Password, Database Host, and Table Prefix? My database connection works if I am using normal php coding but wordpress does not seem to be working.

3. Should the wordpress database be empty of tables (including information_scheme)?

4. For the PHP plug-in should I download an older version since most people say the new version is broken? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exec-php/

5. Are there any files I can delete from the main wordpress download to save space on my server?

6. How do I keep wordpress secure? How can I keep people from accessing wordpress admin files or is the only protection the password?


Thanks.

 

1.) simply install it in a subdirectory... don't see a problem?

2.) sometimes when you set up a username it automatically ads something like... "web_designer_" before your username. Double check!

3.) yes. why create the database manually anyway? dont you have a cpanel?

4.) dunno

5.) you only need one theme installed for wordpress to work, if you are no longer using the default theme you can delete that from wp-content

6.) by default only files that need to be writed are set to 777 - just make regular backups (both ftp backups and wordpress XML backups)

 

Thanks for the info I think I've got it. But do the all wordpress files need to be in the same subdirectory it is modifying or can it be anywhere at all? (I want wordpress to only run in a specific directory but not others.)

 

All the files don't need to be installed in same directory. For example, wordpress can be installed in subdirectory wordpress, but you can move the index.php and hta file to the top level. That's what I did for my site.

Here's the instructions:

codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

 

I would've made that last link live, but I'm still new to the site. just add the http:// to the front of the link I provided.

 

Is there any way I can create a blank template so that the page will be completely empty unless I write some content? Also it seems that wordpress saves my files/content in the database. Is this correct?

 

I'm sure you can. I never had a need to do that before. What do you mean by empty? The entire screen white or blank? Or just the area where the post will show? If what you mean is the 2nd thing I said, that's how Wordpress operates normally anyway.

 

I am very new to wordpress but I know quite a bit in php. What I am trying to do is set up wordpress to run my php code which will generate the page yet have some wordpress plug-ins still be able to work. A few people said this might be possible so I am trying to do it. Basicly I need to either not use a template file or create a template file which has the bare minimum on it, just enough for a few wordpress plug-ins to work. Could you give me any advice on how to do this?

I have dowloaded the exec-php plug-in and installed it and I think I have fixed the permalinks part correctly. What I am trying to do now is fix the template files so the page is blank yet exec-php plug-in and a few others still work.