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Web Site Management

Word Press Installation

ItemSelectionNotes
Operating SystemUbuntuStandard Linux installation.
DatabasemySQLFree open source database.
Web ServernginxFree open source web server. Yeah chose this ahead of Apache.
LanguagephpStandard language for web programming. Word Press will hide most programming from you but it is good to know what is going on under the hood.
Content ManagementWord PressThis is the application used to build the web site. It manages the assets needed to bring your web site to life.
Certificationletsencrypt
Certbot		This service provides that you are the administer of your site and provides a certificate so you can list your site as https://

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Web Site Management

Backing Up Word Press Web Site

Backup the Database. Used Export function from my SQL Workbench

Backup Word Press: Copy the entire word press directory to another folder.

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Web Site Management

Increase File Upload Size

I was trying to determine how to increase the file upload size for a Word Press instance running on nginx.

Came across the following: https://medium.com/@stefanledin/increase-file-upload-size-in-wordpress-on-nginx-server-19626f4ef8b9

This site offered a means of addressing the php instance and nginx to increase file upload sizes to 128M (or whatever size you want..)

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