The following are specific instructions for installing TextPattern on your Bluehost.com Web Hosting account.

  1. Download the full installation file package from textpattern.com
  2. Unzip or Unpackage the the tar or zip file
  3. Upload the contents of your TextPattern folder to your directory of choice via FTP.
  4. Login to your Bluehost Cpanel and click on the MySQL Databases button on the mainpage of your cpanel.
  5. Create a new database
  6. Now create a new user
  7. Now attach the user and the database you just created together
  8. Run the TextPattern Install script by pointing your browser to the base URL of your website followed by /textpattern/ (e.g., http://www.example.com/textpattern/)
  9. Fill out your database connection information
  10. Go through the setup wizard and follow the instructions given to you. You will be given a piece of code and asked to paste it in a new file to create called config.php.
  11. You will then be directed to your login page, which means you have installed TextPattern correctly. You can now go ahead and delete the /setup/ folder located in the /textpattern/ directory

You should now have a perfectly running TextPattern blog system running on your Bluehost server account. Total installation time should take no more than 20 minutes.