T. Brian Jones http://www.tbrianjones.com/blog A blog about stuff I find interesting. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:35:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2012 Mardi Gras From Above, Gaslamp, San Diego http://www.tbrianjones.com/blog/2012/02/22/2012-mardi-gras-from-above-gaslamp-san-diego/ http://www.tbrianjones.com/blog/2012/02/22/2012-mardi-gras-from-above-gaslamp-san-diego/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:31:36 +0000 tbrianjones http://www.tbrianjones.com/blog/?p=25

]]> http://www.tbrianjones.com/blog/2012/02/22/2012-mardi-gras-from-above-gaslamp-san-diego/feed/ 1 Setup WordPress so plugins and themes can be updated from the web Interface via FTPS http://www.tbrianjones.com/blog/2012/01/18/setup-wordpress-so-plugins-and-themes-can-be-updated-from-the-web-interface-via-ftps/ http://www.tbrianjones.com/blog/2012/01/18/setup-wordpress-so-plugins-and-themes-can-be-updated-from-the-web-interface-via-ftps/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:40:29 +0000 tbrianjones http://www.tbrianjones.com/blog/?p=4 I installed WordPress version 3.3.1 on an Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) EC2 instance running Linux CentOS and Apache.  Everything worked with the basic install until I tried to update plugins and themes through the WordPress web interface ( or dashboard ).  Every time WordPress tried to FTP into my server, I got the error “Failed to connect to FTP Server.”

WordPress ( at least this version ) requires that the webserver own the wordpress install directory and all files within it.  To do this, simply execute the following from the command line on your server.

sudo chown -R apache:apache /wordpress_install_folder/

For me, the wordpress_install_folder was at /www/html/blog/.  Now I can manage WordPress code and upgrades from within the WordPress web interface. One can always manage files manually via FTP, but this can be a pain.  The web interface is very simple when WordPress is configured properly, so I know this will lead to me actually updating my WordPress install when new software is released. Good!

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