RipWP Files

RipWP Version 1.0

Semantic Online Publishing Platform
First Things First

Welcome. RipWP is a very special project to me. RipWP is a collection of some of the best plugins and themes from the open source world of WordPress and other applications. It makes it easy to install and run your website or blog in few minutes. We’re dedicated to making it better every day. Thank you for making it a part of your world.

— Rajesh
Installation: Famous 5-minute install

    Unzip the package in an empty directory and upload everything.
    Open wp-admin/install.php in your browser. It will take you through the process to set up a wp-config.php file with your database connection details.
        If for some reason this doesn’t work, don’t worry. It doesn’t work on all web hosts. Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details.
        Save the file as wp-config.php and upload it.
        Open wp-admin/install.php in your browser.
    Once the configuration file is set up, the installer will set up the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums with as much data as you can gather.
    If you did not enter a password, note the password given to you. If you did not provide a username, it will be admin.
    The installer should then send you to the login page. Sign in with the username and password you chose during the installation. If a password was generated for you, you can then click on “Profile” to change the password.

Updating
Using the Automatic Updater

If you are updating from version 2.7 or higher, you can use the automatic updater:

    Open wp-admin/update-core.php in your browser and follow the instructions.
    You wanted more, perhaps? That’s it!

Updating Manually

    Before you update anything, make sure you have backup copies of any files you may have modified such as index.php.
    Delete your old RipWP files, saving ones you’ve modified.
    Upload the new files.
    Point your browser to /wp-admin/upgrade.php.

Migrating from other systems

RipWP can import from a number of systems. First you need to get RipWP installed and working as described above, before using our import tools.
System Requirements

    PHP version 5.2.4 or higher.
    MySQL version 5.0 or higher.

System Recommendations

    The mod_rewrite Apache module.
    A link to http://www.ripwp.com on your site.

Online Resources

If you have any questions that aren’t addressed in this document, please take advantage of RipWP’ numerous online resources:

The WordPress Codex
    The Codex is the encyclopedia of all things RipWP. It is the most comprehensive source of information for RipWP available.
The WordPress Blog
    This is where you’ll find the latest updates and news related to RipWP. Recent RipWP news appears in your administrative dashboard by default.
WordPress Planet
    The RipWP Planet is a news aggregator that brings together posts from RipWP blogs around the web.
WordPress Support Forums
    If you’ve looked everywhere and still can’t find an answer, the support forums are very active and have a large community ready to help. To help them help you be sure to use a descriptive thread title and describe your question in as much detail as possible.
WordPress IRC Channel
    There is an online chat channel that is used for discussion among people who use RipWP and occasionally support topics. The above wiki page should point you in the right direction. (irc.freenode.net #wordpress)

Final Notes

    If you have any suggestions, ideas, or comments, or if you (gasp!) found a bug, join us in the Support Forums.
    RipWP has a robust plugin API that makes extending the code easy. If you are a developer interested in utilizing this, see the plugin documentation in the Codex. You shouldn’t modify any of the core code.

Share the Love

RipWP has no multi-million dollar marketing campaign or celebrity sponsors, but we do have something even better—you. If you enjoy RipWP please consider telling a friend, setting it up for someone less knowledgable than yourself, or writing the author of a media article that overlooks us.

RipWP is a mix of best open source projects available online. The work has been followed at twitter @RipWP. Currently we are not accepting any donations, however you can donate to the open source projects here - Donate.
License

RipWP is free software, and is released under the terms of the GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version. See license.txt.