possible bad install?

[dunkjf]

i installed ubuntu 11.10 to my vps(256/15gb/xen) and followed the guide perfect-server-ubuntu-11.10-with-nginx-ispconfig-3 to setup. everything seemed to install fine. but ive been getting file permission errors after i ftp'd across wordpress to one of the sites. i also just noticed that if create a new site and upload wordpress the index page does not change from the default!? im lost as what to do or where to look

any help would be much appreciated

[dunkjf]

i think i am out of my depth!. can anyone point me to a tutorial on installing a web panel onto my vps? i have tried kloxo, webmin and ispconfig but all are causing me problems. i think i should have stuck to shared hosting. all i need to do is host a half dozen websites but at the moment it seem insurmountable..

[Mitzy]

Originally Posted by dunkjf

i installed ubuntu 11.10 to my vps(256/15gb/xen) and followed the guide perfect-server-ubuntu-11.10-with-nginx-ispconfig-3 to setup. everything seemed to install fine. but ive been getting file permission errors after i ftp'd across wordpress to one of the sites. i also just noticed that if create a new site and upload wordpress the index page does not change from the default!? im lost as what to do or where to look

any help would be much appreciated

IMO it helps if you've had experience not using a control panel, try getting familiar with CLI then switching to a control panel.

As for the problem with getting the default index, you'll need to delete the index.html file that's created by ISPCONFIG.

EDIT: My honest advice for now would be to ditch any attempt at using a control panel, try instead using one of the guides over at Linode.

http://library.linode.com/lemp-guides

[till]

i installed ubuntu 11.10 to my vps(256/15gb/xen) and followed the guide perfect-server-ubuntu-11.10-with-nginx-ispconfig-3 to setup. everything seemed to install fine. but ive been getting file permission errors after i ftp'd across wordpress to one of the sites. i also just noticed that if create a new site and upload wordpress the index page does not change from the default!? im lost as what to do or where to look

Just delete the index.html file as index.html has precedence over index.php