Installation

Prerequisites

DDEV
A code editor. This project has configuration files for VSCode.
GitFlow (optional)

Before Installation

Project names should contain no hyphens, capitals or punctuation marks.

This includes

GitHub repository name
DDEV .config file values

Installation Steps

Create a new GitHub repository with this repository as template.
Clone the newly created repository to your computer.
Change the name in .ddev/config.yaml to correct project name (usually the repository name)
.ddev/config.yaml
```
 name: lumbermill
 name: yourprojectname
```

Create auth.json in the project root and paste the following content, this file is used for installing Advanced Custom Fields

{
    "http-basic": {
        "connect.advancedcustomfields.com": {
        "username": "b3JkZXJfaWQ9Njc3OTl8dHlwZT1kZXZlbG9wZXJ8ZGF0ZT0yMDE1LTEwLTMxIDEzOjE3OjA4",
        "password": "https://localhost"
        }
    }
}

There is no need to change the values

Start DDEV
Terminal window
```
ddev start
```
Build theme assets
Terminal window
```
ddev npm run build
```
Run the WordPress installation by opening the project in your browser.
Terminal window
```
ddev launch
```
Installation Values
- Language: English (Australia)
- Site Title: Project Name
- Username: project-name-instance
- Email: wordpress@instance.studio
Replace Project Name/project-name with the project name
Store the login details somewhere safe.

Bitwarden is a solid choice. Share passwords securely via secrets.instance.studio.
Login to the wp-admin area.
Update the Permalink settings found under Settings in the menu to Post name

Help

My pages are 404’ing

Add the following .htaccess file to the web folder

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .\* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

</IfModule>