EdNerdI have a hosted web site.
I downloaded and installed WordPress.
And that's where everything stopped.
My web site has a "public_html" directory where my web pages go. That's also where all the WP folders were installed. I have several html and php web pages for my site, and I wanted to add a WP blog.
Along the way, I've run into a few questions and problems. I've tried reading the Codex and forums to find answers, but to me it's like trying to drink from a fire hose! And since I don't know what I'm looking for, or even if I'm asking the right question, I'm feeling quite lost at this point.
If someone can drop-kick me in a good direction for answers to the following questions, I will be most grateful!
1) I seem to have lost my log-in at WordPress.org. Username, password, email - WP doesn't recognize anything I type in. I had to create a new account to ask this question. Do I need to worry about recovering the original? Or just go from here?
2) Every time I try to view a post or a static page in my blog, it opens my index.htm page. How do I stop that? And how do I link into my blog from an htm web page?
3) I want to include photos and videos in some of my posts. I assume these need to be loaded into a directory on my site and attached into the post, yes? I'd like to have a photo-gallery page and a video-gallery page. I saw something about the gallery tag, and I've also seen a bucket-load of plug-ins. What do I need to know to decide what is best to have simple "here's all my photos" and "here's all my videos" pages?
4) Is there a way to keep a post, or an announcement, or other block of text, "sticky" at the top of everything until I remove it?
Sorry for all the questions!! WP is obviously so very simple for most people - that's what makes it so frustrating that I can 't find answers to what I know must be common questions.
Ed
