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1. bdonaghy81
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi everybody

   This is my 1st posting, the 1st of many I hope.Basically, I have decided I would really like a blog.....wordpress and it's features has been heavily advised to me.
   Basically I have searched the web for a theme, and I have found 1 I really like -> link Polished Theme
   I am relatively new to WordPress so please bear with me - All I want to know is to how to get started.
   1. I have downloaded 2.9.2 WordPress
   2. I have downloaded my selected blog theme
   3. I have my domain name and web hosting set up
   4. I use Adobe Dreamweaver as my web editor and photoshop for images.

   Is it a matter of simply uploading my wordpress and theme files to my hosting...? And then editing the homepage/blog etc...
   Is it all quite intensive/complex to get started ?

   Any help/tips/advice is massively appreciated !

   Thanks everybody

   Brian

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start

3. conorp
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If you are new to WordPress why not use the latest version? (3.0)

4. bdonaghy81
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks people

   All good, I am reading alot of documentation from the wordpress website (i.e. link above) some of the features seem very powerful. Installation seems to be straightforward, fingers crossed :)

   As for ConorP - Basically my web host (justhost) had a wordpress wizard and the latest version was 2.9.2, however after reading wordpress website, I think I will unzip/download the latest version (3.0) locally and upload once I have ammended files

   Thanks everybody - keep any other useful information coming.
   All much appreciated

   Brian D

5. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   If you host offers a 1-click 2.9.2 install, you could use that first and then immediately upgrade to 3.0. You might find that easier than installing manually.

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