To all - Evidently in my frustration, I really stirred something up. Hopefully, it is a good thing.
Handysolo - If you took my original remarks as an insult, then I apologize. I spoke from a position of frustration at not being able to "just load it and watch it install itself" and a bit of anger at being rejected by your "install4free" tech not once, but twice. The only thing I got from the tech was that I should come to this forum.
As a total non tech, I'm primarily concerned with final results. I can appreciate the detail and the programming that goes into a solid program, but frankly that is all without validity if "the darned thingie doesn't work. . .". ;-)
You have to remember that what is simple to you, translates to monumental issues for a non Tech.
I would really love to be able to say that my experience with WordPress has been great thus far. I really can't. . .yet.
I'm still unable to get it to work, my schedule is fried, I've stirred up a hornet nest here and get more frustrated when I think about it, for two reasons. . . First, because the assumption was that it is easy, so now I feel totally inadequate. I guess that I could feel worse if you told me that a child of 6 could successfully install, but please don't. Particularly if it's true. :-(
Second issue is this - You {Handysolo] must think I'm without redeeming social value, Frank seems to be able to identify with some of my frustration, Moshu from Canada suggests that perhaps I didn't read the instrux well enough, and now, Otto is taking issue with Frank.
Well, at the very least, you are all talking. . .
To offer you some insight into me, I am a once techie that moved on. At 57, I communicate quite well, thank you, as a professional speaker, mentor and trainer to the corporate world. I don't usually express anger or frustration, Handysolo. Again, in apology, consider it venting. I rarely have issues with computers, which I have been working with since my first 8088 with the revolutionery 5 meg drive.
I do get frustrated from lack of service, on which I speak, lack of common sense, on which I present, [and seem to be guilty of here], and from lack of corporate vision, which should be everyone's concern.
So, now that you have some idea that I'm not a total left wing crank, just what the heck do I have to do to enjoy a proper installation of this product?
I've followed strings for faulty install and gotten horribly confused, spoken with my ISP who just says that some users run WordPress, but as an ISP, they don't do installs, posted two or three times here, inadvertantly insulted a well meaning tech, stirred up an awfully nice conversation, gotten turned down by a free install service a couple of times, had two people who run the program look at the issue and . . . STILL, mind you. . . STILL have absolutely no idea what I have to do to affect a seamless installation so that I can use the program.
I guess that at this point, a valid question is, "Is there anyone who can offer resolution to this or do I just take the whole blog thing off my agenda and move on to other areas?"
By the way, Handysolo - my ISP is Gate.com, and they do evidently support the requirements for WordPress, if that helps.
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