Problems After Log-in

First, let me say that I am not an expert… my experience is limited to very basic HTML and what I have taught myself in order to host an educational website. So, if you’re kind enough to respond, and I respond with a “I have no idea what that means”, please be patient with me…

Also, I have no clue exactly what kind of information you need, so I’ll provide as much as I can.

First, I am trying to run WP off of 50webs.net, a paid account. I tried installing 2.7 (50webs.net offer install only for 2.6), following the instructions (as I understood them) to the letter. But here’s what I did, anyway:

1. Created file /blog on http://www.englishfortheirish.com, and downloaded the WP ZIP file to my computer.
2. Unzipped it into a new directory on my computer.
3. Altered wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php with these settings:
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘apsucheer_blog’); // The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘apsucheer_blog’); // Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”); // …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ’50webs.net’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
*note: I do have a password, it is entered correctly. I also feel that the other information I entered is correct (see ** below).
4. Uploaded everything using FTP to ftp://www.englishfortheirish.com/blog.
5. Ran /wp-admin/install.php
6. It said it was already installed.
7. Opened up http://www.englishfortheirish.com/blog/index.php
8. Got the directory.
9. Uninstalled everything, deleted /blog.
10. Repeated steps 1 – 9 two more times (I follow the rule of 3 before seeking help) with the same result.

Went to 50webs.net PHP Scripts, let it install WP 2.6, with the intent of upgrading. Wanted to make sure it worked. It did, except when I log in, it sends me to the directory file page for the administrator, and not to an actual webpage. I have to click on index.php before the actual webpage for the administrator will come up. Furthermore, when I type in the URL http://www.englishfortheirish.com/blog/index.php it takes me to the file directory, and I have to click on index.php to bring up the actual page.

** I am confident the setting are correct for the 2.7 I manually installed because I saved the config.php file from 2.7 and compared it to the auto-installed 2.6, and the information was the same.

So… I know I am messing something up, and any help that you can provide would be appreciated! Again, I am not a professional. I just run a basic educational website, and follow step-by-step instructions to get the job done.

Thanks!