Oh so confused by wordpress 'installation'

  • mariajoseponte

    (@mariajoseponte)


    13 years, 12 months ago

    Hello,

    I’ve bought the domain mariajoseponte.com from wordpress and want to set up the New Horizon theme on it. I have both the theme and the latest version of wordpress downloaded.

    WordPress has no .exe file. Installation guides talk about databases, MySQL, FTPs, web servers, shells. I have no idea what this stuff is.

    What I’d like to do, is get the above domain live, with the theme installed and then I can play. Do I need these two downloads? Can I just sort it out via browser?

    I’d reeeeally appreciated help with this.

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  • WP Libra

    (@wpbum)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    There are no exe files with this. Here is the instructions to follow

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install

    Now if you have cPanel then you might have Fantasico which will just install WP for you. Other hosting accounts have this feature too. So what I would do is google “your hosting company install wordpres” and you will most likely find an easier way if you are using a decent hosting company.

    Thread Starter mariajoseponte

    (@mariajoseponte)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    Who is my hosting company though? I bought my domain from WP as stated in the OP. What is cPanel?

    Someone please help.

    WP Libra

    (@wpbum)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    Well it looks like WP is installed and running on that domain and a theme is installed that isnt the default.

    Is this not right when you go to http://mariajoseponte.com/ ?

    Thread Starter mariajoseponte

    (@mariajoseponte)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    I think that is the default, I’ve not changed it. One of the few things that is confusing me is that, what is this download if it’s already working? Do I need to do something else?

    If not, then I guess I just need to know how to get the theme in and then I’m good to go?

    WP Libra

    (@wpbum)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    Ahh your using wordpress.com

    This support forums is for the self hosted ones. You should be posting over here

    http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

    Thread Starter mariajoseponte

    (@mariajoseponte)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    So they’re two completely different WordPress services and I don’t need any of that fancy developers stuff and I can actually do it all in the WordPress browser CMS?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 12 months ago

    Yes.

    Thread Starter mariajoseponte

    (@mariajoseponte)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Thank you!

    Just for future reference, what is the reason people would want to use the standalone WordPress package when the browser-based one is so much easier?

    Thread Starter mariajoseponte

    (@mariajoseponte)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    Okay, I found out this info on WordPress’ support site so I now get the difference.

    One last question for this thread then is – does anyone know of a *very* comprehensive guide to set up a WordPress site for someone without coding or web development/hosting experience? I’d like to do it at some point, but would not know where to start!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    what is the reason people would want to use the standalone WordPress package when the browser-based one is so much easier?

    Erm…WordPress is always browser based and always needs a web server. Perhaps you’re thinking of wordpress.com sites? If so, see http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    does anyone know of a *very* comprehensive guide to set up a WordPress site for someone without coding or web development/hosting experience?

    See Getting_Started_with_WordPress.

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