Unzip to Folder

  • baynesrb

    (@baynesrb)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    I am a relative novice. I have multiple problems installing WordPress.

    1. I didn’t have an unzip program. So I bought Winzip Pro. Somehow I have all these files unzip (how I did it I’ll never know. In fact I don’t know that they are unzipped) scattered through my Documents. There is nothing called Setup that I can find. So I only have scattered files.

    2. I read that the WordPress was in a TEMP file. I cannot find the TEMP file and issue.

    3. It seems that multiple attempts to install have scattered multiple versions of the many disparate components throughout my compute.

    4. I don’t know how to target a file for receiving the WordPress software once I find it and, presumably, extract it using Winzip.

    5. I’m not sure I want a lot of new software located on my computer for security reasons and not sure why (or whether) like usual websites I can administer it directly on site rather than from my pc.

    6. I need a nontechnical explanation that is explicit in virtually every detail as to how to install the software from the very beginning. There is a lot of techy mumbo jumbo that I’m having difficulty overcoming.

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  • bemdesign

    (@bemdesign)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Well let’s first-off make it clear that WordPress is a server application – it is meant to run on a web server and not on your local machine. To install WordPress requires some degree of technical knowledge or at the very least a desire to learn.

    WordPress requires a database application – MySQL is one that WordPress works very well with – and PHP. PHP is a server-side scripting language. WordPress itself is coded in PHP.

    So typically one would download WordPress, unzip it and end up with a folder called WordPress in their downloads folder. They would then use an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program to upload the WordPress files to a server that is running MySQL and PHP. They would then create a database on the server using an application like phpMyAdmin. They would take the credentials (user account and password) for this database and use it to edit the wp-config.php file. This will tell WordPress where the database is and how to connect to it. Now they can point their browser at <domain name>/wordpress/ and they should now get the WP introduction page which will let them add a user account to login and start using WordPress.

    All this being said, based on your initial post, maybe you should try out WordPress.com (or another hosted WordPress solution) and let them manage the technical complexity of running WordPress, it’s underlying technology and the servers.

    Thread Starter baynesrb

    (@baynesrb)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Thank you bemdesign. I was very frustrated and you’ve given me more than I need to proceed from here. In the process of following up on finding out mmore about things like mySQL it occurred to me that since my website IS a wordpress.com website I was already functional without the download. It APPEARS that this is the case. I’m going to play around more, but it seems I’m already set and don’t need to set it up; again, because my site IS a wordpress site. Not sure. Even if so thanks again.

    bemdesign

    (@bemdesign)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Yes – if you’re on WordPress.com then you indeed have a WordPress-powered website. Questions regarding your site should best be directed at the WordPress.com support forums: http://en.support.wordpress.com/

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