This isn’t a filezilla problem, or a problem at all. It’s just your server set up. When you login to your ftp, which folders do you see?
I’m afraid you’re dealing with a complete dumbo here. What do you mean by logging into your ftp? All I know is FileZilla and its two columns, the local site on the left and the remote site on the right.
Do I have to log into ftp through WordPress, my webhost, somewhere on my mac – where would I locate it?
When you login to your ftp
the remote site on the right.
thats one and the same. youre being asked what you see on the remote site.
thats why the term “ftp” was used when responding to you.
FTP connections require you to use a username and a password — consequently, you are logging in.
I see:
..
anon_ftp
bin
cgi-bin
conf
error_…
etc
httpdocs
httpsdocs
lib
libexec
pd
private
statisti…
subdo…
tmp
usr
var
web_u…
And some go further:
anon_ftp goes to carrington-blog and incoming
Carrington-blog is the theme I’ve tried to upload.
Does this mean anything to you?
Roy
(@gangleri)
Have you read the Filezilla instructions? That might be a starter.
Further, my guess is that you will want to open the folder httpdocs and if you want to use WP in the root of your domain, see to it that the WP files are on the left of Filezilla and click a little arrow pointing to the right (or however Filezilla works) so that the same files are also shown on the right (your server). If you want a folder, then go to httpdocs, add a folder named “blog” or whatever, open that and ‘FTP’ the WP files there.
OK, I’ve created a directory called blog inside httpdocs and uploaded
wp-admin
wp-content
wp-includes
into it. What happens next?
I’ve also put my ‘theme’ carrington-blog into anon_ftp – is that the right location?
I’ve also put my ‘theme’ carrington-blog into anon_ftp
NO, it is not. did you read the readme that came with the theme? have you looked over the codex page on uploading themes? Apparently not.
http://www.alice-designs.co.uk/blog/
and IF this is your site, and IF this is where you are expecting to see a blog, youve already done something wrong.
OK, techies have no trouble understanding instructions written for techies. This may seem basic stuff to you, but not to me, and advice rather than a ticking off would be more helpful.
Where do I find the readme and codex pages on uploading themes? If you’re refering to the WordPress instructions these are not helpful as they miss out huge chunks in their explanations.
Where do I transfer the theme to?
I’m trying to create http://www.designyourmarketing.co.uk into a blogsite. This has nothing to do with alice-designs.co.uk as I already have a free wordpress blog for that: http://alicedesigns.wordpress.com
Roy
(@gangleri)
Alice, please read some documentation before starting to experiment. I hope that your last post means that you uploaded ALL WP files, not just those folders, also the files in the ‘root’ of WP, you created a database, edited the wp-config-sample.php file and renamed it, etc.? See here about installing WP.
As for the theme, here are instructions about that and the rest of the “Codex” could be very helpfull too. The theme goes in wp-content/themes, but you’ll have to have WP up and running before you can use it.
meh, you know what — thats crap. I know 70 year old non-techies that have set up wordpress blogs.
Read the docs. Please, start by reading the readme.html that is sitting right smack in the middle of the wordpress files you have been uploading.
Hi Gangleri
I’ve downloaded all the remaining WS files into the blog directory, thanks. Hope that’s all OK now.
I have changed the wp-config-sample.php file in TextEdit and renamed it. I’m assuming the MySQL name should be ‘ted.34sp.com’. I haven’t done anything to the database charsets and collate types.
Changing the authentication unique keys: the examples look like gobbledegook, do I have to use them? Could I use my own phrases in ordinary text? Will they allow spaces?
Once I’ve changed the wp-config.php file in the local site do I have to reupload it into the remote site? Do I just drag it in?
Next post about placing wordpress files into web server:
“If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (but excluding the directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.”
Have I just done this in httpdocs?
I don’t understand “Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in your favorite web browser.
* If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php”
Could you explain? This link doesn’t go anywhere.
Whooami
This is what your recommended docs say:
Installation: Famous 5-minute install
1. Unzip the package in an empty directory. [done that]
2. Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details. [done that]
3. Save the file as wp-config.php [done that]
4. Upload everything. [This instruction is far too vague. How do you upload everything? I need more basic guidance.]
5. Open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums with as much data as you can gather. [Again, how do you do that? Until I have got the first lot, I cannot continue.]
6. Note the password given to you.
7. The install script should then send you to the login page. Sign in with the username admin and the password generated during the installation. You can then click on ‘Profile’ to change the password.
Could you get your 70-year old non-techies to join this forum so they can explain things nicely to me.
Roy
(@gangleri)
You know, you don’t give some information that could be helpfull. I just think of it, you could have set up by some kind of automatic installation service of some provider. If you already have an up and running WP, all that installing buzz is not necessary. If you don’t haven an up and running WP, I wonder how you come to wanting to install a theme.
The database. You created it yourself, you named it yourself, you created the user yourself and assigned a password yourself. That information goes in the wp-config.php file. If you didn’t do all that youself and you have an up and running WP, that’ll be some automatic install.
As said before, doing some reading doesn’t hurt. Your question about the “secret keys” is answered in a “sticky” on this very forum. Btw. you don’t have to use that secret key function.
You’re still not clear about wanting to install in the root “httpdocs” or a subfolder “httpdocs/blog”, but the WP files go in either folder IF you still have to set up a WP install.
“I don’t understand…”
…
You know what? Why don’t you just give us a link that talks a lot easier.
