Easy WordPress….

WordPress is pretty easy, but reading the documentation will help. https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

1) How do I edit a downloaded word press template? Simply by using PHP Designer? How does this work, I have no screen that shows me what it looks like (like I have in Kompozer).

Do you know PHP? If not, it’s worth looking up a few tutorials online. WP templates are mostly HTML with a bit of PHP sprinkled it, so they’re pretty easy to edit, if you already know PHP.

2) How do I upload my edited wordpress template? Simply drag and drop using FTP, does not work.

What theme are you using? Which file(s) did you edit? Where did you try to upload your edited templates? WordPress expects themes to be in their own folders, contained in the wp-content/themes folder. Check out Template Hierarchy to see which PHP files WordPress uses to generate your site.

3) What is all this talk about “localhost”? Do I need is, how does it work?

“localhost” is a fancy way of saying “the computer you’re currently using”. You probably don’t need to know too much about it, but in which context was the word used?

WordPress is database driven. What this means is that all your settings, pages, posts etc is stored in the database unlike with an html site where you have everything in 1 file or more files. Local host is where you set up a WP site on your computer (offline). I suggest just playing around with your WP site to see how it works. Pretty much everything works from your dashboard, If you want a new theme, go to themes, click on ADD THEME and you will have literally thousands of themes to choose from. Plugins add functionality to your site. There is a difference between Pages and Posts although they use the same editor. Pages are single pages where as Posts are more like a forum with categories etc. You can find lots of youtube videos covering just about everything in the use and building of a WP site.

localhost is a topic in and of itself. Read the documentation and follow it step by step. I personally haven’t done it.

You don’t really “run” WP offline in the same way you do with a static HTML, because you need to have the PHP interpreter running. Most people use something like WAMP or MAMP to set up a basic “server” on their home computer. From there, you can download WP and copy it to the appropriate folder, run the installer, and you have a functioning WP install on your computer.

Hi maurice,

Yes WP is always the “editor”, if you want to call it like that. There is no publisher for WordPress since blog invention.

WP runs any standard GPL webserver (not intended for your computer). And yes, you can choose free template and customize.

Some are free, some are on freemium base.

All will require basic web server knowledge (free).

@maurice2015 Just fyi, you don’t want to edit core files or theme files as your customizations will be lost when you update. When the time comes that you want to start customizing your site it is recommended that you use a CHILD-THEME for custom code edits.