Title: I CANNOT install wordpress Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # I CANNOT install wordpress * [cebll](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cebll/) * (@cebll) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cannot-install-wordpress/) * Hi, I CANNOT install the program, do not speak any computer languages and BARELY understand the lingo. Until this I thought I was as reasonably computer-literate as any adult, but I have never had to copy code and search vast expanses of files with mystical names for non-existent buttons, files and links like this before. I have to admit, I thought that with the number of people out there with blogs it would be possible to click and drag the necessary program file into a website if that is what you’re trying to create. I keep reading articles about how it is so easy a newborn could do it, but I have been at it on and off for a few evenings now (didn’t realise I am this stupid). I bought a domain (from 1&1), then tried following the instructions from several different sites … created a database, renamed the wp-config-sample.php file and edited the text in Notepad... downloaded filezilla. Filezilla will not let me find my database to try to transfer anything. phpMyAdmin will not allow my to import anything. I do not speak any computer language and frankly I don’t understand what I’m doing, despite trying to follow more than 10 differnt sites, all with different instructions for how installing wordpress can be done so easily. Frankly I don’t even know how this program is even going to link to my actual domain name (where I want the blog) once — and if ever — I get it installed in this supposed database that I only created beacuse it was where I was supposed to put wordpress. I am starting to think buying a domain was a waste of money and I should have just gone with a free blogging site where I could just type away. I’d appreciate it if someone could explain in English (not computer-ese) the actual steps I need to follow to make this happen. Thanks so much to anyone who can do it. A little frustrated, as you can probably tell. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/) * (@stvwlf) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cannot-install-wordpress/#post-1066293) * hi * I would recommend either: * use wordpress.com which is free hosted blogs where the software is already installed and there’s nothing you need to do to install. There are certain limits to what can be done on wordpress.com, but given your background, that is unlikely to be a problem for you. * or, if you really want your own site with your own domain, go to a different host. Go to a cpanel host ( i like hostgator.com ) because they have a script called Fantastico, on which you fill out a few fields on a form and it then does the complete WordPress installation for you, including creating the database. Then you don’t need to deal with any of those install issues. Unfortunately 1and1 does not offer that kind of install. * The self-hosted WordPress is not easy to install for someone who knows nothing at all about computer stuff. That’s just the truth. That is why I’m recommending the other two options for you. * [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/) * (@michaelh) * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cannot-install-wordpress/#post-1066295) * Also see response to same question at: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/267045?replies=8#post-1062395](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/267045?replies=8#post-1062395) * [eml](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eml/) * (@eml) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cannot-install-wordpress/#post-1066591) * i cannot install WP either and i can design websites and load them iin dreamweaver… i keep getting this: ERROR: %s’), $error); ?> * checked=”checked” /> * ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’ * ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.’).’ ‘);} switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // in case people are directly linking to this display_header(); ?> * ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just fill in the information below and you’ll be on your way to using the most extendable and powerful personal publishing platform in the world.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?> * error) ) wp_die($wpdb->error->get_error_message()); display_header(); // Fill in the data we gathered $weblog_title = isset($_POST[‘weblog_title’]) ? stripslashes( $_POST[‘weblog_title’]) : ”; $admin_email = isset($_POST[‘admin_email’]) ? stripslashes( $_POST[‘admin_email’]) : ”; $public = isset($_POST[‘blog_public’]) ? (int) $_POST[‘ blog_public’] : 0; // check e-mail address $error = false; if (empty($admin_email)){// TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __(‘you must provide an e-mail address.’)); $error = true; } else if (!is_email($admin_email)) { // TODO: poka-yoke display_setup_form( __(‘that isn’t a valid e-mail address. E-mail addresses look like: [username@example.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cannot-install-wordpress/username@example.com?output_format=md)’)); $error = true; } if ( $error === false ) { $wpdb->show_errors(); $result = wp_install( $weblog_title, ‘admin’, $admin_email, $public); extract($result, EXTR_SKIP); ? > * admin ‘. $password .’ ‘; } echo ‘ * ‘. $password_message .’ ‘; ?> * Even thought i have deleted and tried again three time, checking my config file etc. Please help..i thought this was an easier alternative to wordpress which may save me time.. Any help greatly received:)) * [Brian Harris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zgani/) * (@zgani) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cannot-install-wordpress/#post-1066592) * [@elm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elm/) – like the error states, clear your database first if you wish to make a new installation in the same database. * [@cebll](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cebll/) – email me on my site and i’ll help you figure it out or do it for if you want. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘I CANNOT install wordpress’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 4 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Brian Harris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zgani/) * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-cannot-install-wordpress/#post-1066592) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics