Just purchased domain and hosting and downloaded WP, whats next?

  • kyle2643

    (@kyle2643)


    8 years, 1 month ago

    Hello,

    I’ve just purchased a domain and hosting from namecheap and downloaded WP, what’s the next step.

    I’m aware of the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org and I want to use .org for total control.

    How do I now merge my domain + hosting from namecheap together with my download of WP?

    Totally lost here, any help will be most appreciated!

    Thanks in advance!

    Kyle

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  • fatech

    (@fatech)

    8 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Kyle,

    If you want to install WordPress on your root domain name (like example.com), then you need to upload WordPress files to your website’s root directory. Usually this directory is called /public_html/.

    On the other hand, If you want to install WordPress in a subfolder (like example.com/blog), then upload it in a folder /public_html/blog/.

    Once you are done uploading WordPress, go to your hosting control panel to create a database. More detail for how to create a database can be found: http://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/#installftp (under title ‘How to Install WordPress using FTP’).

    Please let me know if you have any problem.

    Thread Starter kyle2643

    (@kyle2643)

    8 years, 1 month ago

    Thank you very much, I’ve got it installed now and all is well except when I search for new themes they don’t load and I get the message

    “An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration. If you continue to have problems, please try the support forums.”

    Any ideas?

    Thanks again

    fatech

    (@fatech)

    8 years, 1 month ago

    Add this to your wp-config.php (located in the root install-directory):

    define(‘WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL’, true);

    then save it.

    Hope it will help.

    jake6257

    (@jake6257)

    8 years ago

    VCHambal

    It may come to that. I clearly have gone about this wrong. For a start I wouldn’t have paid up for wordpress if I had known they don’t do email support when you’ve paid for something.
    Anyway, I have domain name and a host already. I installed wordpress on my host site.
    I think I put it in correctly to wordpress but they don’t seem to put in the HTTP:// bit, but maybe that’s because they all have that.
    So it reads correctly in the panel [couldn’t see anything called a dashboard.]I think.
    But if I go to my web address it just has the standard host’s blank page with their logo on it.
    Is there a way to reset the whole process rather than pick at things, you know factory reset type thing?

    micleeblog

    (@micleeblog)

    8 years ago

    1. Create database
    2. Create user database
    3. Upload the WordPress file into /public_html/ or anything directory name after the /public_html/ . eg /public_html/your-new-directory/
    4. Follow the instructions until finish.

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