Do you know for certain whether your hosting package actually supports php & MySQL? If it does there should be a control panel to create a new db.
Frontpage will not be able to create a MySQL database for you.
FrontPage is not a very good program. I’d suggest almost anything over it, especially in a case like this where it won’t work. If you need to FTP, download something like FileZilla
Also, I’m not sure what you are trying to do here. My guess is that you want your same blog from wordpress.com to appear on your website, in which case you need to install wordpress into a folder called “blog” (without the quotes). Once it was installed, you would need to use the “Export” feature in your wordpress.com blog to get all of your posts, then use the “Import” feature on your new blog to put those posts in place.
Your URL would then be http://www.directsound.com/blog (no .htm at the end)
Provided your host is properly configured for php and mysql, they may have an automatic installer for WordPress for you, otherwise, follow the instructions for installation here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
While I agree, FileZilla is a better (pure) FTP program, FrontPage is a pretty darn good program (even though it’s no longer being developed) and it can serve as a good FTP program even on a server without FrontPage extensions. I keep a copy on my computers and use it for all kinds of things from basic html editing to searching entire directories (WP directories, for example) to strip out code inserted by hackers.
My suggestion…if you have a copy and you are familiar with it’s use, don’t throw it away…it can come in very handy at times.
Thanks for all your help FP Is working for me and prity good for the last 9 years or so I have a copy of Web expresions and Shair Point but I Just havent wraped my head around CSS yet … I am on an apachiee server and it dosent have FP extions but I am getting by because its free for me I did a trade out with my web provider for some DJ work and I get wireless high speed and the host 3 of my domains I guess Ill have to check with them if they can install some kind of controll panel like I have seen on some other sites…. Thanks again for the input If you can think of anything else please let me know
Mike
http://www.directsound.com
