Saving my Site Problem

  • afrigreen

    (@afrigreen)


    10 years ago

    Due to lack of development knowledge I have the following problems and one aim.

    I want to create/design a website on wordpress.org for a small bussiness. The site will then be ‘taken over’ by a host server. In other words I just need to create the actual site.

    Problems are:
    I Downloaded WordPress. Fine.
    2. Installing it according to your instructions made my life very difficult.
    3. I get to the point where I can use the dashboard, etc.
    4. I can change whatever I want – it doesnt save and I cant seem to log back in to localhost:XXXXX to finish it.
    5. Everytime I try, I get to-re-install wordpress’s last bit over and over again.

    I am not a developer, simply wanted to use this to create the site and then be taken over to my host provider which will obviously change the site to a .com domain.

    Why cant I just setup the site and be able to access it?

    In my endeavours to do such, I have installed File Zilla, File Server, etc etc and came across so many ‘things’.

    Can someone please explain to me what I actually need to do. All I want is to save my website with my theme and info which will not be for public view now.

    Im am at my wits end at re-installing and trying to do self-hosting, MySql, FTP etc. for this. Is this even possible?

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  • J36miles

    (@j36miles)

    10 years ago

    To help making the install of it locally easier, try looking into ServerPress. With that installed, it updates the files that need to be updated.

    Thread Starter afrigreen

    (@afrigreen)

    10 years ago

    Hi J36miles

    Thank you for replying. I truely am new at MySql and blah. Didnt event know of the existance thereof. Im not trained to do this and not ashamed of saying I do not have the know how.

    According to my logic, it should be simple and relatively easy. I ‘created’ my own site a couple of years ago an wp.com and because it was private it didnt matter to have a host. Also I did it using a cellphone. Yeah.

    I was under the impression that org will be the same. It isnt. I saw and read so many forums and am extremely confused about hostnames, url’s files upoloading to roots, etc.

    I just want to be able to access the site and be done with it. No ip address issues, no ftp, no servers, no nothing of that. Im a going to use this foronly a couple of days. The rest should be the Developer’s prob to get the site live, etc.

    I wlll try your suggestion and then I am giving up. I will post the outcome. Thank you.

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