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Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: What does 'upload' mean?ClaytonJames wrote:
You’ll have to forgive me for thinking perhaps you were.
Your topic title is “What does ‘upload’ mean?”.
..And then you made this statement: “I already have a web site, written and uploaded by hand..”
So, I came to the conclusion that you probably already did in fact have a reasonable understanding of what “upload” meant, and your issue was simply that there isn’t enough instructions to suit your desire in the readme file.
You might actually gain a huge advantage and a rapid increase in knowledge about WordPress by taking a look at the actual documentation as a source of instruction and reference. The readme file can never do what the WordPress Documentation can. Good luck, and sorry for any confusion!
And uploading to a phone? Or to a computer from a phone?
The point is that I, in my ignorance, was expecting a program from WordPress.org that I could put on my computer and run from there. I had originally found the WordPress.com site which certainly did not do what I wanted.
In relation to WordPress I did not know what I was talking about and the ReadMe file made something of the five minutes it would take to get going. And at that stage I knew I was not sure so I asked the question.
I have already said this question was not tongue-in-cheek, so what can I do to convince you that it really, absolutely was NOT tongue-in-cheek?
ReadMe files, to my simple mind, are just that: an instruction to read, preferably before going any further. I think this particular file needs a minor clarification and that this problem will not be resolved until it gets that treatment.
What will the next new user of WordPress understand by Instruction No 1?
Tim
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: What does 'upload' mean?ClaytonJames wrote:
I’m hoping you wrote that “tongue-in-cheek” however; You’re referring to basic terminology used in almost every electronic transaction or interaction between computers and the internet. “Upload”, “Download”, “Transfer”… it isn’t the purpose of a readme file to instruct an end user in basic terminology that isn’t intended to be a synopsis of information specific to the software itself. Even then, in depth installation and usage details are usually handled by the software documentation, rather than a readme file.
The problem with writing about a subject you are familiar with is just that: you don’t know how to approach the person who is unfamiliar. I was not, that is, writing tongue-in-cheek.
I not sure why you have the impression you need to install WordPress directly to a live environment. There are a multitude of ways to install a local test environment.
Installing WordPress on your own Computer
The impression was from the above responses to the ReadMe file, all of which gave me the impression that this is what I had to do.
But thanks for the advice on installing on my own computer.
RossMitchell wrote:
There are various ways of installing in a test environment.
You can install a web server on your own computer, the AMPPS package is one way of doing this.
http://www.ampps.com/OR you can install upon an obscure URL on your hosted site, like “trial.mysite.com” you can even password protect this website.
Thanks for the info about the AMPPS package; another one to follow up.
And I am not keen on putting experimental stuff in an unlinked folder on my web-site. The horrible danger is that the search engines will find it. On the other hand password protection may not hinder as much as is hoped.
Tim
PS: wish there was a Preview button for this forum – I’ve no ide what the above is going to look like. Though I soon will!
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: What does 'upload' mean?Thanks for all the replies. But none have made the point that the ReadMe file should make it clear what ‘upload’ really means. I do not think this issue will be ‘resolved’ until the ReadMe file has been altered.
I suspected it meant what you mostly have said but was not sure.
My next problem is that in all previous programming tasks, I have installed the program on a test environment. I do not think it is right to bash WordPress straight into a live environment, such as my web host site. How can I set up a test environment so that I can see what it looks like before I open it to The World? I would prefer to have the test environment on my Mac here.
(I already have a web site, written and uploaded by hand, and I am trying to see if WordPress would be easier or better or both.)
Tim