Setting Up Wordpress On Your Own Web Host…. Step By Step For Newbies

This is not intended as a replacement for the installation instructions provided by Wordpress, it is to fill in some of the blanks after the basics are in place, for those of us with little to no knowledge of HTML, PHP, etc. Installing Wordpress on your webhost is the easy part, the “fun” part is configuring all the seemingly simple things to get it up and running the way you want. You will need to use some code, so I’m going to share what I learned in the process so you don’t have to spend as much time digging around for it as I did.

 

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Uploading To Your Webhost - FTP Using Windows Vista

    These instructions make reference to use as it applies to installing Wordpress, but the basic set up is the same regardless of what type of website you are using.

Go to START — COMPUTER — right click on a blank area and select ADD A NETWORK LOCATION — click on CHOOSE A CUSTOM NETWORK LOCATION –

If you have Wordpress installed on the main domain name that your web hosting account is under proceed with:

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