website help please!?

Question

I've just purchased a domain name and hosting. And have just downloaded Cyberduck (yes, i use a mac).

What do i do next? I'm wanting to run a blog but how do i get wordpress on a mac, and also how do i then get it from wordpress into a live site?

Apologies for being a complete noob!

Answer 1

Who are you hosted with? Do you have Cpanel? Alot of the time hosting companies provide you with a program called Fantastico on your server which will install most script lik Wordpress automatically without the need to download anything. Even if you don't have Cpanel chances are your hosting provider has something similar (if they don't you should probably get a new host).



I'd say get in touch with tech support and see what they can tell you.

Answer 2

Wordpress is a PHP/MySQL application.



In order to run, it needs a web server (like Apache), PHP and MySQL. A Wordpress blog is something called a dynamic website (as opposed to a static website), which is basically a LOT more complicated to set up than you thought, but the good news is that almost no one does it manually, and you don't need to do all that stuff just to have a Wordpress blog.

You could, install all that locally, on your Mac, build your website and then upload it using Cyberduck,

but that's not the way to do it. There's no need to get the Wordpress on your mac.



Almost all web hosts have something called Fantastico or InstallCentral in the control panel, which allows you to install Wordpress right away, just by choosing Wordpress from the list of available apps and clicking on Install.



Everything would be set up for you.



Now you just need to choose a theme that you like, some plugins if you want to, and just start adding content to your blog. That's it, no need to download Wordpress and then upload it back to your web hosting account.



P.S. If you want to get many more free and paid wordpress themes and plugins just google for them. There are literally thousands of themes and plugins available.

Answer 3

You download Wordpress from wordpress.org, unzip it and upload it to your hosting site. You don't "get wordpress on a Mac", it never runs on your Mac, it runs on the host.

Answer 4

You first need an ftp client,



1. Download and unzip the WordPress package, if you haven't already.

2. Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.

3. Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.

4. Open wp-config.php in a text editor and fill in your database details as explained in Editing wp-config.php to generate and use your secret key password.

5. Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:

* If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. http://example.com/), move or upload all contents of the unzipped WordPress directory (but excluding the directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.

* If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. http://example.com/blog/), rename the directory wordpress to the name you'd like the subdirectory to have and move or upload it to your web server. For example if you want the WordPress installation in a subdirectory called "blog", you should rename the directory called "wordpress" to "blog" and upload it to the root directory of your web server.



Hint: If your FTP transfer is too slow read how to avoid FTPing at : Step 1: Download and Extract.

6. Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in a web browser.

* If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: http://example.com/wp-admin/install.php

* If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: http://example.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php



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