So I have reviewed the posts and having trouble with two things: Where do I put my folder wordpress in my webhost? I can choose either the root and a subdirectory, which are these?! For example, on my FTP my site shows I have: .cpanel .htpasswds .trash etc mail public_ftp public_html tmp www If I want to put it in my root, where does it go? www? public_html? So I just "drop" my unzipped wordpress folder (with all the wordpress stuff unzipped) inside one of the folders? then do? www.mydomain.com/wp-admin/install.php Lastly, very important step. In the wp-config file, I change the username, password, host to my MySQL settings. The host part default says "localhost" on the wordpress file. That obviously can't be my host, how do I know what my thing is for it? This is what I mean in wp-config-sample.php (which later changes to wp-config) /** MySQL hostname */ define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
Well, if you want the blog to appear in w ww.yourd omain.c om, you upload all files in public_html (the unzipped wordpress stuff), if you want it to be something like ww w.yo urdomain.c om/blog/, you put it in a folder named â€blog†you create in the public_html folder. After this you run ww w.myd omain.com/wp-admin/install.php. It usually is localhost. Leave it like this and if it does not work, try to find out what is your local host from your hosting company. But in 90% of cases it is localhost. Good luck and let us know if the installation was succesful.
Upload to your public_html the files within the (not folder), after you've modified and renamed wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. That's the only file to modify. Most webhosts use "localhost" if not you should try contacting them. Some webhosts also have Fantastico (I forget the name of the other installer) so you can install it in a few clicks.