i thought wordpress was supposed to be easy?

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    i thought word press was supposed to be easy ?

    i hit the install wordpress on godaddy and gota really poor black and white
    text site , really poor

    So i go hunting themes , not of them work ? days now wasted !!

    Take for example this decent theme i wanted to play with
    https://flexithemes.com/newsstudio-wordpress-theme/,
    downloaded the zip file to
    desktop , unzipped it into a folder , used dreamweaver to upload to server and
    hey presto nothing but error messages

    https://flexithemes.com/newsstudio-wordpress-theme/

    and NOT A THING about installation or troubleshooting on their website . they
    expect me to give them money if i like the free download , but how am i meant
    to assess if i cant get it working ... Phew

    im days into this now and instead of designing or filling the site im still
    trying to get one to work ... nightmare

    RANT OVER

    HELP !
     
    laserfink, May 13, 2015 IP
  2. PoPSiCLe

    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    #2
    Uhm. What the hell? You don't need to upload (through Dreamweaver? WTF?) - just log in to the admin-account on your WP-install, and upload the zip-file where you install themes. And yes, Wordpress IS easy - it's incredibly easy, and if you can't make that work (or at least tell us what kind of errors you're getting), then you really shouldn't be making websites.
     
    PoPSiCLe, May 13, 2015 IP
  3. TheSHosting

    TheSHosting Member

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    Wordpress is relatively easy to manage. If you have little programming skills, you can build a very nice website with Wordpress without spending much time. If you feel Wordpress is harder, please do not look at Joomla, drupal etc :)
     
    TheSHosting, May 14, 2015 IP
  4. HostBudget

    HostBudget Peon

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    You may need to see some Wordpress video tutorials at youtube. You can find plenty of WP tutorials at youtube.
     
    HostBudget, May 22, 2015 IP
  5. Franklin Hatchett

    Franklin Hatchett Well-Known Member

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    Dreamweaver! why....? Think that's your problem buddy. I would suggest going to youtube and typing in "how to build a WordPress website" tons of videos.
     
    Franklin Hatchett, May 22, 2015 IP
  6. TB Ann

    TB Ann Banned

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    All you need is to google how to set it up.. lol
    I use to think that way back when upgrading wordpress was to be done manually.
     
    TB Ann, May 22, 2015 IP
  7. Benpick

    Benpick Greenhorn

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    The correct word there if you really want to create a wordpress site but you can't is to "look/search/scan" the internet for wordpress tutorials as there are hundreds to thousands of information you can find. Searching Google is more than enough to search those.
     
    Benpick, May 24, 2015 IP
  8. HostPuma

    HostPuma Active Member

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    Yes, you need to educate yourself abit about WordPress, and within weeks you will be able to manage/update your website easily and quickly.
     
    HostPuma, Jun 14, 2015 IP