5 minute installation 101

I have unzipped the file and moved into applications directory which gives me /application/MAMP/htdocs/

I have edited the wp-config-sample.php file and renamed it wp-config.php.

Here’s where my confusion begins…

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

( I am working in Dreamweaver. Are they referencing my local server or my remote server?)

? If you want to integrate WordPress into the root of your domain (e.g. https://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.

(Should that include the htdocs folder? I now have the htdocs folder in my root directory of my web. Is this correct?)

? If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. https://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.

(I moved the unzipped WordPress files into htdocs. Is this instruction telling me to rename the htdocs files another name in order to set up a subdirectory e.g. https://www.domain.com/blog?)

Thanks for your help.

Greg56