BlueHost OneClick vs. Manual Install

  • Resolved amyhasen

    (@amyhasen)


    12 years, 7 months ago

    I want to create a custom theme for my site.

    I used BlueHost one-click install – easy, great, see the site- but …

    I also downloaded WP to my desktop, edited the wp-config.php created a MySQL database with usernames and all that jazz, so I could connect via FireZilla…

    When I connect via FireZilla – to ultimately upload my custom files – I don’t see the WP files (like the files I downloaded to my desktop.)

    Is the One-Click Install and the desktop install redundant?

    Would it be best to uninstall the one-click wordpress via BlueHost and start fresh with a manual install?

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  • They should be the same. You may try the manual install by uploading the files and importing the database in cPanel > phpMyAdmin. Or you may simply be in a different folder and need to navigate to the folder where you installed WordPress.

    Thread Starter amyhasen

    (@amyhasen)

    You are right, I was in a different folder. (I think I am getting “how to” info from too many sources …..)

    Put in the ‘default FTP’ info from BlueHost -instead of the FTP account I made- and plugged in the IP address and wammmmo – I see my files!

    Thanks for your quick response.

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