How to access dashboard and themes after an upload using FTP

Did you change the urls in settings>>>General to the domain name before uploading.

yes..i did to the live domain name.

Did you edit your wp-config.php file so that points to your database on host account.

yup..now when i reload the homepage, it loads the wordpress install page for my site, but i dont want to install because it will create a whole new dashboard without my originally created files at my localhost install. so i decide to go to myphpadmin, import the .sql file, which after a reload of the home page, loads without the theme but content is visible. some of my images are missing as well.

Restrict install.php to be executed from browser, using .htaccess until you decide what you will do.

how do i do a restriction

install.php is the least of my worries…still need the core of this topic resolved with help from members out there.

If your wp-config.php file has the right login info and your database has tables with same prefix that you have in wp-config.php file then you should not get install page

how do i do a restriction

If there is no .htaccess file, login to FTP and right click to create a new file, name it as .htaccess , copy-paste this :

<Files install.php>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>

and save it.

You need to delete this .htaccess if you want to install or use Pretty Permalinks (if test website is not using).

Agreed with govpatel.

Try to login to MySQL via PHPMyAdmin with the username and password in the wp-config.php. If it fails then obviously username and password in the wp-config.php is wrong, if you can login, then you can easily reset via PHPMyadmin

okay, that has resolved. but now the issue comes on continuous content management. how does the owner of the site once i upload it, handle content management and regular uploads without the install of wordpress on the hosting account. remember, uploading using ftp, does not carry the dashboard application for regular access and updates of the site. how to go about that.

without the install of wordpress on the hosting account

WordPress has to be installed on the hosting account for it to work. There is no other way to use WP.

thought so too, so basically the easiest way is just to install wordpress, and import your xml wordpress file from localhost containing posts, comments and menus. which also means that you have to install the theme on the wordpress hosting account because when you leave the twenty thireteen theme, it assumes all the content in that specific theme. in that case, why use ftp if you can literally import the xml file from your wordpress install on the localhost

I personally only use local host to test the plugins and themes before I install on live site.

when you leave the twenty thireteen theme, it assumes all the content in that specific theme. in that case,

Does not matter what theme you use as the content will remain the same but will displayed differently depending on your theme coding and layout.

So you can change themes when ever you want without loosing any content.

true…thanks guys….

why use ftp if you can literally import the xml file from your wordpress install on the localhost

WordPress Export files do not include the attachments in the backup file, just the posts, the Importer attempts to download them from the original server (the will not exist in your case).