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It is now working……………..

Installing wordpress is a bit like skimming the surface of a vast ocean – as soon as you need to know what is going on underneath you are toast unless you are an oceanographer.

I think this is why wordpress is free…..

After something like a week or more of trying to get this done, and after reviewing countless options, it appears the problem is this according to my host provider “WordPress is configured correctly, but it appears the server doesn’t have the proper routing information for the domain”

i need to go back to the start and ask questions about the 5 minute install if possible.

In step 3 of step 4 windows installation instructions, the following instructions are given.

“3.Choose the site: Choose a site to install WordPress to. You may install to an existing Web site in IIS or create a new site. Use the default setting if you do not have advanced configuration needs. “

wHEN I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO ENTER THE SITE DETAILS I HAVE BEEN GIVING MY REMOTE WEBSITE INFO (SERVER IP, USER AND SERVER NAME AND PASSWORD) BUT IT LOOKS TO ME AS IF THIS IS SAYING SOMETHING ELSE. wHAT IS IT SAYING?

I must admit i am getting P_ _ _ _ d off here. Does anybody know how i can get back into my web admin

yes i deleted all the files in the mysql database before installing.

thanks for all the above but as later posts show i cannot even go through the reinstall process…

I deleted the wordpress account from my computer and reinstalled, but still no luck. Cannot even open up the web admin anymore and have tried to delete files on remote host but no successs. A nightmare.

So now i cannot even set up a non functional wordpress blog…. will not even allow me to set up a new name

For example note the following guidance: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Settings_General_Screen

“WordPress address (URL) Enter the full URL of the directory containing your WordPress core application files (e.g., wp-config.php, wp-admin, wp-content, and wp-includes). For example, if you installed WordPress into a directory called “blog”, then the WordPress address would be https://example.net/blog (where example.net is your domain). If you installed WordPress into your web root, this address will be the root URL https://example.net. WordPress will trim a slash (/) from the end. If you defined the WP_SITEURL constant in your wp-config.php file, that value will appear in this field and you will not be able to make changes to it from the WordPress administration screen. “

Point 1 – by full address does this mean the full address of the sql database on my host provider or is it the full address of the directories on my computer?

“all you need to do is upload wordpress files and folders to the location you want root or folder
create a database and run install program that is included in wordpress.”

how? Layman’s terms. None of this should be difficult if wordpress took a moment to put things down in terms that non tech experts can deal with.

Superb is the host.
DOmain name is set up.
SQL is set up.
But word press is a pain and so is my host.
I need access to a clear simple how to set up word press with webmatrix – all the documents i am reading miss out vital info and steps.

I changed the other url to my blog address and now i cannot access the administration site. I am going to have to redo everyhting. What the f is happening?

I changed the site address url to the blog site and it shows on the web now, but there is still one problem – when i access the blog on another computer none of the page themes are showing. They are only showing on my computer.

So my site is not being properly uploaded to my host provider for some reason and all the docs provided by word press are written in techno language that really mean little or nothing to me…..

Are you able to give that to me in layman’s terms?