Mdlebson

Thank you Christian for the incredible help and resources, I’m starting with the HTML now~

Truly incredible, thanks again!

to answer your question about where I was installing it, I had not gotten that far yet, I was still stuck on
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If you will be using FTP, skip to the next step – uploading files is covered later.

If you have shell access to your web server, and are comfortable using console-based tools, you may wish to download WordPress directly to your web server using wget (or lynx or another console-based web browser) if you want to avoid FTPing:
wget https://www.ads-software.com/latest.tar.gz
Then unzip the package using:
tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

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I guess I would ideally like to install it somewhere free, even if that means on my computer and not actually of any use on the web yet, but if that is detrimental to learning how WP works properly then by all means advise me on that subject

Ok thanks,

And actually it’s not as if I was hoping I was right that I needed to know html/css/anything related, its more just knowing in the back of my mind that by following the instructions there is nothing “implied” and having peace of mind in that regard.

Thank you and I will give my shot at it now!

Thanks WPyogi, you were also a responder to a previous question of mine.

The question I have however is, on that page for example, which I have attempted to follow the instructions, do those steps imply that they can be accomplished with no prior knowledge whatsoever to web coding? Or does it imply a base level of knowledge of programming?

Because, it looks as though that page assumes you have completed the installation, and that is something I have failed to successfully complete. I have downloaded WP (that was tough haha jk), but not successfully installed it.

So instead of getting frustrated with myself I just wanted to see if there are other things to learn FIRST such as some sort of HTML lesson or resource you recommend?

For example, these example videos I just found using the search function, these are things I’m ASSUMING I should be watching before even attempting to use WP on my own.

<https://wordpress.tv/2010/09/18/shayne-sanderson-editing-php-and-css-for-beginners/&gt;

<https://wordpress.tv/2012/12/26/joel-r-norris-a-beginners-wordpress-bootcamp/&gt;

<https://wordpress.tv/2013/07/31/tracy-levesque-what-you-dont-know-you-can-do-wordpress-development-for-absolutely-everyone/&gt;

<https://wordpress.tv/2013/06/29/taylor-lovett-what-you-need-to-know-about-computer-science-and-wordpress/&gt;

how about HMTL? or other languages?

For example, in the installation page, after the very first step, I’m officially lost by the terminology:

2. Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it.
3. Upload the WordPress files to the desired location on your web 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 (excluding the WordPress directory itself) into the root directory of your web server.
If you want to have your WordPress installation in its own subdirectory on your web site (e.g. https://example.com/blog/), create the blog directory on your server and upload the contents of the unzipped WordPress package to the directory via FTP.
Note: If your FTP client has an option to convert file names to lower case, make sure it’s disabled.
4. Run the WordPress installation script by accessing the URL in a web browser. This should be the URL where you uploaded the WordPress files.
If you installed WordPress in the root directory, you should visit: https://example.com/
If you installed WordPress in its own subdirectory called blog, for example, you should visit: https://example.com/blog/
That’s it! WordPress should now be installed.
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So, pretty much what I am getting at is how do I learn my way around the web at all, in the effort to eventually learn WP?

Thank you and sorry all at the same time haha!

gotcha, thanks again…

We will probably still try to mend relationship tomorrow, but I think some advice may help. Lets say that there is a triple digit upfront cost of fixing this issue, to go along with the 100 a month maintenance fee. If this sounds like too much, then we will probably just move on…

I know making business deals is not promoted on these forums, so I’m sure talking money in general falls under that category, but it actually would be a huge help just to know if that’s a good or bad number given the context of our problem.

On the subject of working from scratch, for an ABSOLUTE web beginner, is there anything else I should look up regarding web development in addition to the beginner WP link you provided? As in, for an absolute web beginner, what other basics (if any) should I be learning in order to find my own way in making a website with WP?

I will probably mark this topic as resolved once I get a response to these questions, only because the conversation at hand will have become something entirely new at that point. Thanks again to all help!!

@wpyogi

so the official answer for this is no, we do not currently have any sort accessibility to the site files on Dreamhost, it looks as though our original developer is the only way in and out of managing any sort of site files.

If the lack of access to the Dreamhost site files is truly a dead-end on trying to resurrect the current site, perhaps mending the relationship with the original developer could work. If there is a way to do private messages I would feel slightly more comfortable with what I need to explain, but if that goes against the spirit of www.ads-software.com that’s ok too… I’ll just say there is an upfront price tag for only fixing this login/pw issue that we feel is too much, and also makes us question how easy future errors would be fixed as well.

With that said, what is the best course of action for making a functioning beautiful website for a daring independent feature film? This isn’t about trying to make something out of thin air magically, The site owner Jared O. pays for web hosting and domain name space yearly. And actually learning how to do it is appealing anyways! If it requires alot of learning and work, I am more than willing to go for it.

In conclusion, we are ready to go whatever the best direction is, and any help you can give me after knowing we can’t get into the Dreamhost site files is greatly appreciated! And again, if you tell me that paying for “only” that assistance IS fair, we will reconsider our business relationship, we just felt the pricetag was high for something that non-web devs FEEL as though is “simple..”

Thanks again to anyone and everyone that helps!

I already downloaded WP and filezilla so I am currently trying to figure things out on my own as well~ its fun!

thank you WPyogi for the great response, I’m not sure about that one yet, I’ll ask and get back as soon as I can–