xxdavidxx

YIPPEE!!

At last, got it to work on my 1&1 account.
It was just a matter of following the instructions. The problem was, which set of instructions to follow from the plethora of advice out there? This is what worked for me –

Deleted all previous attempts from site, including databases.
A ‘log’ directory would not delete but took the risk of leaving it there. I had no other websites, so that all that showed was ‘/logs’ (remember, I was not able to delete that one)

Downloaded a fresh WP and uploaded the renamed directory (not individual files). 4 files initially refused to upload from FileZilla, but did so after I had individually selected them and sent them on their way.

Created a fresh database.

Pointed my domain to my webspace. This is what had originally confused me. It is just a matter of making the ‘renamed directory’ you uploaded the ‘Destination’ of your domain.

Go to 1 and 1 FAQ and Put WordPress in Search, then look at –
‘How do I install WordPress?’
‘How to create a new MySQL 5 Database?’
‘How do I point my domain to my webspace?’

Good Luck

Thanks samboll – unfortunately it did not work. Also inserted the missing ‘?>’ into the config.php which also did not work.

Thanks Kailash 1 – I have a feeling that this is the area at fault.
All the WP files are in what I call the ‘root’, that is, they all appear directly after the ‘/’. I have no ‘public html’ folder as some others have.
My Domain Destination Settings are –

Document root /homepages/**/d********* (* is a number)
Destination type is ‘Home Directory’
Home Directory is ‘Existing Directory’
Existing directory is ‘/.’
And I was assuming that the ‘/.’ meant the ‘root’

Should I paste ‘/homepages/…..’ into Existing directory?

david