[Healy Boy]

Hi, Im new to wordpress and want to learn it for myself by making a portfolio website, but im having trouble setting it up, is it better to work offline such xammp of i was thinking about buying a domain name and work online???

also what hosting company would be good to work off if i did work online, i have been looking up Blacknight for a cheap domain name it only cost like € 7.99, but it does not say how much space i have to upload and all that.

Im fairly new to all this but would like to learn about it, so any tips would be great.

Thanks

[aidan_walsh]

Please read the charter regarding the recommendation and discussion of individual hosting providers.

[Trojan]

Using xAMP is a good way to start off when you're learning - it costs zero.

We can't discuss specifics of which hosting company, but a small WordPress site can be hosted by almost any entry level hosting account (the exception being some where they don't provide MySQL access).

Confirm with the hosting company that they support PHP v5.2.4 and MySQL v5.0 or greater before you sign up.

[GetWithIt]

Don't Wordpress themselves provide a hosting option?

[daymobrew]

Originally Posted by GetWithIt

Don't Wordpress themselves provide a hosting option?

WordPress.com is a place you can host a WordPress site but it has a significant number of limitations. WordPress.org is where you can download the source code to do your own installation of WordPress.

[Healy Boy]

i find it impossible to set up from xaamp i tryed so many times, does anyone no of a easier way or where i can get step by step instructions which are simple to understand, im messing up at some step when im reading off wordpress.org?

thanks

[daymobrew]

Originally Posted by Healy Boy

i find it impossible to set up from xaamp i tryed so many times

Is XAMPP working correctly? Can you see the web site? Can you get into phpMyAdmin?

[smcelhinney]

There's a fairly significant Cloud hosting provider named after a South American river where you can avail of a years free hosting that would be more than adequate for the solution you're looking for.

If you'd like more info, PM me.

[Healy Boy]

ya i got xammp and wordpress working on a computer in college, but when i try at home IIS 7 keeps poping up? , it just a welcome screen, this is when i click on the admin button apache.

and when i click on the admin button for my sql error 404 page pops up???

how can i fix this problem now?

help please and thanks in advance

[Kenny Logins]

Originally Posted by Healy Boy

ya i got xammp and wordpress working on a computer in college, but when i try at home error 404 keeps poping up? page not found i think it is, how can i fix this problem now? help please and thanks in advance

404 here? http://localhost

[Healy Boy]

Originally Posted by Kenny Logins

404 here? http://localhost

ya thats it,

do i have to install somthing

[Kenny Logins]

Originally Posted by Healy Boy

ya thats it,

do i have to install somthing

You have to install xamp, there is a guide here -

http://sawmac.com/xampp/

then Wordpress -

http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials...dpress-locally

Just take it slowly, step-by-step, and you'll get it.

[Healy Boy]

i just installed IIS 7, is this new or somthing taking overr for xampp? as i just got it working in xampp this happen pain in the ####

[Healy Boy]

Originally Posted by Kenny Logins

You have to install xamp, there is a guide here -

http://sawmac.com/xampp/

then Wordpress -

http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials...dpress-locally

Just take it slowly, step-by-step, and you'll get it.

i cant even create a database because evertime i try and click into admin IIS7 pops up, also port 80 busy??????????? so annoying now

[daymobrew]

Originally Posted by Healy Boy

i just installed IIS 7, is this new or somthing taking overr for xampp? as i just got it working in xampp this happen pain in the ####

XAMPP and IIS are clashing.
IIS is a web server from Microsoft. XAMPP includes the Apache web server.
I suggest uninstalling IIS or at least turning it off.