Hosting (wordpress) setting up

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

GetWithIt wrote: »

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

Healy Boy wrote: »

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

Healy Boy wrote: »

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

Kenny Logins wrote: »

404 here? http://localhost

ya thats it,

do i have to install somthing

Kenny Logins

Healy Boy wrote: »

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/installing-wordpress-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

Kenny Logins wrote: »

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

http://sawmac.com/xampp/

then Wordpress -

http://webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/installing-wordpress-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

Healy Boy wrote: »

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.

D Hayes

I have IIS set up on http://localhost and WAMP set up on http://localhost:8080/. Try http://localhost:8080 for XAMPP. Instructions here:

http://techbrij.com/752/setting-up-xampp-apache-iis-windows

Healy Boy

daymobrew wrote: »

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.

before i installed IIS 7, when i clicked on admin in xammp for the apache IIS 7 welcom screen kept poping so i taught i had to download this, so i did but same thing keeps on happening? i changed to port from 80 to 70 because of skype. why is the IIs 7 welcome screen keep poping up? what do i need to do to get into phpadmin xampp?

daymobrew

Healy Boy wrote: »

before i installed IIS 7, when i clicked on admin in xammp for the apache IIS 7 welcom screen kept poping

"apache IIS 7 welcome screen" - that does not make sense. You either get an Apache welcome screen or a IIS7 welcome screen.

Can you take a screenshot (Alt+Print Screen and paste it into Paint) so we can read the screen.

May I suggest using a "Wordpress Virtual Applicance' in virtual box.

When setting up virtual box, bridge the network to whatever NIC is active, and you can then access it within your LAN and outside of it if you wanted to.

Healy Boy

daymobrew wrote: »

"apache IIS 7 welcome screen" - that does not make sense. You either get an Apache welcome screen or a IIS7 welcome screen.

Can you take a screenshot (Alt+Print Screen and paste it into Paint) so we can read the screen.

i dont no how to put a print screen into this? it wont let me

Healy Boy

buysellswap wrote: »

I have IIS set up on http://localhost and WAMP set up on http://localhost:8080/. Try http://localhost:8080 for XAMPP. Instructions here:

http://techbrij.com/752/setting-up-xampp-apache-iis-windows

bullysellswap i tried this and it got me into the xampp page but when i click into phpAdmin and error page comes up somthing about the SQL? whats wrong now? problem after problem

D Hayes

Can you copy and paste the error message here please?

Healy Boy

buysellswap wrote: »

Can you copy and paste the error message here please?

Error

MySQL said:
Cannot connect: invalid settings.

phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.

D Hayes

This link may help:

http://www.configure-all.com/phpmyadmin.php#a

You will need to ensure that the MySQL username and password in the config.inc.php file match the username and password in MySQL.

If you didn't set a password during set up then it's probably

Username: root
Password: leave blank

Healy Boy

buysellswap wrote: »

This link may help:

http://www.configure-all.com/phpmyadmin.php#a

You will need to ensure that the MySQL username and password in the config.inc.php file match the username and password in MySQL.

If you didn't set a password during set up then it's probably

Username: root
Password: leave blank

It says unzip in htDocs do i unzip it in htDoc within the xampp folder??

did you ever hear of site50 free web hosting, would you know how to upload wordpress to this? might work out easier?.....

thanks

yoyo

Healy Boy wrote: »

It says unzip in htDocs do i unzip it in htDoc within the xampp folder??

did you ever hear of site50 free web hosting, would you know how to upload wordpress to this? might work out easier?.....

thanks

just unzip the wordpress zip into the Xampp/htdocs directory. You should put it in another filder inside htdocs like wp. So you could have C:\xampp\htdocs\wp\[wordpress content].
Just unzip it then point to http://localhost/wp in your browser to launch the install. Make sure to create a db for Wordpress first via http://localhost/phpmyadmin.
If you changed apache to port 8080 like above substitute localhost for http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin etc. And make sure both apache & my sql services are running via xampp cp.
No idea of free web hosting, although I'd say many wouldnt offer scripting or db support. Theres a sticky thread about reccomended web hosts on the forum I think so look there

Nick

Trojan

Skype can use port 80 (the http default) which breaks any xAMP service that starts after it does.

Fix: in Skype go to Tools - Options - Advanced - Connection and untick Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives

Restart Skype and restart your xAMP and it'll work now (if that was the problem).