hi milt a lot depends on what kind of hosting setup you have. pardon me if i am stating the obvious.
for example, at places like dreamhost and bluehost things are very simple. my sql is already installed and installing wordpress is just one or two steps. both are menu options in the control panels. the first step is to create a database which amounts to specifying a name for it, a user and a password. the second step is to select the wordpress install and that usually asks you for the name, user and password for the database you just created and a few questions about things like what folder or subdomain do you want to put the blog in. it also asks for yet another user and pass, this time for the blog admin. if your hosting does not have these menu options or something similar, then you will need to do a command line install. questions? do you have a control panel that allows "one click" word press installs like i just described? if not, do you already have mysql installed? also, sometimes you need to request command line or shell access. do you have that setup yet? that is, can you log in to your server and get a command line prompt. if that is the case, then we need to get into details. we can take the discussion offline if that is the case. regards, markus On Apr 12, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Milt Lee wrote: > Hi folks, > > I know I'm just a grumpy old guy that likes to control everything, but > I would like to set up my own wordpress blog - on my own site. I > really like workpress, but if I have to pay for a site in order to > control the css - then I would rather roll my own. > > BUT I don't have the chops to set up a database, and when I read the > instructions that they have on the wordpress forum, it doesn't > translate into my old grey head. > > Anybody out there that could walk me through it? I would really > appreciate it. > > Thanks, > Milt Lee > > -- http://SpinXpress.com/Markus_Sandy http://Ourmedia.org/Markus_Sandy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
