My Wordpress website details

professorman wrote in post #14088285
Okay, great. What creates the website? Is this the wordpress template? You basically purchase this, then upload it to the host to get the website, then it incorporates wordpress to update the content?

Which plan do you have on hostgator? Their rates seem to be reasonable.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think this is the way to go for you right now. Creating a website isn't hugely technical, but it is a technical process, and you don't seem to understand even the basics. You're better off finding a service who can do everything for you. There are plenty of little things that might trip you up along the way if you try to do it yourself, you'll spend frustrating hours or days on things that would take someone with good technical knowledge minutes.

To answer your questions though:
- The web host sets up your account
- You do everything else
- Wordpress can be autoinstalled on HostGator
- I use an old plan on HG, roughly equivalent to Baby, but the smallest one should suit you.

tim wrote in post #14088403
Please don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think this is the way to go for you right now.

To answer your questions though:
- The web host sets up your account
- You do everything else
- Wordpress can be autoinstalled on HostGator
- I use an old plan on HG, roughly equivalent to Baby, but the smallest one should suit you.

Thanks for the answers. Yes, my knowledge on the process of wordpress is only what you told me on here, but I am quite technical. I have done basic HTML stuff and can learn it, but I am quite busy doing my masters in Physics.

How much time do you think I would need to invest into learning this to get a great website out of a similar setup? A week, a few days, a few hours?

professorman wrote in post #14088870
How much time do you think I would need to invest into learning this to get a great website out of a similar setup? A week, a few days, a few hours?

You basically just upload your images and create your pages and away you go. a few dedicated days and you should be mostly running. If you want to change the custom template, that can get tricky very fast.

Wordpress installs are ezmode. If it isn't ezmode and you have to "hack" things together, you will regret it when you have to do updates. WP is currently under attack for exploits and vulnerabilities and it is imperative that you keep everything updated.

professorman wrote in post #14088870
Thanks for the answers. Yes, my knowledge on the process of wordpress is only what you told me on here, but I am quite technical. I have done basic HTML stuff and can learn it, but I am quite busy doing my masters in Physics.

How much time do you think I would need to invest into learning this to get a great website out of a similar setup? A week, a few days, a few hours?

I could put up a wordpress site like mine in about four hours. From what you've asked I think it'd take you a week. I'd probably suggest you pay someone $100 to do it for you.

No html required, but you need to know what a web server is, what a domain is, how to FTP (probably), and just be happy to tweak and mess with things a bit.

Cool. What do you use FTP for? Is that how you transfer files to the host?

I currently have Photoreflect for webstore. Do you know if I can plugin this to hostgator as well to sell photos?

professorman wrote in post #14089681
Cool. What do you use FTP for? Is that how you transfer files to the host?

I currently have Photoreflect for webstore. Do you know if I can plugin this to hostgator as well to sell photos?

FTP = file transfer protocol, it's how you move files to a server. SSH is how you issue interactive commands, if your host lets you have an SSH account.

You can't plug a website into another website. You can link to it though.

The more you say the less I think this is a good solution for you. I really think you need a full service place to do everything for you.

Prefessorman,

It's not difficult to setup wordpress but need to understand how it works.
Go to wordpress.com and you will get information for starters.

http://codex.wordpress​.org …ng_Started_with​_WordPress

Good luck

realmike15 wrote in post #11639405
Wordpress is the shiz!

For people who want to do their own coding, or pay someone to do it... that's all good.

But for the rest of us, thank god for Wordpress!

Amen..I'm in process of building mines and I know for a fact this would have at least hit me for about a grand

I followed Tim's blueprint and am quite happy with the outcome. Thanks for sharing your experiences, Tim.

Cheers,

Gary

Happy to help

Geez, hope we had seen this when we were building our site. But it's good to see that we've followed some of your best practice advice!

Might bump into you this weekend in between 2 weddings Tim!

I love this discussion about wordpress weblogs. A year ago I have never heard about wordpress, but had a standard template old-vasion web. Then I followed a webinar wordpress class for 6 month and started using a StudioPress Template to start building my site http://LetPicturesTalk​.com
I still do not know how to work with codes. I wish how to create hover-over pictures.

Hey Guys,
I lurk quite a bit, but this is a topic I know a bit about so I'll throw my 2 cents into the mix.

I always prefer to install Wordpress myself through FTP as most hosts automate the process to such a degree that you may actually leave your server open to attacks. You do not want your server compromised and serving malware - one sure way to get your site delisted from Google. Remember, your host is just another computer even though it isn't in your home.
Just a few simple things to remember, but this list is not all inclusive:
1. Never use the default table prefixes for your database.
2. Use the strongest password your host will accept for your database.
3. Don't forget to generate the SALT keys in the config file
4. Do not use the default ADMIN account!
5. Choose the strongest password you can possibly remember for your Wordpress administrator account.
6. Rename the wp-content folder.
7. rename the default login page.
For those who aren't keen on these topics I highly suggest the better WP security plugin. It does a good job of explaining most options (and their caveats). Be careful what you implement on a site that has been up for awhile.

Deputy, I've not done many of those, if any. I just have good backups, if it gets hacked, oh well, I'll restore it.

tim wrote in post #14880677
Deputy, I've not done many of those, if any. I just have good backups, if it gets hacked, oh well, I'll restore it.

While I appreciate (and applaud) a good backup routine you need to realize that if you do get hacked you will more than likely be serving malware to your visitors, be heavily penalized by Google, and possibly be dropped by your host.

At worst your site will host malware linked from other sites and spam email, still get penalized, and still face the possibility of being dropped. In that case an infected site could server malware to tens of thousands. Not a good way to make friends and impress people.

A web server is just a computer, but unlike the computer in your home you are not the only one who would be affected.

I strongly suggest anyone using WordPress, or any other CMS for that matter, to look into my advise in the above post!