Installing wordpress on godaddy 2012

I actually used the above steps to setup my first WP blog on a GoDaddy domain. One sage tip — setup a Linux not Windows hosting account! Hi Tyler. Thanks for the additional tips.

I read your blog and I find your screenshots to be useful. Thanks for linking it too. Thank you so much for this. I had a time last night in getting this set up and if I had only found this then. Thank you so much again! Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Download the WordPress files from wordpress. After clicking the my SQL icon, you can now create your new database.

Glad to be of help. Thats this really helped me understand how to install wordpress mu. This is the part that most WordPress tutorials miss.

Until this setup is complete you will not have access to the information you need to setup the wp-config. You must wait until the database is setup.

This can take anywhere from minutes. This will provide you with everything you need to properly complete the wp-config. The most important piece of information here is the one piece of data your do not get to pick yourself — the database host. Armed with this information you can now fill-out the wp-config. This is the name that you came-up with. For this simply enter the password you came-up with when setting-up the database.

A number of tutorials say it is okay to leave this as localhost — it might be okay for some hosting services but not for Go Daddy. There are many application, you can install any of them and use them.

All these steps are fully described and important while installing WordPress on Godaddy. Where you can manage all the settings of your website and install the applications. Fill the details carefully. It provides helpful information and instructions about each field. A drop-down list will show you the available main domains and subdomains. Select the desired domain. If you have only one domain then it will automatically appear in the field. That will be the web address of the page or website which you will create with WordPress.

If you will install your WordPress by typing anything the Directory field and decides to create a full website in the future. And wants the web address to example. I will suggest you to install the latest version of WordPress because of WordPress team in working 24 hours to make WordPress better and secure for their users.

The latest versions contain bug fixes, security updates, and many other features. Because if you are going to use different plugins like contact form , forum , directory and themes like travel, video , news on your website they could have some issues in their coding and cause a problem for you in the future like WordPress Stuck Maintenance Mode. Do the update process on your own, by reading all the instructions of the new version.

Update it if you are fully satisfied with the new version. There may be some glitches in the new version that may cloud be the cause of problems in the future.

It will increase the security from being hack.