How to Install Wordpress on Your GoDaddy Hosting Account
So, you want to start a blog. You've purchased a domain name for your latest niche blogging venture. And you've purchased a hosting plan from GoDaddy.com. Now what?
Well, you'll need to actually start blogging! To do that, you'll need to select a blogging platform. Many bloggers are picking Wordpress for a blog platform since it allows for a great deal of customization and Wordpress makes it easy to monetize a blog, turning a pet project into a niche blog that earns revenue!
The only downside to using Wordpress is that many new bloggers have a hard time installing Wordpress and getting started. But fortunately, once Wordpress is installed, this blog platform is easy to use; from a technical standpoint, the process of writing a blog entry and managing a Wordpress blog is actually very similar to lots of other blogging websites, like Today.com.
The key is to use GoDaddy.com's one-click installation tool for Wordpress. It doesn't install Wordpress onto your computer, but onto your hosting account. This means you can use Wordpress to post to your new niche blog from any computer; no software installation on your computer is required! Keep reading to learn how to install a Wordpress blog onto your new domain name.
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Things You'll Need
- An Internet Connection
- A Computer
- A Domain Name Purchased through GoDaddy.com or Transferred to GoDaddy.com
- A Hosting Account Purchased Through GoDaddy.com
- An Email Address
- Plans to Start a New Wordpress Blog!
Instructions
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LOG IN TO YOUR GODADDY.COM ACCOUNT: Begin by logging in to your GoDaddy.com account using the log in at the top right-hand corner of the GoDaddy homepage. You can find your GoDaddy account number in the confirmation email that was sent to you titled "Welcome to GoDaddy.com!" This was sent when you purchased your website hosting package from GoDaddy.com
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SELECT "HOSTING" FROM THE SIDEBAR UNDER "MY PRODUCTS": On the left side of the page, a black sidebar will appear. In the "My Products" section, click "hosting."
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PICK THE DOMAIN WHERE WANT TO INSTALL WORDPRESS: Next, select which domain (if you own multiple domains through GoDaddy) you'd like to use for your new Wordpress Blog. Click "Manage Account" on the domain that you'd like to use to install Wordpress.
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CLICK "MY APPLICATIONS" ONCE YOU'RE IN THE HOSTING ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AREA: Once you've completed step 3, this will take you to the area where you manage your hosting account. Click on the section that says "My Applications." This will lead you to the area where you will select which program to install on your hosting account - the next step for installing Wordpress.
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SELECT "BLOGS" AND PICK "WORDPRESS" FROM THE LIST: You will be presented with a page that has categories of applications that you can download onto your GoDaddy hosting account. You'll want to pick "Blogs" and from that menu, select "Wordpress."
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INSTALL WORDPRESS ONTO YOUR HOSTING ACCOUNT: Follow the prompts and provide the requisite information on your domain to complete the "one click" Wordpress installation.
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WAIT FOR THE INSTALLATION TO BE COMPLETED: Once you've completed the one-click Wordpress installation as it's called, you'll need to wait up to 24 hours before you can actually start blogging on your new niche blog. You will receive an email from GoDaddy.com when the Wordpress installation process has been completed.
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Tips & Warnings
If you purchased and registered a domain through another company, you'll need to transfer your domain to GoDaddy in order to purchase hosting and to install the Wordpress blogging platform.
You can create a Wordpress blog section to an existing website; to create a Wordpress blog component for an existing website, use "domainname.com/wordpress" (default) as the installation location.
If your domain name will be used solely for blogging (with no other component), you will want to install Wordpress in the root directory, which is the main part of the website. So you'll want to delete the field that's automatically filled in during the Wordpress installation process to appear like this: "domainname.com/wordpress" - you will see a note about how you can leave the field blank to install Wordpress in the root directory.
You will need an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program like Fetch if you want to upload Wordpress plug-ins or additional Wordpress page templates.
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toogie2
Mar 02, 2009
Thanks. This may seem like something a person could do without instructions, but GoDaddy has a very difficult to navigate website (though it's getting better). Even after doing this several times, I still need to go back to the instructions sometimes.
