While GoDaddy has an automated script installer, the latest Wordpress version available is 2.3.3. So instead of using the installer, I’ll install Wordpress 2.5 from scratch.
To upload Wordpress, I use Filezilla, a free FTP client.
Watch this video to see how to install Wordpress on your GoDaddy hosting account:
Note that the username and password information used for FTP is those entered when setting the website.
Next step: adding Wordpress plugins and selecting a theme.
Stay tuned!
This is the first time I try GoDaddy and I gotta say that setting up the account is a little bit more complicated than with HostGator or HostPapa. 1and1 is a bit complicated too.
The way GoDaddy hosting works is that once you’ve signed up, you must “setup a website” which will be made available in the next 24 hours. I like instant processing better but I’ll survive.
Take note that I’ve chose to use PHP5 as PHP4 is deprecated and no longer supported. Here’s how to setup your website within your GoDaddy account:
I thought I wouldn’t be able to post this until monday but here it goes! The sooner I make money, the better!
So this is the first week into this case study and I gotta choose a domain name and get a web host. Remember that my budget is actually $100 at this point and I will not spend more money than this unless I make profits.
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