How to Install Wordpress:
Upgrading a Blogger Blog to Wordpress for Beginners, III

Continuing in the lesson on how to upgrade Blogger to a Wordpress installation! Today, I’ll explain how to install Wordpress on the web site you got up and running yesterday. (For earlier lessons click Getting a hosting plan and Creating your “website”.

I hope the length of these directions aren’t frighntening you off! What I’m trying to do is give a detailed illustrated explanations for an instruction that some bloggers would explain in this single line:

“To install Wordpress at Dreamhost, click ‘Goodies=>OneClick Installation=>Select options’ Then click to activate”.

My explanation will include screenshots, words, and also try to explain how the same advice applies if you use Fantastico instead of “one click installation”.

So, how to actually install Wordpress

There are at least two ways to install Wordpress: The extremely very easy way and the “hard” way. It’s not that hard.¹ Nevertheless, I advise installing the easy way:

The easy way to install Wordpress

1. Use a hosting plan that offers “one click installation” or “fantastico” for Wordpress.
2. Fill out an easy form, click a button. Wait 10 minutes.

I use Dreamhost, so I can show you how to do a simple install using their service. If you use another service, you will likely find “Fantastico”, which has very similar steps. (But the screen shots will look different.). If you can’t find either, ask your support service where to find one of these services.

How to use Dreamhost’s ‘one click’ installation.

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