Setting up Wordpress

Once you decide on your theme, you need to download the theme to your computer and drag and drop the appropriate folder to your Themes folder by using a FTP Client. Below are the steps involved. When I get around to it I’ll put a video up which will show you how to do this.
Steps [...]

Once you decide on your theme, you need to download the theme to your computer and drag and drop the appropriate folder to your Themes folder by using a FTP Client. Below are the steps involved. When I get around to it I’ll put a video up which will show you how to do this.

Steps to setting up Wordpress

1. Decide on a Wordpress theme

2. Download the theme folder to your PC

3. Download a FTP Client (I recommend Filezilla) to your computer. You can download from this page:

http://filezilla-project.org/download.php

This is free software and very easy to use.

4. Run the Filezilla FTP client and enter the appropriate Host, Username and Password.

5.  Drag and drop the theme folder you just downloaded into the Themes Folder in your FTP Client (e.g. Drag and drop the theme from your desktop – e.g. Thesis theme folder – illustrated below on the right and drop it in the Themes folder, which located in the wp-content folder.When you do this you will see a whole lot of information being transferred. This means the theme is now being uploaded to your host (e.g. Bluehost) so when you open your URL you will see the generic Wordpress theme.

6. Activate the theme
- go to the domain name you registered and go to the admin area. Type in the name of your URL and at the end of it put wp-admin. For example, www.settingupablog.net/wp-admin. This will take you to the admin area of your Wordpress site. You will have been sent a username and password so put those in.
- You now have access to your admin area which allows you to do admin type stuff – e.g. change your theme, activate plugins, write posts and blog away.
- Go to the tab on the left hand side which says ‘Appearance’. You will see Themes, so click on ‘Themes’. Below, you will have a list of themes to choose from. Click on the ‘Activate’ button on the theme you just chose.

And that’s it – you’ve set up your Wordpress theme and are ready to blog away!