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Dec 16.2015

In this forum, where would be the best place to post a WordPress question? With its popularity, I’m surprised there is not a specific WordPress sub heading. Or does anyone know a good wordpress specific forum?

My question of the day is this:
I am making my wordpress website offline using a WAMPSERVER as localhost. When I finish my wordpress website design, can I just ftp the webpages up to a hosting server? or do I have to get (pay for) a designated WordPress server?

A bit more information. I have a free host on **********.com. I can ftp html files up there and host them for fee (with ads). I see sites offering WORDPRESS hosting at a price (GoDaddy, HostGator). After finishing my WORDPRESS design offline, do I have to use a specific WORDPRESS host? Or can I transfer the files up to my free host. Ofcourse eventually I will need paid hosting to be ad free, but while under development my free host site is very nice to try things with.
Thanks,
Drew

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@NogDogDec 16.2015 — You don't need something specifically for WP, but you do need a hosting account that includes PHP and MySQL (or any other DBMS that WordPress supports?).
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@neshdesignDec 19.2015 — i develop my sites using WAMP too. I create themes from scratch, so basically all you upload is the theme folder /wp-contents/themes. Consider using your own domain on an ad-free hosting, there are a lot around, very good quality, for pennies.

Be careful, when you finish designing your website offline, you will have to upload all the contents after a fresh install.

i hope this helps ?
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@Drew345authorDec 19.2015 — Thank you very much for the replies.

Where would I find the folder /wp-contents/themes? I search my whole drive and cannot see /wp-contents/themes or even /wp-contents.

My WAMP is in a folder right under the C drive: C:/wamp

Could the files be in there but with a different folder name?

My Theme name is TESSERACT (got it online).

Thanks so much,

Drew
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@neshdesignDec 20.2015 — the folder should be something like mine: [B]f:_WAMPwwwfoundationwp-contentthemes[/B]

obviously with your own details... so when you installed wordpress, you have created a folder.. from then is[COLOR="#FF8C00"] wp-contentthemes[/COLOR]



hope this helps...
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@Drew345authorDec 20.2015 — Got it, thanks. Found it in C:wampwwwwordpresswp-contentthemes

I guess looking at your folders that I didn't need to name my project wordpress, somehow I thought I had to. Thanks for the help!
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@neshdesignDec 22.2015 — Got it, thanks. Found it in C:wampwwwwordpresswp-contentthemes

I guess looking at your folders that I didn't need to name my project wordpress, somehow I thought I had to. Thanks for the help![/QUOTE]

as you will get more experienced you will start "opening your wings" and experience, thats when you will have multiple sites in your wamp www folder. i have about 50, when i start and dislike something, i just restart a new one, i find it easier, then sometimes i go back to an unfinished one.

basically, in wordpress, when you are in the themes folder, thats where all your usable themes are. if you are planning on making your website, i would suggest to start from scratch with a good framework, there are many tutorials about, you will be building your website whilst learning...
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