Resolved: Getting my site up, to begin with
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Bought:http://www.FactMonger.org
Hosting with DreamHost
One-Click Install with Concrete5
Got an account here
Where do I go from there? How do I actually link my Concrete5 account to my Dreamhost hosting so that my website will display?
(I do not yet know what PHP or SQL are, or how to get FTP working, or if I'll need it. I've only had experience with free websites, which do not involve this sort of knowledge.)
Bought:http://www.FactMonger.org
Hosting with DreamHost
One-Click Install with Concrete5
Got an account here
Where do I go from there? How do I actually link my Concrete5 account to my Dreamhost hosting so that my website will display?
(I do not yet know what PHP or SQL are, or how to get FTP working, or if I'll need it. I've only had experience with free websites, which do not involve this sort of knowledge.)
1. Go to your website.
2. If the DNS servers have been updated, it'll ask you to log in. If you're not presented with a Concrete5 login page, then wait a little while, because the servers are still waiting to update.
3. Fill in your Admin login details.
4. Database information: type in "mysql.yourwebsite.com" for server hostname.
5. On the Dreamhost website, go to "Goodies" and then "MySQL Databases". Scroll down to "Databases on this server". Under "users with access" is your SQL username.
6. For the password, go back to Dreamhost and click on the username. Scroll down, and click on "Show password". Paste that into your login information.
7. For the database: go back to Dreamhost "databases on this server". The database is the title in bold, on the left.
8. Make sure everything is filled out completely on that login page, then click "Install Concrete5".
You will be brought to your setup page.