How to Install WordPress with 1 and 1 Hosting

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When I first installed WordPress, I had a lot of trouble finding information that pertained to the exact problems I was running into. Once I got WordPress up and running, I realized that it just wasn’t that hard to set up. Since then, I’ve seen numerous people on the WordPress forums seeking help with the same problems day in and day out.

My web host is 1&1 and I’ve been pleased with the sevice I have. If you don’t yet have a host, 1&1 has packages as low as $2.99/month that has all you need to run a website (even your own WordPress site) including your domain name. Having said that, 1&1 has their own blog that you can set up through the control panel. This blog is actually a WordPress blog, but is extremely limited in features and options. I would recommend going ahead and setting up a database and installing the real thing..and I’m going to show you how to do it.

For this tutorial, I’m going to assume that your host is 1&1. You will need the Linux hosted package to have access to MySQL. The first thing we need to do is set up a MySQL database. Log in to the 1&1 Control Panel under the Administration tab, click on MySQL Administration.

1and1 MySQL

There you will click New Database:

1and1 MySQL New Database

You’ll be prompted for a description for your database. just enter something like blog or wordpress and click Set Up. That was easy enough, huh? From there, 1&1 will set up a database for you. Normally, this will take just a couple of minutes. Click on overview, and the screen will show you the status of your database, either setting up or ready. Once it’s in ready status, you are ready for the next step.

Next up is to download WordPress from wordpress.org if you haven’t already. You’’ll have to have a utility to unzip the file. I used WinRAR. The only file you’ll need to do anything to before you upload everything is wp-config-sample. Right click on the wp-config-sample file and open with Notepad or Wordpad. Here you will fill in your database details from the 1&1 control panel in place of what’s there.

wp-config-sample

With 1&1, you WILL need to change the host name from local host to the actual host address….no problem!

Once you enter the details of your database, go to the top left corner of Notepad and click File, then Save As and rename the file wp-config.php.

Hang in there, because we’re almost done. You’ve already done the hardest and most confusing part. All that’s left is uploading these files to the server. WordPress will automatically set up the needed tables on your database. For uploading files, I use Filezilla, which is a free program you can download from filezilla.sourceforge.net. Here you will upload all the WordPress files to whatever directory you want your blog to be in.

Filezilla

If you want WordPress to be your main site, you would upload the files in to the root directory (index/home/default/etc.). If you would like your blog to be part of an existing site, you would create a directory in the root and upload the files to that directory. AT the time I first wrote this tutorial, I already had a website and wanted my blog address to be www.antbag.com/blog. So I created a directory called blog inside the root and uploaded the files there. To create a directory with Filezilla, all you have to do is right click inside the root, and choose create directory. It’s really pretty simple.

Filezilla Create New Directory

Once you’ve uploaded the files, you’re ready to go to your website and set this thing up! Now open your browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.), and in the URL address field at the top, type in your site and add /wp-admin/install.php to the address (example: www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/install.php or www.yoursite.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php depending on the directory you uploaded the files to). From here, WordPress will lead you through the rest. Be sure to take special note of the password that WordPress gives you. You WILL need this to log in. You can easily change it once you’re logged in, but you’ll need it for your first log-in.

I hope this has been helpful to you getting WordPress set up. Personally, I couldnt find much information on the subject. There were plenty of tutorials, but not that explained setting up the database and how to get done what needed to be done in the 1&1 Control Panel. Good Luck.

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  1. pretty informative site mate, ihad some problem with wordpress lately, but i guess i made the mistakes , anyway i got it on again…lol, im just a week old in this business, so i guess i got a lot to learn, ill be coming again, cheers

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  7. So simple, so why isn’t it simple to find this out? Thanks for the great guide. Just one extra hint – the name you give your SQL database is not the name you put in the wp-config file! Your name is only a description, the real name that you have to insert in the file is given to you in the summary details in the 1&1 control panel after you’ve set up the new SQL database.

  9. This is great. Thanks.
    But had problem after uploading all the files to my host. When I tried to run /wp-admin/install.php its said WordPress ALREADY INSTALLED! and need to clear the tables first. I did not create a new database since my 1and1 account already has a database on it. I just thought its a default thing. Not what do I do? Should I delete it and create a new database?

  10. Hope,
    The easiest thing to do is to create a new database. You can delete whatever tables were on the current database, but I would suggest creating a new database.

    If you already have your WordPress files uploaded, just re-upload only the “wp-config” file once you fill in the details for the new database. That should fix ya up!

  11. I got 2 words for you….
    ROCK STAR

    Thanks a million. I was up and running in 10 mins. No installations has ever gone easier.
    Thanks!!!

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  14. Hey Darensta, thanks for this tutorial. Searched Google for “setting up WordPress with 1&1″ and got this. You saved me a lot of time and trouble.

    Thanks a million.

  16. Great instructions, thank you very much.

    One more question: I had started a blog already using the 1&1 control panel. Now, having installed WordPress manually and starting a new blog, I would like to keep the Graffiti-Theme from 1&1, but can’t find it in the theme-collections on the web. Is it possible to extract the theme from the old 1&1 blog? I couldn’t figure out a way to access the files via ftp.

    Thanks again for the instructions

  17. Ingo,

    I don’t believe there is any way to access the files on a 1 and 1 blog, using ftp or otherwise. I’m not sure about the themes they have and if they are available elsewhere. Here is a theme with the same name available for download……not sure if it’s the same one. Hope that helps.

  18. Hi Anthony,

    thanks for your answer. The theme I wanted to use represents a tattered scrapbook. The header image looks as if fixed with scotch tape – and I had already spent a lot of time to prepare one that fits in before realizing that I cannot import it when using the 1&1 interface. That’s why I wanted to stick to that template. I was googling a lot this morning – I don’t think it is available on the web. But thank you very much, I appreciate your help.

  19. Sure thing. I installed the “1and1 blog” when they first made it available. The fact that you couldn’t access any of the files or add themes is why I set up a database and installed WordPress myself. Anyway, good luck finding what you’re looking for.

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  21. Thanks bud. I just used your advice to set up my 1and1 blog… It should be live before the end of the day.

  22. Great post Anthony, i do have a question if you don’t mind. I already did most of the things you showed us. My next step is to upload to the server. My question is this. I have the wise-FTP from 1and1 and when i connect i see a folder name logs, when i click on that i do see.htacces. Is that where i have to upload the wordpress file. and finally, do i have to upload just that one “folder” or each indivual file. Thanks much.

  23. Hi Ed,

    I’ll help you as best I can. I’ve never used the wise-FTP program. I think it probably works very similar to Filezilla however. Most of the ones I’ve seen were very similar.

    I believe what you need to do is set a domain destination, and that’s where you will upload you files to. When you open the WordPress file, you’ll see WP-admin, WP-content, WP-includes, and a collection of PHP files(as in the picture above). The best way to do it is to high-lite all the files together and upload.

    Hope that helps.

  24. Hi Anthony

    I forgot to mention that i laready have a blog, the one by 1and1. I downloaded mozilla and when i connect i do see that htaccess. my question is, is that the root directory?. If it is, i click on it and create a directoy like you did and then upload wordpress there?. I appreciate your help. Thank You.

  25. Ed, You have me a little confused! You downloaded Mozilla? – as in Firefox and Thunderbird?……..I’m assuming that maybe you meant FileZilla.

    If you’re using the 1and1 blog, I can’t really help you with that. I don’t have much experience with it. I’m also not very knowledgeable about *htaccess*.

    I would suggest logging into your 1 and 1 control panel and reading through the FAQ section.

  26. Anthony,
    Thank you for the wonderful step-by-step. It really saved what could have been hours of researching. I’m up and running!

    Ed,
    I see the “logs” folder on my server as well. It contains the .htaccess among 9 files in total. Although I don’t know what kinds of logs this folder contains (FTP logs appear to be one kind), it is not the place to copy your WordPress files. I copied them to my root folder , i.e. the one above the logs folder. In the FTP client, just highlight all the three folders (wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes) and all loose files in your local WordPress directory, and drag-drop them into the root folder on the server-side.

  27. Ed,
    I’m sorry, I missed the part about you having the 1&1 blog. I’m not knowledgeable about that either, so please DO NOT follow my instructions, as it may not work.

  28. Adnan,

    Glad to help.

    Ed,

    If I mis-understood you about the 1 and 1 blog, Adnan is correct. There’s no reason to go into the “logs” folder. The directory that contains the “logs” folder is your root directory. You can upload your files there, and you should be good to go.

  29. Nice resource you have. I do have a question though. I made it through all your steps, got the WordPress password, logged in, and made some quick edits, but when I go to the site to see how it looks, I only get the 1and1 parked page, not the wordpress blog, which should be my main site. Should I just wait, or is there something I missed? Thanks.

  30. Adam,

    Thanks. If your domain is new and just set up, it generally takes a while for the registration to go through, and for 1and1 to get your web space pointed to the domain. You should be able to tell in the 1and1 control panel – under ‘domains’ if the domain is ready. It may take up to 24 hours or so…

  31. Ok. I’ll give it some time. I bought it earlier this week and set up the easy one-click blog but found your site today and made the change. Under ‘domains’, it does say ready. When I’m in the wp dashboard and click ‘view site,’ I even get the parked page, so hopefully all it needs is time.

  33. I gave it a bit but became impatient and started messing around with files. And it seems fine now. For anyone in my situation later…

    I copied the index.php file into the traffic.html folder and had instant success.

  34. did you have problems connecting to MySQL?
    i am migrating a WP blog to a business package account and even with a brand new db and WP package i still can’t connect! I am not that new at this, but i am baffled. I appreciate any help.

  36. I was installing for another friend of mine, but I was doing the same thing and it did not work, once I tried again after reading tis, it workd!

  37. Many thanks! You saved me from a boring bog-standard 1&1 blog (I mean the design….my content may still be boring) and a ton of time. It’s very generous of you to take the time to document this. Thanks for paying it forward.

  39. Hi,

    Just a quick question please: You say “With 1&1, you WILL need to change the host name from “local host” to the actual host address…………no problem!”

    Is that the url for the site where the blog will reside?

    Great article, by the way!

    Em

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  44. hi there, thanks for the tutorial… i’ve just signed up with 1and1.. and actually imported an old db from another host space.. the blog and all plugins were working fine, but now i’m experiencing a number of internal server error 500′s… some when plugins are activated, and also randomly when searching through the page. even the wordpress dashboard has some error 500 messages. on top of that the mange->posts screen is not displaying anything… besides that everything else seems okay. any clues what could be wrong?

  45. Lon,

    I really don’t know. I don’t have any experience with that, so trying to offer solutions would not be a good idea. If it were me, I would probably spend some time on the WordPress Codex, and read up as much as possible.

    Sorry I couldn’t be more help.

  46. Help!
    I tried to update WP to the new version, and I can not get my blog to work. Can you go through the steps I need to follow on 1&1 to update WP?

  47. See 1 and 1 hosting does not provide the normal cpanel which has 1 click installation of wordpress automatically. Also no fantascio installer here. So a newbie who takes hosting at 1 n 1 for wordpress will be afraid initially to find that he can’t install wordpress the other way. So this information is very helpfull as this post helps install wordpress in 1 n 1. Thanx for much help. I would definitely refer this link after i upload the files for
    http://bloggingtruths.com .

  48. Don’t ever take this post down. I am always referring to it. Thanks for posting it, it has been a life-saver for me.

  49. “With 1&1, you WILL need to change the host name from “local host” to the actual host address…………no problem!”

    sorry – I am new to all of this – what form will this take?

    my site will be http://www.29sunbeam.co.uk and initially the wordpress will be the homepage –

    Thanks for your generous help
    John

  50. Hey Any

    sorry – yes I had to wait for the database to be ready and then it had a host name for me to input – shouldn’t have been so hasty!
    Having problems now changing theme, but I think I can work through it!

    John

  51. I had almost decided to change web hosting from 1and1 (which I love, by the way) because I could not get the WordPress software installed. Then I found this posting – thank you! I have just installed the software to my 1and1 hosted website, and it is working.

    Great tutorial and easy to follow. Again, thanks.

    Rene

  52. Anthony, thanks so much. If it weren’t for you, I’d be pounding my desk and screaming out “WHY WON’T THIS WORK, AND WHY WON’T 1&1 MAKE IT EASIER????” I’ve got tons to learn, but I wouldn;t even be in the starting gate if not for you.

    We all owe you one, brother.

    — Bruce, therockandrollfantasy.com

  53. Great and informative post. A couple of recommendations in case you felt like updating the article.

    “With 1&1, you WILL need to change the host name from “local host” to the actual host address…………no problem!”

    You could elaborate a little more and say that to get the local host address click on the ‘edit’ button after the new database is ready. On that page it tells you the database name, host name, user name and password.

    Otherwise the post is great and helped me out a bunch with the install.

    As a sidenote: if there was an index.html file in the directory where you put the WP files in there the directory will default to the index.html file on the web instead of index.php.

  54. Rylan,

    Glad it helped you out.

    On the screen that lists all of your databases, the chart names the database name, user name, password, and host name, so I’m not sure why you would need to click on the ‘edit’ button.

  55. Ah true indeed. It was just more clear to me in the edit settings I guess. :)

    I just thought it would help to point that out as i was initially confused as to what you meant by ‘host name’ and needing to change it.

    Thanks again.

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  58. Thanks for the step-by-step guide! I’ve just done my first manual wordpress install, and with your instructions, it went a lot smoother than it otherwise might have.

    Cheers.

  60. Hi Anthony,
    I have been wondering why the Plugin Editor is missing from the Plugin Management menu in the pre-installed 1&1 WordPress version. I have now learned that this version is stripped of certain functionalities and that one must install the full featured version of WordPress themselves. My question is whether or not I can do this and still preserve all the content and look of my existing blog, that is, carry it over to the latest full featured version of WordPress. All I really want to do is put a site meter on my blog, but with the pared down version of WordPress offered by 1&1, this doesn’t seem possible. Any suggestions! Great description of the installation procedure, although I hope I may not have to go through it.
    With thanks,
    Jocko

  61. Jocko,
    If you were to set up WP “the old fashioned way”, you could import all your posts, etc. from your current version. I’m not sure if you could find the same theme or not though. I’ve heard the themes that 1&1 use aren’t available elsewhere.

  62. I am moving my WP blog from one host to 1and1.

    I exported the database files from my existing site.
    I created a new database on 1and1.
    I imorted the mySQL export file to the new database on 1and1
    Inspection showed that all the tables and data were imported fine.
    Next I copied all my WP files and folders to 1and1
    Then I edited the wp-config.php file changing the database name, username, user password and host.

    When I try to run the blog I get this error:

    Error establishing a database connection

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

    * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    * Are you sure that the database server is running?

    I have rechecked all the info in my wp-config.php file and all is correct. I am sure the database server is running because I can access the database via mySQLadmin.

    Does anyone have any ideas?

  63. @Arnie – I wish I could be of help to you, but I can’t advise you. Changing from one host to another is an experience I haven’t had to deal with so far. Good luck getting everything worked out.

  64. Hey Anthony! Thanks for this very detailed tutorial… I’ve had a 1and1 account for a while and did not know they were able to host wordpress until i ran into your site!

    Im currently uploading all the files so ill keep my fingers crossed that everything pans out.

    Thanks man!

  66. John,

    The domain that your name links to – is this the site in question? I’m not sure, but the first thing I would probably check is to make sure that the directory structure on your server is correct, and also that your database is created and ready to use.

    You may know this, but just in case, when you download WordPress and unzip it, it’s in a file called WordPress 2.3.2 or whatever version you have. You don’t want to upload that whole file, only the contents(individual files and folders).

  67. Hello Anthony,

    I had a problem with my hosting. They were not serving PHP files for some weird reason (yes it was a linux package). That was the root of the problem. But thanks alot for your help!

    Now I need to find a nice template for it. Any suggestions where I could find some nice ones?

    Thanks man!

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  71. Oh man. Thanks for the instruction! I was actually thinking about quitting 1&1 because their integrated WordPress is terrible, and there’s absolutely no technical support for adding your own wordpress. This is going to help so much. Keep up the good work!

  73. I am trying to move a WordPress site to another host (1and1). All of the posts and all of the comments are in traditional Chinese (Big5). When I export the mySQL database and try to import it into the new database the import process errors out. I believe mySQL has screwed up the encoding during the export. Anybody know what to do? Losing all the data is not an option I want.

    Another stupid question: How do I check to see what version of WordPress I’m running?

    A point of interest to users wanting to move to 1and1 hosting. I believe you will need to subscribe to the business package at $9.99 per month. The less expensive packages do not support server side includes. Unless I am mistaken, I believe WordPress uses server side includes.

  74. Dear Anthony,

    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘database’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘Username’); // Your MySQL username
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘Password’); // …and password
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘www.ilovemyebooks.com’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

    I’m still confused what I should put in the database bit.. is it the database name thats found on the ‘MySQL Database Set Up and Configuration’ page under database name?
    & where local host used to be.. do I put the name of my site?

    Sorry I’m asking such stupid questions

    Owain

  75. is it the database name thats found on the ‘MySQL Database Set Up and Configuration’ page under database name?

    Yes, and the same page will give you the host name which you will use to replace ‘localhost’.

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  83. A few month ago I tried to setup a simple blog via the 1and1 control panel. It replaced my web page by becoming the default. I put the thought of a blog aside after removing that attempt.

    With your easy to follow tutorial my little blog was up in just a few minutes and my website is still intact!

    Thank you very much!

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  85. THANKS!! I tried to follow 1and1′s directions but they kinda sucked… your were very helpful!!

  87. Hi there,

    I’ve uploaded WP onto the database and into the root folder. However, when I open up a browser to access WP to finish the install – http://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin etc.. the browser says it’s an error message and cna’t find it..

    what did i do wrong?

    thx,

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  90. Great instructions! Thanks so much for posting these. 1and1 should really pay you for this! Their tech support, well it just sucks. They have NO IDEA how to do this!

    BTW, I hope you don’t need the Business package to install WordPress, because I’m in the middle of setting it up on the Home package. It took some searching to find the MySQL databases, but they’re there.

    Thanks again for your service to humanity here. ;-)
    Great stuff!

  92. Have you had any weird problems with your WordPress powered site and 1 & 1 hosting. It seems to be caching files on their end. I updated a file, clear my cache multiple times, try on multiple computers and it doesn’t change. It seems to take minutes for files to change if not more. I have the Windows Business package BTW.

  93. John,
    I’ve noticed this when making HTML changes, sometimes the changes don’t show up immediately. It’s never been a real problem though. I usually make changes on a locally installed WordPress with Xampp, and then upload. I’m curious, how are you able to run WordPress with the Windows package? I didn’t think you had access to MySQL through that package…

  95. Hi Anthony. I’ve created a new DB, made my wp-config changes, uploaded my WordPress files. When I put in my url + /wp-admin/install.php, my blog comes up. No messages, no anything that would indicate that I was trying to install anything. Obviously, I’m an idiot since everyone else on this post had success…but I’d really like to be an idiot with some control over the content of my blog….Please HELP!

  96. Eric,
    It looks like you currently have the 1and1 blog set up from within the 1and1 control panel.

    I believe you have two options:

    1. delete that one if you want to keep your WordPress files in the root directory.

    2. or I think you can create a folder in your root folder(name it anything you like), then you can forward your domain to that folder. Just go in the 1and1 control panel, select domains, choose you’re domain from the domains you have in your package, then click ‘edit destination”. There you can forward it to the folder(and then of course move your WordPress files in that folder).

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  101. Okay so when I try to visit my site, it just goes back to the 1and1 default page. It’s telling me to create another index.html page.

    I can only access it through

    mydomain.com/index.php

    HELP!

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  103. Ok, I’m not new to installing WordPress but yes I normally take the easy way out with Fantastico and SimpleScripts. I’m doing an install on 1&1 and frustrated and you’re blog post has been great. I’ve followed instructions to the dot but I keep ending up with an error message at the install.php point that states

    Failed opening required ‘../wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php’) in /homepages/41/d209773355/htdocs/blog/wp-admin/install.php on line 4

    What did I miss?

  104. Anthony,

    First let me send you my appreciation for your guide. I thought I was going to lose my mind using the 1&1 interface. And I nearly did trying to install WP for my current blog, but I had it installed using the install4free service (which is no longer operating). I’ve been trying to install WP for my wife’s blog and am now back to losing my mind. What should be so easy, isn’t. I’ve followed your steps exactly and now can’t get Filezilla to find the server to install WP. I use the exact host, username, password and port as indicated by 1&1 and Filezilla gives me a “Connection attempt failed with “EAI_NONAME – Neither nodename nor servname provided, or not known”.
    error message.

    What the heck am I doing wrong?

    Your help would be greatly appreciated.

    Jim

  105. Be sure when using Filezilla, the ‘host’ isn’t 1and1. – The host is your domain, such as “example.com”. I don’t think you really have to do anything as far as the port.

  106. Tried that just now. New error message: Connection attempt failed with “ECONNREFUSED – Connection refused by server”.

    Do I have to do anything with the ftp settings in the 1&1 control panel?

  107. Hey anthony, when i try to access my hompage after all the steps, i get a blank page : ( ???
    http://www.shitake-clothing.com

    Do you have any suggestions? Perhaps I made a mistake somewhere along the way, is there a way for me to restart the process?

    Thanks!

  108. Jim – Looks like you got everything worked out. Everything looks great!

    Henry – I’m not sure what the problem may be. When I follow your link, I’m getting a 1and1 parked domain page. Is the domain brand new. Have you had it for more than 24 hours? Sometimes it takes a day or two for the domain to be ready. You should be able to see if this is the case in your control panel under domains.

    It’s also no problem to start the process over.

  109. Hi Anthony, I’ve had this domain for a few months now, curious of the problem, I went back to the control panel, website builder, etc. and republished my site. To my surprise it actually went back online.

    Unfortunately, when I tried to add the wp-admin/install.php on the browser, it leads me back to the same parked domain page O_O???

  110. Hmm, well, are the WordPress files you uploaded in the same directory as your current site? If so, you’ll have to delete the files of your current site(or move them to another directory in case you want to use them later). If you installed the WP files in another directory, you can forward your domain to that directory in your control panel.

  111. I originally tried to create a new directory, that didn’t work out, so I removed that new directory. I then attempted again to upload the files to the original directory, and that’s when the problems started coming…

    confused : (

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  113. Hey, just wondering, say you made a mistake, how do you go about starting over again. I tried to delete all te uploaded files and reupload after words but that didn’t quite work.

    Any suggestions?

  114. hey. something to add to your post: 1&1 now offers you to set up either a mysql 4.0 or 5.0 database. tried to install with 5.0 and it failed. tried same thing with 4.0 and worked fine. might suggest to people to choose 4.0

  115. Tim – You may have to clear out your database tables before you can get it to work, depending on where you were in the process before your mistake.

    Josh – I’ve actually set up WP on both MySQL 4.0 and 5.0 without a problem.

  116. Anthony,

    When I enter the host info in the config.php file, is that the db****.perfora.net host address or the actual site address (www.sitename.com)?

    I understand that the host for filezilla should be the site name.

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  118. Great article. About to setup wordpress on 1and1. One question… do you need a seperate database for each blog? Will likely be setting up 2 or 3 but my package only has ability to ad 1 database. Something I dont really want to change as I have had my package for about 8 years or so and pay almost nothing for it. If I have to I have to…. just curious before I get going with the blogs.

    Thanks again!
    Steve

  120. Jim – The “db****.perfora.net” host address is what you use.

    Steve – You are supposed to have a separate database for a separate WP install. I think there may be a way around it, but you would have to research the WP forums on that one.

    Artan – You’re welcome.

  122. Hello,

    I’m new to all this and I just signed up with 1&1. I am using their 1&1 Blog but I don’t want to use their default themes. Is there a way to customize it or upload my own themes? If so, where on the 1&1 Control Panel do I upload it to? Is it the Webspace Explorer? I tried to figure it out by reading this article but I’m stuck on the directory information. Hope someone can help! Thanks in advance!

  124. Thank you Anthony. BTW, I just noticed, what is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? Are there any advantages/disadvantages? Thanks again!

  130. Thanks. This is great. 1 tiny thing I had to go look up at other sites because I wasn’t sure. Do not upload the folder with all the WordPress files – just the documents in the folder . That makes a diff ;)

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  134. Thanks so much! Now all I have to do is move the blog that was set up with the original 1&1 account to the new wordpress one!

  136. Hi Anthony!

    This is such a great tutorial, and I’ve followed every step of it. The problem I’m facing is that after uploading my files through filezilla, and visiting my website (and with the /wp-admin on the end) all that shows up is a directory list of files. I’ve triple checked what I typed in into the wp-confif.php file, and the wordpress installation still doesnt show up. What am I doing wrong? Im uploading all my files in the same folder as _db_import, db, and logs, and 1and1 says the database is ready. Thanks for your help!

  139. Great tutorial, Anthony. Thank you.

    Before I dig in, though, I’ve already got a 1and1 blog set up at blog.schillingshow.com (a 1and1 subdomain)

    I don’t want to change the blog address, nor do I want to overwrite the existing blog until the new one is set up and ready to go.

    Can you please advise on the best way to get the new blog up without trashing the old one (until I’m ready to trash it)?

  140. Hey Rob,
    You can create a new directory within your root directory, and name it whatever you like…….such as blog. Install the files there. Access the site through your domain.com/blog. When you’re ready to take this live, you can forward your domain to the new directory. There is a process you have to go through with WordPress first though. You can find that info on the WordPress codex(moving to a different domain).

  142. Still working on this and running into a problem now with WordPress telling me it “Can’t select database.”

    I note that above you mention, “With 1&1, you WILL need to change the host name from “local host” to the actual host address…………no problem!”

    This may be where my problem is. 1&1 says my host address is: db692.perfora.net, and I have entered that address in the wp-config.php file. However, WP still can’t select database.

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

    P.S. Does it make any difference if the database I set up is v.4.0 or 5.0?

  143. I’m not even remotely a techie and sometimes figuring out how to get something done with 1and1 is hard. This absolutely makes it easy.

    I appreciate you taking the time.

  144. Hi,

    I hope this will soon help me like it’s obviously helped others. In the initial instructions, you write “You will need the Linux hosted package to have access to MySQL.”

    My 1&1 control panel, under Websites & Applications, doesn’t list a MySQL option.

    My computer uses Windows XP. Where does Linux come in?

    -=- Jerome

  145. Hi Jerome,
    “Linux Hosted Package” refers to the hosting package with 1and1, not the operating system on your computer. The Linux plan is the one you need from 1and1. If you have the Microsoft hosting, you may be able to contact 1and1 and change over without too much trouble.

  146. OK, I’ve got the Linux hosted package and have started by clicking New for a database.

    In 1&1, I started with no databases, and after I created one, I had two. Then I clicked Back in the browser to have another look, and clicked the Overview button again, and now I’ve got three. So I deleted the last two.

    Also, I had to choose between SQL 4 and SQL 5. I figured “newer is better” but yuor instructions ay nothing about this.

    I am unable to coax FileZilla into connecting. You really gloss over that part, but it’s where I could use some help.

  147. A bit more info. I also had to guess at the port. FileZilla suggests 21, so that’s what I used.

    This is the error message I’m getting, except I’ve replaced some of it with “[etc]” for privacy:

    Resolving address of [etc].com
    Status: Connecting to 74.[etc].[etc].197:21…
    Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message…
    Response: 220 FTP Server ready.
    Command: USER dbo2[etc[1
    Response: 331 Password required for dbo2[etc]1
    Command: PASS *********
    Response: 530 Login incorrect.
    Error: Could not connect to server

    It looks like it won’t take my custom password, but I’m copy-and-pasting it out of 1&1. So I’m wondering if the problem is elsewhere?

    Wow, this could be easier. :-$

  148. Yay! I figured out how to get FileZilla connected on my own. Here’s how: in FileZilla, instead of entering the username and password that I found in the SQL database settings in 1&1 Control Pane (which failed and failed and failed), I found a different username and password in the FTP Account settings in the 1&1 Control Panel. That worked. Phew.

    Hey, thanks for the walk-through article. :) I guess I’m continuing, now, with the next step.

  149. Jerome, Glad you got that figured out. Yes, using your FTP account to upload files has nothing to do with your MySQL Database username and password.

  150. I was following along fairly well on this blog for about 3 quarters of the way and thought it would be a piece of cake. Clearly it is not for me at my advanced age but it was presented well and you have done an admirable job offering an awful lot of advice, Anthony.

    I did share this with a young man that is helping me and he understood completely.

    Must be the difference in the generations.

  151. Thanks for posting this. I’ve been thinking of making my site a wordpress site and hadn’t tried to add it yet, but now that I’ve seen your article I likely will. Thanks.
    Brian

  152. Thanks very much for this simple and clear tutorial. I’m all set with my new wordpress blog thanks to your help. God Bless.

  155. Thank you so much! I was worried that it’d be tough to install on 1and1, but it was just as easy you as said :)

  157. Thanks Anthony – Why on earth though does oneandone not have anything like this themselves!

    Their help system and documentation is terrible in my opinion.

  158. Anthony, I have one last question. After WordPress is installed, what’s the missing step to make the blog _appear_ on the website?

  159. Mark – Good question! The fact that they don’t was the only reason I wrote this post.

    Jerome – There is no missing step. If you have followed the steps presented, the blog should show up.

  160. i just fed up with wordpress it unable to connect to my “my sql data base” every thing is right but still showing below error. please help me , im using http://x10hosting.com ,hosting services.

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at anjforeva. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

    * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    * Are you sure that the database server is running?

  162. anjul – On most hosts, the host name is usually ‘localhost’. This article was written specifically for those who have their hosting with 1&1. I don’t know anything about x10 hosting. Sorry I can’t help.

  163. hello again ,i installed successfully wordpress , i just want to know some points about wordpress

    # i am using my own host and domain so, i can add google or adbrite ads to my blog or not? or this right reserve by wordpress
    # this service of wordpress is editable or not , or wordpress have reserve this right??
    # i can change the whole theme of word press is this possible like header image or back drop
    # this whole setup is individual system or somewhere i connected through wordpress

    http://hotopics.co.cc

  164. Anthony,

    i am having the same problem as CaM in Feb. I upload eveything, there is nothing on my website and i get the directory page? what is going on?

    Thanks
    Max

  165. Hi Anthony,

    Thank you for making this tutorial. I can’t wait to try it. But before I do anything I would like to ask you a question. About six months ago I setup a blog using the 1&1 control panel blog tool, and as you described, it is extremely limited in features and options. I wanted to change the style sheets and the theme to match my website but couldn’t do it because those files do not sit on the 1&1 servers. Now that I found your tutorial, I want to give it a try. But, here is my question. What will happen to the posts and comments (data) that I have on my blog already? How can I install the real WP on my web hoisting account second domain without wiping out whatever is there? Thanks!

  166. Max – The two possibilities that come to mind are either the database or domain wasn’t “ready” yet, or the files are uploaded into the wrong file/directory.

    Maria – If it were me, I would set up a test install first in a separate directory. You can set up a folder on your server called ‘test’, upload the files there. Then the new install would be at yourdomain.com/test. Import your posts to that install. If all goes well, then you can set up WordPress at your root domain, and import the posts from your test install.

  167. Thank you for the information. I followed your advise, but now I am stuck on fiding out how to import the posts an comments from the other blog and also how to customize the style sheets. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Maria

  168. Your welcome. Importing posts and comments is a pretty simple task. When you are logged into the WordPress dashboard, under the heading of ‘tools’, you’ll see an option called ‘import’. Just click that and WordPress will guide you through the process.

    As for customizing the style sheet, this is something I used to do for hire, but am not where I can take on any work right now. There is a lot of info on this though, so if you do some Google searches and gain a basic understanding of CSS, you can make some significant changes yourself. Good luck!

  169. HI Anthony,

    Thank you! Again, your instructions for importing were simple and accurate!
    I have Dreamweaver and can use it to customize the style sheet.

    There is still something strange happening that I was hoping you could give me some advise. The problem is that the theme this blog used when it was created using the 1&1 tool and theme folder with the style sheet is nowhere to be found on the sub domain. If I look at the source code of the blog page, I see the style sheet link and it points to the sub domain folder. If I copy and paste the link into a browser window, the style sheet loads up and I can see the contents, edit etc… I make an ftp connections using File Zila and the folders are not there! How can this be happen? Can the server be redirecting the browser to another location?

    In any case, I made changes to the style sheet using Dreamweaver and saved it to my desktop. Since the style sheet path does not exist on the sub domain, should I create an empty folder and upload the new style sheet there? Thanks!

  170. Thanks for this. I’m just getting my head into this kind of website, and your instructions were very helpful and concise.

    My installation is up and running, I just need to figure out what to do with it now. LOL

  171. I have my wordpress on one domain name at 1&1 and it’s working great. Problem is I want to have my other domain name with a different wordpress.

    I have directed the second domain to a different folder in the root and created a new database for the second domain. when I go to http://www.mydomain.com/wp-admin/install.php it give me the database connection error.

    I went into MYphpAdmin and there are no tables in the new database. What am I doing wrong? How do I do two domains with different wordpress on the same server? UGH! Thanks!

  172. I use 1and1 for registering and managing my domain names, but for hosting I found a host that had cpanel and fantastico because … I just log in and in Fantastico is a link that says “WordPress”, press that, type in a couple of names/bits of basic info even a chimp would know and hey presto my WordPress is automatically installed.

    Your posting was very good, but there are easier ways to achieve it, which is why I stick with domain name registration only with 1and1.

    I bet that took you 3-4 hours to write, grab, annotate and write up – fair play to you for making all that effort! People think it’s easy don’t they :)

  173. Just got mine up and running on 1&1. Took a few minutes longer because of operator error, so I thought I’d share my stupidity so someone else might avoid my mistake.

    My database and usernames are _almost) identical except that my database name begins with “db281″ and my username begins with “dbo281″. Instead of copy/paste, I typed the names in and left out the small “o” in the userbname and couldn’t connect to the database. After a few minutes of head scratching, I had the “Aha!” moment and repaired the problem in the wp-config.php file and re-upped it to the server at 1&1. Voila! Success. Thank you for this great resource.

  174. Dear Anthony,

    many many thanks for your tutorial. Never got something installed that easy and quickly!

    Greetz from Germany,
    Mike

  175. Hey, thanks a lot for writing this! I was completely new to wordpress. Your post made the difference between giving up and going to sleep and having wordpress up and running in five minutes!

  177. Really nice tut :) .

    1 & 1 hosting is alright but I have had issue with this.

    Anyway setting up WordPress with this tut will be very easy!

    Thanks!

  182. Hi Anthony,

    Thanks for the info. This is where the internet is so brilliant, whenever you’re stuck just google a few words and get the info you need. The 1&1 FAQ seems to be written by an automaton; your page is much easier to follow – now I only have to work out how to turn my website style into a WordPress theme and fully integrate my blog.

    cheers.

  183. It’s the first time I commented here and I must say you share us genuine, and quality information for bloggers! Good job.
    p.s. You have a very good template for your blog. Where did you find it?

  184. Hi Anthony,

    Thanks so much, this has been a very frustrating and time consuming process . . . to the point that I am reconsidering the blog idea. Thanks to your advice (and Jerome’s info about looking for FTP username and password not the SQL one, which was not obvious to me) I think I might be getting there but I can still not get filezilla to connect for me . . . any other ideas?

    Thanks again, I appreciate the work you have put into this!
    Christine

  185. Thanks a lot for this great manual, Anthony!

    Your article was a great help, everything works perfectly now!

  186. Thanks … your info is still working … 2 years later! The whole thing took me an hour (I spent 30 min trying to figure how to upload all files at once, every time I selected the files in Filezilla and right-clicked, my only option was to create a directory but I had already created a destination directory in 1and1. I finally just dragged all the folders and files one at a time … boy, am I glad that 575 of the files were contained in 3 folders!

  187. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

    Much appreciated, Anthony. Keep the good posts coming.

  188. Ok, so maybe I’m just missing something here, but when I try to do the “/wp-admin/install.php” step it gives me a 404 error. The files are there in the WebspaceExplorer but I can’t get it to work. Any ideas?

  189. Jason, The way I understand 404 errors, there are only a couple of possibilities. 1)You have the files uploaded to the wrong directory on your server. 2)Your domain is brand new and hasn’t had time to be activated. 3)the database has been created but isn’t yet set-up and “ready”, or 4)you aren’t typing the domain correctly. Now I’m not saying that I’m an expert at 404′s, but those possibilities are what come to mind. If the domain isn’t being typed correctly, it should be http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php. Good luck finding the solution!

  190. Thanks Anthony, I followed your instructions in about 15 minutes this morning, and had my WordPress hooked into my 1and1 account before sitting down for breakfast!

  191. Just wanted to say that you created an excellent tutorial, tried it and worked perfectly. Well done

  192. Hi Anthony –

    This is a great tutorial, and I really appreciate it. I couldn’t have gotten this far without you. Like two other people in the comments, I’m also stuck on a 404 when I try to check http://benbowlin.org/wp-admin/install.php (the domain is my website). I’ve check your earlier advice: 1. the directory appears to be correct — the root above log (called ‘/.’). 2. The domain came about 3 days ago, and I think it’s 24 hours needed for setup? 3)the database has been created and reads ‘ready’ at the SQL admin and 4)the typing is correct.

    Which parts of the WordPress program should I not be uploading? I thought it was all of it — the three folders and loose files?

    But this 404 has to be due to something I’m missing. I’ve cleared out the filezilla, and I’m going to start a new database to try it over again. Thanks again, please let me know if there’s anything I should change. I’ll keep you updated — and I really appreciate it!

    Thanks for rescuing me from blogspot!

    • Ben,
      It sounds like you’re doing everything right. Make sure that you changed the name of the “wp-config-sample.php” file to “wp-config.php”. Also, you may double check in the 1and1 admin, and make sure that the root “/” is where your domain destination is. If the domain is pointed to a directory such as “home” or something like that, then that directory would be the root for the domain.

  193. Anthony,

    I’ve got it up and I’m ready to roll — thanks! I’m not sure how it finally got up, but I had to delete the traffic.html folder and then pow, all the sudden I have a blog.

    …which leads me to believe I have no idea what happened! But I think I can take it from here. Will send a link when it’s all jazzed up, and, again, I appreciate your time.

    -Ben

  195. i super new to this. Using a Mac and Safari… sorry if this is redundant… so when I open up Filezilla, I can’t figure out what to enter in the fields of “host”. Also, I tried setting up a 1&1 blog through the site link. What will my username and password be? Something that I used for the 1&1 blog, or the initial log-in for my entire site?

    Thank you!

    • Terry, the host will be your domain……..domain.com or something similar. The username and password, I can’t help you with.

  196. Anthony–thank you so much for this! I was up and running in less than the 5 minutes WordPress says it will take :) I agree, 1and1′s help docs are totally useless.

    Question: I registered my domain today and set up WordPress today. When I attempt to ‘view my site’ or preview my theme from within the WP Admin panel I’m seeing the parked domain/’This domain has just been registered’ page instead of the WordPress site. Is this because the domain hasn’t resolved as yet or do I need to update the nameserver settings for the domain or ? Have I missed something or will it just take some time for the domain to resolve?

    Thanks a million :)

    • Lynne, I believe it will just take a little time for the domain to be registered and set up with the ip number.

  197. Thank you for the help!

    This is the first place that I have seen someone state that WordPress will only work on a Linux Hosted site through 1 & 1! THANK YOU!

    I signed up for Windows hosting and hadn’t been able to understand why, despite my attention to every last detail, I could not get WordPress to install properly.

    Now I know – I am switching packages.

  198. Thanks Anthony. I figured it out shortly after I posted that message. My next order of business…do you know how to seamlessly integrate WordPress into a site that was made on DreamWeaver? Hosting is of course with 1and1.

    Thank you.

  199. Thank you! I have been trying to figure this out all evening and with these simple instructions, I got it done in 10 minutes. You’re a life (time) saver! Thank you, thank you!

  200. Thanks for the great info! When I go to my domain/wp-admin/install.php I get an error that says: Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/homepages/18/d259709845/htdocs/blog/wp-load.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php’) in /homepages/18/d259709845/htdocs/blog/wp-admin/install.php on line 18

    Any ideas on what to do next?
    Thanks!

  201. Hi there!

    I’ve followed your instructions, and they’ve nearly worked beautifully! The only issue I’m having is that only the excerpts show, not the whole of each blog postings content. The wordpress version of my blog is at http://www.trainingreality.co.uk/wordpressblog/ and the 1and1 version (which does work) is at http://www.trainingreality.co.uk/blog.php. I want the wordpress version on there so I can export to and link with Blogger/Technorati and so on.

    Can you help here?

    Many thanks!

  202. Simon, whether your post show up as excerpts are not is controlled in the WordPress dashboard, under settings I think.

  203. I think the problem is that I’ve imported the existing rss feed, which only has the excerpts in it (from the import page, I selected rss and followed that procedure). Is it possible to import a whole blog from elsewhere?

    Thanks again!

  204. As a follow-up:

    The problem seems to have been that my rss feed only has extracts/excerpts in it – http://www.trainingreality.co.uk/rss.xml . The full blog content for each page is on a separate page, and the blog title on the rss page is a link to the separate blog page for each entry. The blog, whilst hosted with 1and1, was created in iWeb.

    What I’ve done (after following the great install instruction above – again! – is to manually amend the code in the wordpress page to put the links to the full blog pages in. This probably is not the quickest or neatest solution, but it seems to work! You can see what I’ve done (if it helps) at http://www.trainingreality.co.uk/wordpress

    I did it on each page by editing on the html tab and adding the following to the bottom of each post:

    [READ MORE]

    …where the horrible long number is the actual page of my blog.

    It’s probably a non-techie solution, but it seems to work for me!

  206. Sorry again – I give up! It’s basically a reference (link) to the actual page where the full blog is! I’ll be quiet now!

    Great site for help here though Anthony – thanks again.

  208. Hoping that you’re still monitoring this entry!

    Is this setup compatible with the most recent version(s) of WordPress? I am used to working with the one-click install available through cPanel. However, I’m looking for an affordable hosting option that also offers free domain transfer (which 1&1 provides) for our local community theater site. I feel pretty confident with what you have written here. I thought it best to ask, however, if these instructions still apply two years after you have written them!

    Thank you.

  211. Very helpful Ant, thank you.

    Just to mention…to have access to MySQL with 1and1 you will need to upgrade your package if yours is ‘Beginner’ or ‘Home’.

    …I’m now on business :)

  212. Finally getting on board to create a site. 1and1′s instructions are poor at best. Came across yours and it’s great!

    Thanks so much!!

  215. THANK YOU!!! Best tutorial out there! Nice work! I hope the 1&1 advertising is paying off for your hard work!

  216. I hope the 1&1 advertising is paying off for your hard work!

    I think I’ve had one referrel to 1&1 since posting this two and a half years ago.

  217. Anthony,

    Thanks very much. Never have so many people been so satisified over two and a half years with what is a very simple guide to doing something which, once it works, is not at all difficult. You should get yourself a job with 1and1, their efforts are totally incomprehensible, and luckily you were around to help out.

    Peter

  218. Thanks Peter. I really don’t care that much about the advertising. I leave it there just in case ;-) , but I’m glad I’m able to make this process a little easier for others.

  219. Anthony,

    I used your great instructions to set up my blog at my domain hosted by oneandone.

    Is it possible to set up a second wordpress blog on the same domain?

  220. Yes, you can set up as many as you want. The way your site is set up for domain.com/wordpress, you would just have to create another directory for the other install, such as domain.com/blog. You’ll need a new database for each install.

  224. Your tutorial saved me from having to leave 1&1 in favor of 1-click host, thank you! I really love their services and they host all my past work, but WordPress was a deal breaker. Many thanks – and they should reward you for keeping their customers!

    Keep up the good work!

    • I run into that sometimes as well. The best thing to do is to not close Filezilla. Just wait a while, and try again. Once you get reconnected, you can process what’s in queue.

  226. Actually this applicable to all type of hostings if you want to bypass the fantastico one click installation. Fantastico is easy but they usually pretty late whan upgrading the script to the latest.

    Thanks for the guide.

  227. I am not sure where I am supposed to upload the files to with Filezilla. What do I enter in the host, username, and password fields in Filezilla. Is this the MySQL information that 1and1 generated?

  228. Ok, I think I figured out that I upload the files using the username and such that 1and1 generated, but Filezilla is giving me an error message. It just says,

    Connection attempt failed with “EAI_NONAME – Neither nodename nor servname provided, or not known”.
    Error: Could not connect to server

    I don’t have a port entered. What would I enter in the port? Is that even the problem?

  229. Hey Anthony,

    Thanks for your help! I was able to get Filezilla to work but I can’t tell if it is uploading all the files. I select the folder I want uploaded but it seems like the files are not uploading even though it says successful. Any suggestions. Sorry. I am very new to all this.

  230. Making progress. Got all the files uploaded. I am getting a 404 error. Trying to work through that now. You say the WP files are supposed to go in above the log files?

  231. Anthony,

    Thanks for your help. I had to change the destination to the right folder. Looks like it is working now.

  232. Hi Anthony , I follwed your instructions to a ‘T’ and it worked great. But now I have an new WordPress account. So I went back and deleted all the files I transferred in filezilla. The problem I am having is that I already have a WordPress blog established and it is this blog I wanted to transfer to 1&1 to host. So how would I go about doing that? Would I be able to do so using the Export undere tools on my current WordPress blog?

    Many thanks,
    Theresa

    • Theresa,
      I believe what you need to do, is set up a new blog. Then using the import feature on the new one, you can import your content from the old one.

  233. Hi Anthony,

    I’ve tried that but on the new WordPress it says import not available :( I was wondering what you did as you had said you were previously at WordPress before switching to your host at 1&1.

    Cheers x

  235. When you set the blog up, did you change your password immediately after installation? That’s the only thing that comes to mind on the login issue. WP gives you a random string of figures as a temporary password, and then you change when you login for the first time.

    On the import issue, I’m not sure. I did have a blog on WordPress.com, but I didn’t move my posts over. I just added a post that the blog had moved, and gave the new url.

  236. Nice tutorial. Found one on 1&1 site, but not as detailed as yours. Right now I have Microsoft hosting package, so I’ll have to convert to Linux, unfortunately – unfortunately because I’ll have to back-up files and let my website go offline. Fun…

  237. I know this may sound stupid, but what’s the “host address”? You say this when giving instructions on changing the values in the “wp-config-sample” file: “you WILL need to change the host name from “local host” to the actual host address.”

  238. Never mind that last question. John’s comment, from Oct. 13, 2007, answered my question in his 2nd comment. The database details gives all the info. What I needed is in the “Host name.” Sorry, but these terms are similar! Database Name, Host Name, User Name…it all gets jumbled in my head and it sounds like the same thing!

  239. Thanks for the tutorial! Before I attempt this a couple of questions:

    1. After I host in on 1 and 1 does that mean I can then upload video to WP without having to get their $60 video upgrade? Can I host/stream the video from 1and 1?
    2. If I have two blogs in wordpress do I just do it twice with two different databases?
    3. After it is done then can I rename the blog link to my own domain (remove wordpress from the address blah.wordpress.com > mydomain.com)

    Thanks!

    • Rose,

      1. I don’t know much about streaming video. I know you can upload video to websites like Vimeo, Viddler, YouTube, etc., then embed those videos on your blog. Not sure what difference it will make whether your blog is hosted on WordPress.com, or whether it’s self hosted.

      2. Yes. You will have to have two different web addresses(domains) as well.

      3. Mmmm, if I understand correctly, you will have to buy the domain blah.com, if it’s available. Then set up the new blog on that domain.

  240. Hi Anthony,

    Like most people here already said..THANKS for ths post. Very helpful and I was up and running in no time.

    Now a question: I am hosting my blog with 1&1 hosting with WordPress for my blog using your steps in this post. However, since WordPress gives only about 100 MB storage space and I have 150 GB through 1&1, how do I store all my media with 1&1 and show them on my blog without storing on WordPress? Can I use the SQL database I set up with 1&1?

    And a suggestion: Since this post of yours is very popular and many people seem to be refering to it, my suggestion is to start a FAQ on this post where you consolidate all the questions that everyone had and your answers to them. This way you can keep the current comment treads and yet make it easier for a newbie to find the answers.

    Thanks in advance

    • @Sean – I don’t understand what you mean about WordPress only giving 100MB of storage. You can store media on the server, not sure you need the database for that. Just set up a folder for media on the 1and1 server, and upload via FTP. I may do a FAQ at some point, but truth is, I don’t really see the same questions coming up over and over.

  241. Greetings,

    I have burning question regarding upgrading my currrent 1&1 blog . I presently have the hosted 1&1 WordPress Blog, but want more flexibility, so I can maybe run some Google ads and other things. Can I take all the posts from my current 1&1 blog and overwrite it with the full version of WordPress without blowing away or deleting my all current posts?
    Could anyone out there give me some good advice before I go through this and have to start from scratch with my current posts? I have been doing a lot of political cartooning and article writing in this current blog and would hate to mistakenly blow it all away with the upgraded WordPress.

    • Ronald,
      You should be able to set up a new install of WordPress, and import all of your posts, comments, etc. from your old blog.

  244. Where do I get the DB user name from? If it says local host do I change it? I did not unzip the files, I simply moved the folder from the zipped folder, was that sufficient? Should I have created a wordpress blog first? I am so green with this. I understand the basics. This tutorial is great. Thanks!

  246. Hi Anthony,
    I think I have done every thing well but when i go to http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/install.php

    i get this error message :
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /homepages/46/d301423407/htdocs/wp-admin/install.php on line 16

    I deleted all files then uploaded every thing then i got the same error :

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /homepages/46/d301423407/htdocs/wp-admin/install.php on line 11

    What can I do ?????

  247. ok, every thnig is working fine now, thanks to you…
    I can’t use the latest version of FileZila so i tried FileFTP that’s why I was unable to install wordpress.
    Now I used an old version of FilleZila (V3.0 and not 3.2) I deleted all files then uploaded it again and every thing goes very very easy, thank you Anthony.

    Last question, Can I use different WordPress blogs for each subdomaine ????
    I mean a diffrent blog for “myblog.com” and an other one for “test.myblog.com”

    • I’m glad you got it going. To answer your question, yes. You’ll need a different database for each one, but that will work fine!

  248. So, I’ve got the blog set-up but how do I have the blog display within the styles and framework of the actual website? Do I have to create a template that reflects the styles of the page? I want it to work like http://www.mahangolf.com/…thanks.

  249. Hi Anthony…just an update as previously I was having logon and import problems. I straightened it all out and fixed up the blog as well as created another new blog… Baby blue tickled pink . Thanks for your tutorial it was awesome, my problems were more with wordpress than the installation but you were awesome enough to still help!

    Photography blog: blog.egginthenestphotography.com

    Other blog: http://www.babybluetickledpink.co.uk/blog

    THANKS x

  253. Hello,

    first I would like to say thank you for this tutorial. It was this post that got me going with wordpress. and now I am interested in installing wordpress MU. however I am coming across a few issues with the installation. I was wandering if you might have some tips or instructions on how to get this going on a 1 and 1 linux server. I would appreciate any help thanks

  254. Thank you Anthony, your walk through is clear and concise. Very easy. Although I do not have it on the screen yet I am sure to have it going soon.

  255. Hi Anthony,
    This is a great article. I used it to setup wordpress and my hosting is by 1&1. I have followed all the instructions, installed wordpress etc, selected a theme, published a few comments but when I actually visit the site, it get the 1&1 site banner saying the site has been registered for one of our customers. Obviously I have missed something along the way. Can you help pls?
    Thanks.

  256. How old is the domain?

    If you’ve just registered it, it may be that it’s not had time to go through the whole process yet. Sometimes it takes 24-48 hours.

    It sounds like you’ve been able at some point to get on the site, if you’ve selected a theme, published content, etc. My guess is that your domain is still in the registration process.

  257. I have had the domain for about 2 years now. I had a very basic website on the domain setup through the 1&1 website builder program for about a year or so but I deleted that before I setup wordpress. I wonder if its worth deleting the table and trying again?

  259. That probably wouldn’t be a bad idea. I think first I would double check your ‘domain destination’ in the 1and1 dashboard and make sure your files are uploaded to the same directory. Sometimes it’s the simplest things we overlook. After that, I might upload a simple html file(index.html) to make sure that there isn’t a problem with the domain/directory before going through the WP installation again. Hope that helps.

  260. New database seemed to do the trick. My own suspicion was that a 1&1 index file was on the root directory but that was not the case. The only index file was the wordpress index.php one. Atleast it is working now – thanks again for your help.

  262. So I use 1&1 and I have had nothing but problems with them. Then again, I have been using their website builder because I am a website design/html/web language idiot/newbie. So maybe its not them, just their shitty website builder.

    I know nothing, but I need a slick looking website. My website right now is pretty JV. I need to upgrade and I like wordpress as a new option. First, anthony, when I look at your screen shots, I see you have a lot more options than I do in my package, then again, I pay $10 a month for my business package. Is that decent? It makes me wonder when you say $2.99 a month deals. Is that what you pay?

    Also, how user friendly is setting up a database? I’m guessing not so much.

    • John, The $10 business package is what I have. I think 1and1 have probably re-arranged the control panel since I took those screenshots, but I believe we have the same package. The database is easy…….nothing difficult. You just click ‘New Database’ and give it a name. That’s it.

  263. Also, it looks like I have only 1 database available in my package, where on your screenshot, it looks like you have 50 databases available. My package must be terrible, but I pay $10 a month for it. Am I getting hosed?

  264. Yep, I have 50 MySQL databases available. You may need to contact 1and1, and find out exactly what you have, and if it’s not the same, get them to change it to the 1&1 Business Linux hosted package. If they are only giving you 1, it’s not the same package I have.

  266. I’m not talking about the operating system on your pc. I’m talking about the os on the 1and1 servers. MySQL database is only available on Linux servers……and is required to run WordPress and most other Content Management Systems.

  267. Awesome, thanks for the help man, this has been really helpful. As you can see, I’m a website design newbie and I’m learning as I’m going. Yes, I use the windows os server for 1 and 1, but somehow, there is still a My SQL option on there, but they only offer 1 database. After talking with a 1and1 tech guy, they said I basically have to switch over to the linux platform to get the 50 databases AND wordpress. What sucks about it, however, is that I can’t just transfer my current website. I’ll have to copy as much as I can, rebuild once I’m set up in the Linux server, launch it, and then meanwhile, build my wordpress based website behind the scenes. Ugh. I run my own business and sometimes I think I should just hire people to do this, but at the same time, I’d really like to learn for myself.

    HEY, THANKS SO MUCH ANTHONY! I really appreciate the help. I owe you a beer (wherever you are).

  268. Thanks a bunch. This really helped me out! I had some issues switching between Windows to Linux hosting, but once everything was resolved, your guide worked like a charm!

  269. Hi Anthony, this is great! I was able to get to the wp-admin/install.php page successfully. The only thing that I had to do in addition to your directions was one thing. It may be obvious to you. In the 1&1 control panel, domain overview, I had to change the “destination” of the webspace to /mysite.com. For some reason it wasn’t set that way to start with.

  270. I was hoping if you can give me some in-site on why I’m getting the error:
    Your request could not be processed. The following error has occured:
    HTTP: 451 Unauthorized: Key Invalid
    Description: Unauthorized request: Invalid key

    Whenever I log into my webpage. I can access the admin login by typing in /wp-admin but I can’t see the main page at all. I checked my config.php file and the db information is fine along with the 4 authentication keys that I generated through WordPress. Any ideas on what am I possibly doing wrong. Thanks!

    Oh, I’m using 1and1 for my webserver hosting and also for my domain name.

    • Steven,
      I’ve not run into this before. Did you already have an existing site on this web space or domain? What has me puzzled, is when trying to access the site by typing in the url, the title bar reads “Album1″…which made me curious if there were other files the url is trying to access.

  271. Anthony,

    The domain was originally created using the gallery tool in 1and1. But I had that deleted and it should have cleared it from the system. I had redirected the root folder to point to where I ftp the files for WordPress. The Album1 was something that puzzled me too. I had the same thoughts but I haven’t been able to track down where is that pointing to. Is there something I missed in 1and1? Thanks for the quick reply and helping me out on this.

  272. Well, I’m not sure. Since redirecting the domain, has sufficient time passed by? It’s not always an immediate change. I’m not saying that’s the problem, but it may be.

  273. Hey Anthony ,

    when i go to http://www.mysite.com//wordpress/wp-admin/install.php I entered all my DB info, etc.

    I get the following error

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’ in /homepages/26/d101464002/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/category-template.php on line 525

    this is what line 525 is – ‘smallest’ => 8, ‘largest’ => 22, ‘unit’../../wordpress/wp-includes/ => ‘pt’, ‘number’ => 45,

    I’m not exactly sure where to go from here.

  275. Andrea – Did you loose your internet connection while uploading your files? The reason I ask is, that has happened to me a few times, and I got a similar error. If it were me, I would re-upload wordpress, and overwrite the current files….just remember to upload the same wp-config file.

  276. You could also get a similar error if you changed some of your theme code, and have a php error. However, I’m ASSUMING your trying to install WP.

  279. have uploaded wordpress, made a database but this comes up on the final set…
    We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the dbo309740764 database.

    Are you sure it exists?
    Does the user dbo309740764 have permission to use the dbo309740764 database?
    On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_dbo309740764. Could that be the problem?
    what am i doing wrong?
    B

    • Bren,
      Sorry I’m just now getting to you. I have a hunch you may have an error in your wp-config.php. You said the errror asks you:

      Does the user dbo309740764 have permission to use the dbo309740764 database?

      The username and database name are not exactly the same. The database name shouldn’t have the “o” after the “db”.

  280. THANK GOD for your advice! Still coming up with some issues, can you help? was on blogger, trying to change to wordpress, with the blog name being blog.bellasignature.com (hosted through 1 and 1, as a subdomain on my regular domain, bellasignature.com. ) Wasn’t sure where to upload wordpress files, I created a new folder named blog in the root directory, but not sure this is correct. Would prefer to keep my blog name blog.bellasignature.com versus it changing to bellasignature.blog, because of business cards, etc.

    Please advise if you have time, and THANK YOU for your wisdom :)
    Daniela

    • Daniela,
      If you have created a sub-domain called blog.bellasignature.com, and you’ve uploaded the WordPress files to a file called “blog”, you’ll need to log into 1and1 Control Panel and go to your list of domains. On blog.bellasignature.com, you’ll need to edit the domain destination to the folder called “blog”.

  282. Hi All

    Newbie here and struggling loading wordpress with 1and1. I have followed the instructions but get the following message:

    Error 404: NOT FOUND!
    Your browser cannot find the document corresponding to the URL you typed in

    As I am a newbie I need to back track right from the start in order to troubleshoot.

    OK step 1 – I have created the database in the 1&1 control panel – tick
    step 2 – I have downloaded wordpress and unzipped the files
    step 3 – I have opened the wp-config-sample which is a php file. My file shows the following details -
    // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘putyourdbnamehere’); – WHAT NAME DO I PUT HERE OR DO I LEAVE THIS AS IT IS?

    /** MySQL database username */ – IS THIS THE USERNAME JUST THE LETTERS AND NUMBERS OR SHOULD I INERT MY DOMAIN NAME BEFORE SUCH AS EASYPADS_DBOxxxxxxxxx
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘usernamehere’);

    /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourpasswordhere’); IS THIS THE ORIGINAL PASSWORD USED WHEN SETTING UP THE DATABASE

    /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); IS THIS THE HOST NAME

    step 5 – when i amend this doucment and save – the file is saving as a text document not php – could this be causing the problems?

    step 6 – i upload the extracts of the wordpress folder using ftp – they sit under logs and index.html within my ftp is this correct

    step 7 – i insert the url http://www.easypads.co.uk/wp-admin/install.php and get the rror message at the top of these comments

    where am i going wrong?

    sorry to ask so much but could be falling doen at every hurdle here?

    Thanks

    steve

    • Steve,
      Inside your wp-config.php file, you will need to replace the values, as indicated in the yellow highlighted portion of the picture I have posted of that file. Where does this info come from. In your 1 and 1 admin, go to the MySQL database list. All of the information is listed there.

      Saving the file as a text document will not work. You’ll have to save as wp-config.php, if you’re using a Windows computer, there will be a drop down box when you save it. Change the document type from .txt to All Files. Hope that helps.

  283. Hi Anthony,

    I can’t seem to get the install site to work.

    I get this message based in info I put into the config.php file from the MySQL database:

    We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the wordpress database.

    * Are you sure it exists?
    * Does the user (my DB_USER ID obviously) have permission to use the wordpress database?
    On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?

    To recap, values inputted:
    DB_NAME: ‘wordpress”
    DB_USER: got from MySQL database
    DB_PASSWORD: same for 1and1 login
    DB_HOST: ***perfora.net

    What am I doing wrong? Any insight would be GREATLY appreciated.. thanks!!

    • Terry,
      The database name isn’t “WordPress”. It won’t be a name that you gave it. You’re wp-config file should look more like this:

      DB_NAME: ‘db*********’
      DB_USER: ‘dbo*********’
      DB_PASSWORD: ‘*******’
      DB_HOST: ‘db****.perfora.net’

  285. Sorry i wasn’t clear in the previous post; I inputted all the values as stated on the MySQL database and am still getting a 404 error page… Not sure what I’m doing wrong.

    • OK, if you’re getting a 404 page, that means there’s nothing there. So, that makes me think either the WP files are in the wrong place on your server, or your domain is pointed elsewhere. You can double check your domain destination in the 1and1 admin.

  286. Alright, I thought for sure I had gotten this right… but I think I must have screwed something up! Check out http://reinventing-mama.com to see what I mean… I’ve tried changing themes and installing new ones, nothing…

    After I deleted the 1and1 blog that I was using (Trying to switch over from blogger so was easily able to import posts again after removing first blog), it showed the 1and1 set up I had originally, refreshed and now I get this…

    Any thoughts?

  287. Great guide, I managed to set up a blog effortlessly with this,so thanks.

    Quick question though, if I want to have a second blog as part of the same hosting package, would I need to set up a second SQL database, or can I just stick to the original one set up for the first blog?

  288. Yeah and apparently the theme shows up on EVERY Page EXCEPT the home page… any ideas cause I’m drawing a blank.

  289. MJ – I’m not seeing anything when I look at your domain….maybe you’ve deleted it? If you were seeing the old site on the homepage, but a new theme on the other pages…….makes me think it was in your browser’s cache.

    Patrick – Yes, you’ll need to use an additional database. There are ways of getting around that, but a new database is the best way to go.

  290. It’s showing me all the text and links that are supposed to be on my homepage BUT, no formatting, just a white page with all the words down the left but if I click the links to go to any other page it shows the page with the Theme just fine? I cant figure it out.

    It HAD the old theme until I refreshed and then just the white page with the text

    • I believe the best way, is to first change your blog address in your WP settings. Then forward your domain to the folder the blog is in. You have to do it in that order though. You may want to look that up on WordPress.org just to be sure, but I believe that’s the process.

  293. I don’t really know what happened but I deleted and uploaded things a few times and messed around some in my admin area, still wasn’t working, so i called customer support because emailing them was getting me nowhere… no clue what the guy did but he told me to refresh and my site was there! No problems since :)

    Thanks a lot for your tutorial, you were a ton of help even if I didn’t get it up and running without help lol

  296. Help I kinda new to this web setup thing. I havemy website set up and tried loading wordpress. The thing took over my website. I couldn’t even get to the site. I want to run wordpress out of my site and be able to go back to my site with a clickable button.
    Help!!!!!!!!!!!

  297. Hi Anthony

    Fab tutorial – I was going round in circles til I found this, thanks a lot.

    But I’m having a problem uploading from FileZilla to 1&1. I’m in France so am asking FileZilla to connect to dbxxxx.1and1.fr which I c&p’ed from mySQL in 1&1 but it’s coming back:

    Connection attempt failed with “EAI_NONAME – Neither nodename nor servname provided, or not known”.

    Any ideas as to what I’m doing wrong?

    Thanks!

  298. Hi Anthony – you can scrap the above comment (well apart from the thanks and it’s great bit!) as I had missed exactly the same question further up. Thanks again!

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  300. Hey Anthony!
    thanks for the tutorial. I’ve almost got everything set up. Saved me a long afternoon of fighting.
    Thanks again!
    ryan

  301. I use 1and1.com and wordpress is not working properly at all! I can’t automatically upgrade any plug in or the core, and with some plugins is not working.

    My servers are in US and I’m connected from Romania, but I think this is not so important.
    So I changed the hosting of most of my domains from 1and1 and now is ok.

    I still have there my main domain http://www.mountainguide.ro and I’m trying to make it work with WordPress but for the moment is not working well…

    I notify them about this problems, and I wait for an answer from 1and1

    Kind regards,
    Iulian

  302. This tutorial worked perfectly for me when I set up my own WordPress instance! Thanks for putting it together! Well done!!

  303. After days! I tell you…days! of trying to make this work, I finally came across your tutorial. A real life saver. My frustration level was out the box and I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to sit down and write this out. Your notes touched on exactly what all others were missing. ~Sending good vibes your way. Ha! Thanks, Rach.

  304. Thanks for putting up this Anthony. Unfortunately when I login on my 1&1 Administration site I don’t have any link to MySQL. Only one to MS SQL which I believe is Microsoft proprietary (sorry my ignorance,I have no experience with Databases) but in any case the menus are different than the one you describe here.

    • Luca,
      You missed one detail in the tutorial…You will need to have the Linux hosted package to have access to MySQL. MS SQL is part of the Microsoft Hosted Package.

  307. Thanks for your patience, Anthony.
    I migrated to the Linux platform and created the database and followed all the instructions (which were very simple, thank you) but for some reason I keep getting a 404 error. This happens only when I point the browser to php files, if I point it to txt files within the same directory they display fine

  308. Ok, mistery solved. Although the server indicated the migration was done it was actually still in process. I followed your instructions to install the WP and it works just fine.
    Thank you very much. Feel free to delete my previous comments.

  309. I used to work on the blogger platform for years. I am going to work on wordpress with your suggestions as my new site is hosted in 1and1. This is really a nice post for the newbies. You can prepare something for the newbies on customizing url and design on wordpress blog.

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  315. Okay, this proves I am a novice and maybe even instructionally- challenged.

    Your tutorial was fantastic Anthony – no slam there, but when I attempt to go to the url containing my install.php, all I get is “can’t find url”. I somehow screwed up on the webspace in 1&1 and created a duplicate directory for where I stored the wordpress files, and by duplicate I mean I have a path that looks like this: http://www.bobturel.com/bobturel/bobturel/wp-admin/install.php

    I didn’t think this would make a difference in locating the file to install. It just shows I need to pay attention in creating directory paths, etc. Any ideas, or do I need to go back to square 1?

    • Bob, I’m sure you could set your domain to go down that path, however, I think I would re-do it. Anything you do to your site down the road will be much easier if everything is kept simple. The good thing is, it won’t take that long to fix it now. If you decide you want it changed after you have content on the site, it will get more complicated.

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  317. Hi Anthony,

    It seems you’ve gotten my question a few times and there has always been a different answer for it. I went through the whole install process, everything worked fine, downloaded a theme and wanted to view it and when I went to travelgogirl.com (my domain) I was brought to the 1and1 parked page (boo!!).

    I saw a comment about moving the index.php into the traffic.html folder, but I seem to not be able to do that (says there was an error and the folder is read-only). I also tried deleting the entire database as another person did and reloading everything and that also didn’t work. I checked to make sure that everything is uploading and pointing to the correct place (just the domain, ie “/”). I’ve had the domain for almost a month now and was previously using it as a forward for my old WordPress.com site. I bought the space a few days ago but am relatively confident that it doesn’t have anything to do with that- the hosting seems to be up and running no problem. Any other thoughts on what could be up?

    Thanks so much! Your directions are so wonderful and really are a huge help, despite my problem right now =P

    FYI- If you go to the site right now and see that it seems like it’s working, it’s not- I just have it forwarding to our old WordPress.com site until I have this figured out!

    • Beth – You have confused me. Is your issue about installing WordPress, or something about viewing a theme? You say you went through the whole install process and everything worked fine. Then you’re having trouble since you tried to install a theme. Am I understanding this right? So my questions is, was your site showing up before you tried to change the theme?

  318. I need your help,
    I have a wordpress website with 1and1.com and it is located at fameappeal.com. For the past week i have been trying to go to .com/wp-admin/instal.php AND ALL I GET IS 404 ERROR NOT FOUND
    i have tried everything
    putting the wp files in a blog directory and then doing fameappeal.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php
    AND NOTHIS WORKING
    PLEAS HELP

  319. Mo Sha, Looks to me like your using a blog installed by 1&1. The rules are different with that. With a 1&1 blog(which even though WP powered), you don’t have control to do anything with the actual files of the site. You can’t even add a theme that they don’t have pre-installed.

    If you want to install WP yourself, your best bet is probably to either get a different domain, or set up a sub-domain…such as blog.fameappeal.com. As long as you have the 1&1 blog, I believe it will have complete control of your domain. You could delete your current one, but I don’t know if the 1&1 blog will let you back up your database or not.

  320. Apologies. By mentioning the theme I’m just saying that from the WordPress side, it seems like everything was working fine- ie installing correctly. But when I tried to actually view the site, both with and without a new theme, I was always brought to the 1and1 parked space, rather than my actual site. It was never working, even before I changed the theme. Does that make more sense?

    Thanks!

  323. Hello Anthohy! Thanks for the usuful info. I’ve find a lot easier than other’s.

    But I’ve got some problem here. When I typed the address;
    http://www.dahyun2010.com/wp-admin/install.php

    The below msg poped up;
    Error 404: NOT FOUND!
    Your browser cannot find the document corresponding to the URL you typed in.

    I’ve got feeling I didn’t understand the wp-config details…
    1. the name of the database for WordPress –
    Where I can find the name? Is it the folder name which I’ve uploaded with filezilla? Which is named ‘wordpress’

    2. database username – Is it the code I’ve recieved from the 1and1 company which starts with u123….etc. ?

    3. database password –
    Is it the same password with I’ve log in with 1and1 control pannl and filezilla ?

    4. MySQL hostname – Is it my webcite address? as in dahyun2010.com ?

    Is the only four of them I’ve got to change, right?

    Ohhh help me Anthony ~!!!

    • To get your database details, log into the 1and1 admin panel. Scroll down to the link to MySQL Administration. This page will show you a table that displays your database name(as in the photo in this post), username, password, and hostname. Sometimes the password doesn’t display. If it doesn’t, click edit and you can change the password to whatever you want.

      Having said all of that, I don’t think that has anything to do with the install file not coming up. If your domain is pointed to the directory that your WordPress files are in, the install page should come up. The database info isn’t needed until you click “install”.

  324. Phew – after many attempts I have finally installed a wordpress blog to add to my website http://www.7stepstopositiveliving.com. I can’t thank you enough for you easy to follow instructions. FYI I didn’t get it right first time but wordpress actually configured the wp-config-sample page for me – all I had to do was enter the right information – just in case anyone else gets stuck there.
    All I have to do now is personalise the blog and get writing.
    Thank you

  326. Anthony, have you been able to install a database backup plugin and get it to function? I have been trying all day to get wp ez-backup to work on 1&1 without success. Suspect I have problems with the default version of php on the server but not sure. Wondered if you had worked through this one yet?

    Thanks,

  327. Hello Anthony,

    Have followed your clear instructions, but not quite at the end yet.
    I am getting to the wp dashboard, but when I click ‘View Site’ I am getting the 1&1 parking page, or on other attempts what seems to be my 1&1 traffic quota.
    Beth seems to have had the same problem but fixed it somehow?

    Any suggestions?

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  332. I’m a tampa wedding photographer who is setting up a second website for my wife’s company. I just love it when someone takes the time to write a tutorial like this. If you are ever in Tampa, give me a shout and I’ll shoot a nice portrait for you to use on all your social media :)

    Cheers!

  334. Just installed my first wordpress from scratch, and thanks to this article, it went very smoothly and took just a few minutes!

  335. Im a bit confused as im new to this…. being a uk user im looking to purchase some hosting so i can get wordpress working on a new site…. do i need the ’1&1 Business’ package at £8.99 a month?! That is the cheapest package with the database option….?! If someone could help me or point me in the right direction so i dont buy the wrong package it would be great…. i will hopefullty be able to follow the step by step guide on here with ease!!! Thanks

    • Matt, If you haven’t actually purchased your hosting plan yet, I would probably recommend Hostgator instead. You can get a great package for $7.95(usd), and these guys have a tool that will install WordPress for you. I wrote this tutorial for people who have already bought a package with 1and1, like I did. But if your still shopping, I would recommend Hostgator. They are a little less expensive, and have top-notch support.

  336. I’ve been working on this for days, ahg! I also get the 404 error but the solutions from the other people getting those errors aren’t working with me. It simply won’t load the php files necessary to install WordPress. I’m using Linux hosting (I switched from Windows). I inputted all of the correct data into wp-config.php. It’s uploaded via FTP onto my website. The files are there, they just don’t load the installer. Right now, my files are uploaded in a sub-folder, not my root: /carltrigilio so I editted my destination folder on 1and1 to /carltrigilio.

  340. Have to add my kudos for your wordpress install tips on 1 and 1. I have registered over 60 domains with them but have continued to use Dreamhost for wordpress apps due to 1and 1 lack of documentation on this topic. Unfortunately, so far I’ve not had any luck with the wordpress install even after following your wonderful guide. I keep getting the following message even though I’ve reverified the database/host connection information and added the htaccess info Otto pointed out. The host name is xxxx.perfora.net right? (xxxx being whatever 1and1 has provided for database install info)
    See error at http://romancechef.com/wp-admin/install.php ~ additionally I’m getting 500 error at http://romancechef.com so I imagine the .htaccess file didn’t work right.
    Error establishing a database connection
    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at db2362.perfora.net. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

    Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    Are you sure that the database server is running?

  341. Anthony, you rock! I should have waited a few minutes longer before posting my 1&1 WordPress woes. I found this post on the .htaccess file from WordPress Support http://wordpress.org/support/topic/338189, edited my file and then verified the database info one last time only to discover that there was an extra “o” in the autogenerated setup information for the database. After making both changes I have the basic install for http://romancechef.com live! Thank YOU so much ~ You’ve made my day!

  342. Hi Anthony -

    This is what I get when open the …install.php –

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<' in /homepages/43/d320040668/htdocs/wsb5785342001/wp-config.php on line 77

    What may I be doing wrong?

    • Apparently, you have something typed in wrong in your wp-config file(database login info). Make sure all your database details – database name, username, password, host all have the ‘ ‘ around the words.

  344. I downloaded wordpress, but when I right click on “wp-config-sample” it asks me for a Adobe Dreamweaver access code. Is there another way to install wordpress?

    • When you right-click, is there an option called “open with”? If so, open with Notepad and make the changes…..that’s assuming your using a Windows pc.

  345. Thank You for such a quick response, now I have downloaded “filezilla” and I am trying to first to 1. put in the host name http://www.1and1.com, my username and password, but it is telling me could not connect to server, what did you type in?

  347. Ok, I got recognized, but NOW it’s saying the password is wrong. Do you know of another file sharing program I can use?

    Status: Resolving address of blog.tanyamarlinsportfolio.com
    Status: Connecting to 74.208.138.109:21…
    Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message…
    Response: 220 FTP Server ready.
    Command: USER tanyamarlinsportfolio.com
    Response: 331 Password required for tanyamarlinsportfolio.com
    Command: PASS *********
    Response: 530 Login incorrect.
    Error: Critical error
    Error: Could not connect to server

  348. There are several other free ones such as Coffeecup FTP, but you’ll likely run into the same problems if your FTP password is wrong.

  349. Hello Anthony,

    I’m trying to install in a sub folder as you did, and it doesn’t seem to want to launch the installation file.. I get a page showing all files in my folder.. Have I forgotten something? Thank you very much for the tutorial

    • As long as your WordPress files are in the folder, it should work. Just run the installer as “example.com/folder/wp-install.php”. Obviously, you would change “example.com” to your actual domain, and “folder” to the name of your folder. If that doesn’t work, the folder may be in the wrong place.

  350. Superb – instructions work just fine with the 1&1 shared professional package.
    Now the world of themes, plugins…
    Just before WP v3 which will make customisation so much easier?

  351. Hi Anthony, I’ve installed WordPress and am on the dashboard however I can’t view any of my blogs pages. I get only get a big fat 404.

    Is WordPress unable to create these extra files and new posts?

  352. Anthony,

    Thanks so much for this page. I just set up my first word press site without having to send someone money through Paypal to help me out. Your instructions were perfect and now I feel empowered to do the same for a couple of other blogs I have. I appreciate all that you did in this post.

    All The Best,

    Randy Wilburn

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  355. I can’t get this to work.

    So I’m on 1and1 Hosting. Ok. So there were originally two files in the server.

    An “index.html” which I deleted and a “logs” folder that I cant delete.

    How can i get the domain to stop pointing at index.html and direct to “~~.com/blog”?

    It keeps configuring it as “~~.com/?p=1″ and that is the first “hello world” post…

    • Jacko, It sounds like you installed WP in your root folder. So, your domain whatever.com should bring it up. For it to be whatever.com/blog, you would have had to create a folder in your root folder and named it blog….and then install WP in that folder.

  356. Hi

    I’ve followed your steps step by step, it all seemed perfect, set up a database and downloaded wordpress, uploaded them onto a new blog directory and i get the 404 error page when i try and log on to blog/wp-admin/install.php

    help please! i’ve tried everything!

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  359. Thanks for writing such an informative article on setting up wordpress. It was very useful in setting up my new host gator account, I have a free month coupon on my site setupwordpress.net

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  363. Thanks Anthony.

    So nice that you decided to spare your time in compiling such an efficient and useful guide.

    Thanks a mill.

    Marie :-)

  364. Hi all!!!

    I have a straight html site up using dreamweaver 3.

    Can I use WordPress as a CMS so various users can update content that exists on the html pages?

    Or, can I use WordPress pages to appear within the main body division on the html pages?

    Or does WordPress only work as a CMS within it’s own templates? Thanks all…

  365. Anthony-

    Thanks for posting this.
    How long does it take for the new database to be ready?
    It’s been about 15min and the status is still saying “setup started”

    Thanks-
    Shari

  366. Any leads on how to create a WordPress theme from existing template and css? Can a website be a combination of static html pages and WordPress pages?
    Thanks-
    Stanford

  368. Anthony thank you,

    Not so complex… just new at WordPress and trying to figure out how to migrate from an existing straight HTML website to WordPress. Is it easier to do it all at once or only those pages where users need access to a CMS?

  369. In my opinion, you would be better off to go ahead and migrate the whole site. It will be much easier to update and keep everything uniform.

  370. I just ran a google search on “convert dreamweaver to wordpress” and come up with multiple options. I started using Dreamweaver at 1.0 but have been in the process of switching previously developed sites over to WordPress and other CMS alternatives for over a year now.

  372. And thank you RuffDox for sharing your Dreamweaver Templates into WordPress link. I’ve pretty much stopped developing sites for others since I have over 100 domain properties to manage. I didn’t even install Dreamweaver on my latest laptop. I am using Artisteer http://www.artisteer.com to facilitate my template productions. With it you can make templates for WordPress, Joomla, Blogger, Dupral, as well as static pages. Sadly, you can’t import Dreamweaver themes to convert to WordPress, etc. — at least yet, but it is worth looking at for new builds, certainly.

  374. Hey man, thanks! This is still relevant and super-easy to follow.

    great job.

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  378. Hi great job for with the detailed information,
    I want to mention the one click installation…
    unfortunately these days there are still some servers/web hosts that do not have the one click installation of wordpress…
    its a shame because it is so simple to install wordpress with either one click or CPanel(fantasticoDeluxe), it takes just a few seconds and you are done.
    I have many Blogs all have the one click installation except one and I always have problems with that one, any ways the point of my rambling is if you do not yet have a web host please choose one with the one click installation, you will not have any problems and its worth its weight in gold.
    if you would like some video tutorials on wordpress click on my name above. thanks Keith

  379. I just purchsed from 1and1. I thought the wordpress is just 1 click like godaddy. Did the 1and1 has fantastico wordpress installer?

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  381. Hi

    Thanks for the clear and concise instructions.

    I have loaded wordpress on my 1and1 host as per the article but can anyone suggest how to migrate the original posts/theme/settings to my new server? My website is rapped around wp but the themes have taken some time to contruct and I do not have the time or skill to reconstruct it

    I have read the article on moving wp but there must be a simpler way to move between servers?

    Thank you

  382. I’ve installed WordPress on 1and1.com a half dozen times and this most recent time I came up with errors. I was doing something wrong, a stupid error or something. I remembered that the first time I installed WP I followed your guide. I re-found this page on Google by searching for “install wordpress on 1and1″ and I carefully followed your directions.
    In short, you rock! Hope you relish in the good Karma that this page will bring your way. 3+ years old and it’s still the best guide to installing WP on 1and1>
    If you were here I’d buy you a beer or seven.
    Thanks again!

  383. Brilliant. Glad theres people around like you. (not in a gay way) My website should be up in the next few weeks.

  384. Hi anthony ive got a bit of a problem, i’ll start by saying im one of those annoying novices. I’ve got the the filezilla stage, i’m assuming you have to connect to the server with the host. But, my detaisl dont seem to be working, i put in the host site as coldsteel.org.uk, and the username given on the database page, and the password i use for 1and1, it connects to the server, but i get a login incorrect critical error message and thus unable to connect to server. Ive tried a load of different combinations, but nothing seems to work. I’ve had the domain for just over a day now, but the datatbase says its ‘ready’. So i dont know what the problem is.

    Any help appreciated.

    D-tek

    • Hi D-tek,
      When you connect to your server with Filezilla, you will use your FTP account username and password. You should find your FTP account details under the Administration tab of the 1&1 Control Panel.

  388. 1and1 Hosting – had the same problem with the Error 500

    WordPress installed ok but the Admin dashboard ‘add plugin’ always would hang at the downloading zip file part. (you can see the remains of each attempted plugin download in the wp-content folder on the server, each file is 0 bytes)

    I also had the same problem finding my .htaccess

    FileZilla > Server > Show hidden files
    Still could not find .htaccess Found a few posts that said the file will not be there on a Windows Server installation….
    Then found this in the WordPress forums: “…An .htaccess file (if this file is missing, WordPress will try to create it when you activate “pretty” permalinks)”
    So I activated “”pretty” permalinks. From the dashboard-settings-permalinks (choose anything but default) and the .htaccess file was created.
    Download it, add the line: AddType x-mapp-php5 .php then put it back.

    Seems to work now

  392. I have a problem with 1and1 wordpress installaton. It is not possible to upgrade automatically to the version of wordpress. I have to FTP the new version and upgrade it. But every other host it is one click upgrade.

  393. Great post. This was very helpful for me setting up my first WordPress site. Thanks!

    I would like to share two things that I learned that might be helpful to add to this tutorial:

    1. You need to order the Linux hosting package with 1and1. The Microsoft hosting cannot run WordPress.
    2. After you upload all the WordPress files to your FTP server, you need to delete or rename the index.html file that was preinstalled in that folder by 1and1. If you don’t, when you browse to your webpage via a browser, you’ll get the default “This domain was just registerd to 1and1.” rather than your WordPress site you’ve built.

    Thanks again for the very educational post! :-)

  394. I am having the same issue as Mike was on upgrading WordPress on 1&1servers. Unfortunately, I can’t see the .htaccess file and my FTP software is set to view hidden files. I’m still running on Windows Vista.I have set that to show hidden files too. Hmm. Any ideas?

  395. Cancel my last query. The hidden files finally showed up. Think I made a security setting change and didn’t realize it. Simply a ‘blonde’ moment on my part.

  397. Thanks a bunch! Very straightforward and easy to follow. I was able to complete all the steps in under 10 minutes using your tutorial, whereas I’m sure it would have taken much longer figuring it out on my own.

  398. Hi Anthony,

    I’m stuck, and was hoping you might be able to offer some help.

    I’m trying to upload the files to the server, but I’m getting the following response:

    Status: Waiting to retry…
    Status: Delaying connection for 1 second due to previously failed connection attempt…
    Status: Resolving address of admin.1and1.com
    Status: Connecting to 74.208.4.5:21…
    Status: Connection attempt failed with “ECONNREFUSED – Connection refused by server”.
    Error: Could not connect to server

    Also, once I have uploaded the files, at what point do they become visible on my website? I’m just wondering if I can edit the blog before it becomes visible online…as you can probably tell, I’m new to all of this!

    Thanks for your help.

    • @patconnors9

      I’ve run into this quite a few times. I think sometimes your ISP will slow down your bandwidth. It seems like if I upload multiple times, it does this, and I have to just shut it off and come back later. There may be a way around this, but I don’t have the answer.

      As far as being able to edit the blog before it becomes visible online, I don’t know of anyway to do this. Obviously, you can edit individual posts and pages and view them before the changes become visible online. But to edit the design, for instance, I don’t think you can.

  399. I’ve just used this again for the second time (a year after my first install). You know there is still nothing on the web that beats these instructions. Thanks a million!

  400. This is unbelievably helpful! Thank you so much for doing this- if you wanted to add to it to make it legit the total package/one stop shop you should write about setting up filezilla.

    Again thanks

  404. Im really struggling with the FileZilla. I can’t connect it to my server. I don’t know what to enter into the PORT field. where do i find the port number if it is not the default FTP 21?

  405. Anthony, you are a genius for figuring out peoples struggle with 1&1 hosting WordPress sites, I couldn’t have launched my new wordpress site without your blog! You have made the ‘Famous 5-min install’ idea from wordpress into a reality for frustrated 1&1 users like me.

  406. Hi,
    Is it possible to do this with a WordPress.com blog rather than WordPress.org?

    Thanks,
    Jack

  407. Thanks for your tutorial, but I’m hoping you can help me fix my error. I followed your instructions completely, edited the config.php, and FTP’ed the wordpress files to the root directory on my 1and1 domain (/) but when I go to run the install I get a 404. I know several people have had that happen as well, but as far as I can tell none of their situations mirror my own.

    • Mike, Look at your domain destination in the 1and1 control panel and make sure that it’s pointed at the root directory. This may not be the issue, but it’s best to rule this out. For some reason your domain isn’t taking you to the files, so this could be the issue.

  408. It looks like you uploaded the whole Wordpess folder, so the files are in yourdomain.org/wordpress. However, you may have an error with your database details as your getting an error establishing a database connection.

  409. You were right about the /wordpress being necessary. So should I have only uploaded the contents of the WordPress folder, and not the outside folder itself?

    Once I added ‘/wordpress’ it didn’t give me the 404, but you were also right about the database connection error.

    I admit to being a complete novice in terms of code, is there any way I can show you the database details and my config.php and perhaps you could point out an error? Leaving out passwords of course.

  410. Yes, the contents of the WordPress folder need to be in the root if you want your domain to point directly to your WordPress site. I sent you an email.

  411. wow.. you’re amazing! this saved me sooooooooo much time! I was almost going bonkers trying to figure out how to install themes!

  413. I think it is good practice for security, to install WP in a different directory if it is going to be for the main domain. Then afterwards you can change the settings in the dashboard to the site-address URL you want. Please correct if you think that is not good practice.
    Andy

  414. Antony could inform me if you can now install WordPress on 1and1 hosting package in windows
    I’m a little desperate because they can not
    Thanks,
    Fer

  416. Yet again I am back here referring to this fantastic post. Thanks so much for this. I hope 1&1 pay a million bucks for it.

    Something else that might be useful for others having some trouble auto-installing plugins and upgrades on 1&1 is the following link, which assisted me to create an .htaccess file (this is normally pay above my paygrade!).

    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-upgrade-fix-for-1and1-users

    I am now happily installing plugins on my 1&1 site, despite not really knowing how or why I couldn’t before I followed the guidelines on the link!

    Hope it helps and eases others troubles with 1&1.

    Michelle

  417. Yet again I am back here referring to this fantastic post. Thanks so much for this. I hope 1&1 pay a million bucks for it.

    Something else that might be useful for others having some trouble auto-installing plugins and upgrades on 1&1 is the following link, which assisted me to create an .htaccess file (this is normally way above my paygrade!).

    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-upgrade-fix-for-1and1-users

    I am now happily installing plugins on my 1&1 site, despite not really knowing how or why I couldn’t before I followed the guidelines on the link!

    Hope it helps and eases others troubles with 1&1.

    Michelle

  418. Very new to this. Sorry if these questions seem simple.

    Where exactly do I get the mySQL user name and password? Is that the info I use to log into my FTP? Also, what is the host address? My domain address?
    Thanks!

  419. I am considering using WordPress for a Review type website. I already have a review script in my mySQL Administration. Will installing WordPress and/or a review script for WordPress mess up what I have in there now?

    Thanks again!

  420. You rock. Thanks for the simple, easy to follow guide. I’ve installed WP and now I’m learning to play with it.

    Question, I have multiple domains hosted with 1and1, do I follow the same step by step to set up WP on those other sites as well?

    Thanks again!!

  422. Hello everyone!

    I’m a little stressed, not to mention desperate. It’s been a month since I start to try to install wordpress 3.0.5 in spanish on my 1and1.com hosting acount.
    and evrytime I try this is what happens:
    it shows the install welcome page asking me to creat a wp-cofing.php file so I press create
    then it asks me for my database conection information, I enter the correct data (checking and checking every character like a mad man)
    then it show me the message that everything’s ready so I can install, I press the install buttom and this is what it shows me:

    Error 500 – Internal server error
    An internal server error has occured!
    Please try again later.

    I deleted the files, tried another folder, enter the config info manually, but nothing seems to work. I didn’t wanna give up so I tried installing the wordpress in his original language (english) and it worked perfectly!
    The installation was fast and easy! so I though maybe I could just add the language files following the instruction on the official website and some other websites that I checked out before I did so!
    But everything went wrong, I installed the language and the same happens

    Error 500 – Internal server error
    An internal server error has occured!
    Please try again later.

    My site didn’t work at all!
    I had to remove the spanish language and set de default language as it was and it worked good again!
    Hosting does not accept the Spanish language? I can’t get to another conclusion!
    I dont know what the hell is going on, am I missing something?

    If someone could help me would make very very very happy :(

    Greeting from Madrid, Spain!

  423. That’s ok my friend, I just found out this afternoon after days of agony! the problem was the I needed to add a .htttaccess file, I don’t know why but it needs it for the spanish version, cause when I was running my blog in default language wasn’t a htttacces file at all… well, let that be a lessons to us all! lol,
    thanks for supporting!

    Un saludo desde Madrid, españa!

  424. Wow, thanks so much for writing this tutorial. I’ve installed WP with MediaTemple many times, but never with 1&1, so this made it nice and simple. Also, I was using FireFTP at the time, and was getting the same Parse error: syntax error listed above. Switched to FileZilla, and it worked fine.

    Thanks again!

  426. I’ve been advised by 1&1 to sidegrade my Home package as my contract belongs to an older tariff, which didn’t include MySQL. Which is probably why I was confused. All I have to do now is wait 24-48 hours for the sidegrade to be completed. Thanks for the instructions – i’ll bee following them as soon as I get my confirmation through.

    It was well worth using 1&1′s technical support system – they got back to me very quickly.

    Andrew

  427. Hello: we setup wordpress sites all the time and I never had as much trouble setting one up as with 1 and 1 …. everytime I set one up on 1 and 1 it takes the act of God to make it work….. and work correctly without getting 505 errors when I upload plugins, themes or do an auto update of the site……… its like pulling teeth

  429. YOU ARE THE MAN. WOW. I’ve been stuck on this all week… and it was this simple! GOD BLESS YOU!

  430. Cool- thanks – got it up and running in no time at all :D
    Remember from some time ago that setting Passive mode in Filezilla helps for connection for some people!

    Now I need to find a theme which is a good start for a web site!

  431. I have now used this as my bible for the 10th WP install. Yes, I know I should know it by now, but I always come back to this post to make sure I am not doing anything stooopid.

    There has never been a better guide written yet. Which is not exactly an endorsement of 1&1!

    Thanks so much. Michelle

  432. I don’t know if this was mentioned, but I couldn’t automatically download and add plugins from within WordPress on 1&1 without adding this single line of text to a file named .htaccess

    AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

    Now all plugins add just fine and don’t “hang” upon installation.

    Larry

  433. Hi. Thanks for this tutorial – really good, but I’m having trouble with Filezilla (sorry, bit of a newbie to all this). It doesn’t want to connect and comes up with the error message “Could not connect to server” after showing “Status: Connection attempt failed with “EAI_NODATA – No address associated with nodename”

    I’m entering in the Host and Username fields the ones as shown on the 1and1 MySQL page, with the password I set up – am I missing something here?

    Thanks!

  434. You say “With 1&1, you WILL need to change the host name from local host to the actual host address….no problem!”

    How do we figure out that address? Is it the address of the MySQL database or the address of the blog within my website?

    Sorry to be so ignorant.

    Bob

  435. @Pete – You should have a separate FTP username and password that you got from 1and1 when you signed up.

    @Bob – The host address is listed on the same chart with your database name, username, etc. in the 1and1 control panel.

  436. Hey Anthony,

    I appreciate the tutorial. Got everything installed, and we’re all good. Now, can I make the blog appear as a page on my site? I have it at http://mysite.com/blog/, but is there a way (other than providing a link) to get this integrated into my site?

    • As far as integrating it with your site, you can add a link on your site…? If it were me, I would move all the info on your site to WordPress, and use WP for the whole site.

  437. hmmm. What if I complete the setup process as detailed above but instead of using /blog/ i use /blog.html/ and have a page on my site that will redirect to blog.html? Will that work?

    Thanks.

  438. Hi – when i download the Filezilla – should i pick Windows or Linux version? Thanks

    • @Peter – Depends on whether you have Windows or Linux on your computer.

      @Eric – Hmm. You need to go in your 1and1 Control Panel and make sure your domain destination is set to /. If it is, something is wrong with the installation.

  439. Alright, ignore my previous requests. I followed your advice to use WordPress for the whole site. I removed the websitebuilder site that was previously at my domain, deleted the first database, and created a new one. I followed all the steps, using the new database info for wp-config. Everything is installed and in my main directory (/) on webspaceexplorer. WordPress says everything’s good. However, my domain is not showing the new WordPress page. It shows the default 1&1 registration page. Is there something else I need to do to transition from websitebuilder to wordpress?

  440. Fantastic, I am technical but hate both FTP and database creation. I went through this word for word and it worked! Fantastic

  442. Great Article. Key thing is to make sure the database name, password and other info matches. Also, wait few minutes after you have uploaded the file.

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  445. Very helpful guide, but I am having issues with Filezilla accessing the db to upload, similar to many other posters above. I realize I need to use the ftp username and password, and I am doing so, but it still doesn’t work.

    I notice there are three ftp username / password combos listed under my account, and I have a number of domains included in my account (~30.)

    Does the ftp username / pw need to be associated with the specific domain I am attempting to install WP on?

    Is there any reason I can’t just use the upload function in the webspace explorer screen to upload the WP folder?

  446. Hi
    This information is really helpful. Thank you. However, I have followed all of your instructions but get this message when adding /wp-admin/install.php
    Any ideas would be really appreciated.

    Error 403 – Forbidden

    You tried to access a document for which you don’t have privileges.

    Kind regards
    Paula

  447. Hi, I have followed your fabulous tutorial of uploading wordpress to my 1:1 hosting, however i am getting the following message when I try and install it in the last step above: Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5.2.4.

    HELP?!

    Lora

  448. Hello,

    I followed your tutorial.
    I get this answer from the blog:

    “Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5.2.4.”

    What can I do about this?
    Thank you for your help.

    Yasar

  449. Hi – just followed your instructions and am getting this message “Your server is running PHP version 4.4.9 but WordPress 3.2.1 requires at least 5.2.4.” do you know if we can update that or is that something on 1&1′s end to do? Thanks

  450. Never mind, I found the solution under webspace/global php version from the 1&1 control panel. Thanks anyway!

    Glen

  451. Hi Glen,

    Can you tell me how you sorted the problem?
    Does your site now works with your solution?

    Thanks,

    Yasar

  452. Yasar,

    good morning.

    I went to the 1&1 control panel and under Domains & Webspace I selected Global PHP Version under Web Space, which gave me a drop down menu offering php 4, php 5 and php dev. I selected php 5 and clicked SAVE. That then allowed me to access the login and install options. So far it seems to be working and all I have done so far was to put in my header to see if it was all working (http://glensutton.com/wp/). When I look at it using Firefox or Chrome it all looks fine, but when I use Safari I get this message at the top of the page: Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /homepages/44/d207424580/htdocs/wsb4545509302/wp/wp-includes/user.php on line 660 and similar error messages appear below the footer. Not sure what to about that just yet.

    Hope that helps.

    Glen

  453. UPDATE: I only see the error message when I am logged in – so not sure what that is all about.

    glen

  454. Thanks for the info.
    I have done the same thing but what I get now when I type:
    http://www.saglik.co.uk/blog/wp-admin/install.php is this:

    Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    Are you sure that the database server is running?

    I think I put everything correctly but no luck.
    I don’t know what am I doing wrong here.

    Cheers,

    Yasar

  455. Yasar – your server could be temporarily down, so maybe give it some time and check back later. Otherwise reopen your wp-config.php file and carefully double check the info you entered to make sure it matches what 1&1 listed in your database overview.

    Good luck.

    Glen

  456. This is the part I change:

    // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘db37764XXXX’);

    /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘dbo37764XXXX’);

    /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxxxxxxx’);

    /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘dbo37764XXXX.db.1and1.com’);

    Is there anything else I should change?

    Thanks

  457. Yasar

    that looks right. Unless your server is down, I am not sure what the problem may be.

    Glen

  460. Just to update: I managed to make it work but after deleting the wordpress latest version and installing the version: 2.7
    Maybe it is the 1and1 PHP version is causing this.
    Thanks…

  462. This is probably the best tutorial on a wordpress installation that I have seen. I hope you don’t mind if I use this in my training? I have some outsourced employees that could definitely use this as a guide.

  463. I recently switched all my wordpress sites to 1&1 and I really like their interface. Thanks for the how to, I was having some issues getting my sites running, but they are working now.

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  465. this was by far the most informative and helpful directions i followed. I cant believe how far i actually got…thank you!!!

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  469. Thank you so much for this! A bit of tweaking (as you have to make sure the 1and1 php is set to 5 and not the default of 4) and I’m there. :-)

  470. I CANT WORK IT OUT! I have tried so many times. set up my data base, got filezilla, transferred all the wordpress file, then when i enter my address and wp-admin/install.php it just takes me to an error 404 site! its so frustrating, 1and1 seems so restrictive or is it just me? why would this error appear? please help?

    Lee

  471. this tutorial is more than 4 years old, but is so good, the best one, I found all the solutions to my problems in here

    thank to Anthony and all people collaborating here!

  474. This is a great tutorial, one of the clearest of all the tutorials i have been bashing my head against but i am still getting, ‘Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.’, aaaahhhhh please help.

  475. Scrap the last comment, i followed the tutorial again and also learnt that your web host has to be linux based and not windows in order for wordpress to work. That cool just now have to figure how to get people to end up on my page andysdiary.com or andysdiary.co.uk (not the standard page 1and1 give) but the page wordpress gives you.

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