Installing WordPress on HostMonster Or Bluehost 12

Posted by Jimmy'z on February 13, 2008

Installing and maintaining a WordPress blog is really nice on Hostmonster and Bluehost because it uses Fantastico, a very nice application manager. In this screencast, I will walk you through the steps of setting up a new WordPress installation.

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Note About WordPress

WordPress is a very nice piece of software that can be used for more than just blogs. In future screencasts, I will show how to use WordPress to create a corporate informational site. I will also show how you can actually use WordPress to sell products.

A Note About My Sponsor

Please note: I am an affiliate of Hostmonster and Bluehost. I receive a commission for any account sign-ups that are referred from this site. This allows me to put in the time necessary to deliver useful content. This blog is hosted on Hostmonster. I have been a customer of both Hostmonster and Bluehost for several years now and have been very satisfied by their customer service and reliability. Hostmonster and Bluehost are the same company.

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  1. [...] Setting up a subdomain on Hostmonster and Bluehost is pretty simple. This video will show how I set up the subdomain tutorials.jimmyzimmerman.com. The next screencast will show how I installed Wordpress on that domain. [...]

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  4. Dave Wed, 28 May 2008 19:39:41 MDT

    hey thanks a lot for showing me this, i was about to go through the huge instructions that wordpress.org has.

  5. Arin Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:37:13 MDT

    hey, there were lots of blogs about Temple, Dream, and Blue, but only yours had a video. You took the ? mark off of my forehead and that is why I am clicking on your link. justified comp.

  6. Justin Ziska Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:03:53 MDT

    Hey Dave
    My name is Justin Ziska. My father is Matthew Ziska. He told me he bumped into you at a high school reunion, recently. He said you were talking about a studio you work at, in american fork. It peaked my interest to check out your site. I record,mix,engineer and produce, my own personal music also, music I perform with my band. I’m wanting to create my solo music project. I want to do some recording and production at a studio for an upcoming “october EP”, internet release/sell i’m trying to pull off. My gmail is justinziska@gmail. i’m interested in prices for studio time and a little info on what kind of a musical sound I could get with your equipment. Hope to hear….
    Ziska

  7. greg wendt Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:10:59 MDT

    Hi Jimmy, thanks for the video. I’m close to signing up with host monster or blue host and maybe you can answer a couple of questions. I’m happy to use you as a referral.

    How does one customize a wp blog using wordpress templates or other methods, say, dreamweaver, within blue host? Is this easy and flexible? Your video shows us the default WP theme. How does one go about changing that?

    And, the purpose of our blog is to show a series of videos on a particular subject and allow viewers to comment on them. There will be dozens of videos, and I don’t want the endless scroll in order to get to the ones viewers may want. Can a single blog have multiple pages –each page with it’s own video and own set of comments?

    Thanks so much for your help and your clear tutorial.

    Greg

  8. greg wendt Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:11:21 MDT

    Hi Jimmy, thanks for the video. I’m close to signing up with host monster or blue host and maybe you can answer a couple of questions. I’m happy to use you as a referral.

    How does one customize a wp blog using wordpress templates or other methods, say, dreamweaver, within blue host? Is this easy and flexible? Your video shows us the default WP theme. How does one go about changing that?

    And, the purpose of our blog is to show a series of videos on a particular subject and allow viewers to comment on them. There will be dozens of videos, and I don’t want the endless scroll in order to get to the ones viewers may want. Can a single blog have multiple pages –each page with it’s own video and own set of comments?

    Thanks so much for your help and your clear tutorial.

  9. Louis Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:37:02 MDT

    Thank you Jimmy! You were the missing link… the instructions on BlueHost forget to mention that you have to go to Fantastico to find Wordpress. They just start with “Choose an admin name…”

  10. Asfia Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:01:41 MST

    Hi, I just installed WP on my site, but some of the setting are coming different on my account.
    I have hostmonster account.
    When I set up WP using fantastico, it doesnt ask me for email configuration.
    I set up my blog on the site given. But it shows me the list of files.
    Please help me whats wrong with it.
    thank you

  11. Jimmy'z Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:19:09 MST

    Asfia,

    It looks like hostmonster is doing something differently now with the email settings. You should be able to ignore the email portion of my tutorial. I think hostmonster will set this up for you automatically.

    I also have heard that some people aren’t even seeing fantastico in the control panel any more. If so, there is an installer named “Simple Scripts” that can also help you get WordPress up and going.

    Hope this helps.

  12. figaro Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:36:32 MST

    See how to install WordPress by watching a free step-by-step video at the link below. Lots of other WordPress video tutorials available on the same site.

    http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=1


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