Twenty seventeen
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I’m trying to make this website- I’ve installed the above theme. I sort of expected to have a load of options to edit things such as text sizes, font, colours etc, but I can’t.
I don’t want an image that is about 120% of the screen you need to scroll away before you actually get to any site content.
I want to add site content just by clicking in a box, and typing what I want to be there, adding links and small images etc which I can position by drag and drop. I don’t want to learn HTML.
Is there a word-press feature/addon/whatever you’re calling it that just lets me build a website like making a page on Microsoft Publisher? Is there some way to change the sizes of things in these themes?The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi,
Checking on your website, it appears that you are using a self-hosted version of WordPress rather than the WordPress.com website which this forum represents.
To know more the difference between .com and .org, you may go to this article: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
For your current needs, you may reach out to their alternative forum here: https://wordpress.org/support/
Alternatively, you can also reach out to your hosting provider if a further concern arises.
Hope this helps!
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Yup, .org won’t install on my PC. No idea why, to find out I have to learn to code apparently.
I get this far:
(Optional) Find and rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php, then edit the file (see Editing wp-config.php) and add your database information.
Which turns out, isn’t optional at all. Its very necessary and makes the erroneous assumption that I’d know what the hell “database information” pertains to.
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Is there a VERY BASIC tutorial which I can follow which doesn’t break everything down to 5 steps that assume I actually know the difference between a FTP or server and could make a choice based on those requirements? Literally,
1. Go to address xxxxxx
2. Press button xxxx
3. Click go.Something like that.
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Hi. as @donangeles30 mentioned, unfortunately you’re in the wrong Forum. You could try the WP.org Forum for self-hosted sites here: https://wordpress.org/support/ but if I were you, I’d go directly to the source and ask Bluehost for help here: https://www.bluehost.com/wordpress
Just scroll to the bottom of the page, and click on ‘Support’. Then click on the ‘WordPress’ icon. Underneath that, there’s also a ‘Contact’ link that will take you to their 24/7 chat and phone help options.
Hope this helps.
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But its wordpress I’m trying to use/install isn’t it? Bluehost didn’t make wordpress impossible to install.
Just to clarify all this- am I right to think wordpress.org is some sort of downloadable program I run on my PC, and build pages on? Then it somehow connects to my website and I need settings of some sort to make it do that?
If so, how do I install this program- the “famous 5 minute install” has so far taken 3 days
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Hi there,
Let me try and clear the confusion.
Just to clarify all this- am I right to think wordpress.org is some sort of downloadable program I run on my PC, and build pages on?
The WordPress software found on WordPress.org can be downloaded and installed locally on your computer, but you can also install it on a hosting provider like Bluehost and create your site. Also, WordPress.com is a hosting provider much like Bluehost, but we specialize in only hosting and maintaining WordPress sites. You can read more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here:
Is there a word-press feature/addon/whatever you’re calling it that just lets me build a website like making a page on Microsoft Publisher? Is there some way to change the sizes of things in these themes?
Judging by what you’re describing here, you’re looking for a page builder plugin and you can find lots of them in the official WordPress.org plugin repository:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page-builder/
If you need further help with your site, the best place to ask questions is the WordPress.org forums:
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