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Larry Wright
Larry Wright
7,325 Points
Posted by Larry Wright
Larry Wright
7,325 Points

The Best Option

I have numerous domains on a GoDaddy server that I am trying to turn into a Website. I want to start working with some WordPress themes and wonder how I should actually build the sites. I have viewed the videos with Treehouse about building your WordPress site in XAMPP and then place your files to your server site. Also, there are options such as the 1-click install or manually install it after putting it on your computer. I am trying to figure out what I am doing, so maybe I should just be trying them all out. I do have a business site that I don't want to continue trial and error, but I do have a few domains that I can play with and learn from. Any feedback would be appreciated.

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

First, realize that a DNS is not a web hosting server. I can't tell if you just own domains names purchased through GoDaddy, or if you've also bout web hosting services? They are two separate expenses.

Building or modifying your theme on your local computer is what I do. I like to keep everything off the live server until I'm ready. Doing this won't effect whether you manually install WP or use the 1-click install feature, since all either of those do is install WP, but you still have to upload and install you theme to WP.

I prefer manual install over 1-click install just for security reasons alone. When I manual install, I can add the secure access keys generated from WP in my config file, and I can also change the prefixes for my database tables to something much more unique. That's my 2 cents.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

> First, realize that a DNS is not a web hosting server.

The way I like to think of it, is that there are 3 parts:

  1. Domain: - Your domain such as myawesomename.com that you purchased
  2. Hosting: - The files that make up your site, live on a computer's hard drive somewhere.
  3. DNS: - Associates the 2 parts together, so when a user types in myawesomename.com into their web browser, they get the files that make up your site.
Larry Wright
Larry Wright
7,325 Points
Larry Wright
Larry Wright
7,325 Points

Kevin,hanks for your advice. I have both domains and a paid web hosting service. I wanted a place to start and you gave that to me. I was thinking among those lines because of some of the past WordPress videos I have seen with Zac and TreeHouse. I appreciated how you separated loading WP from the Files on a WordPress theme.