Incorporating Wordpress into my site

crash3173 · 10-23-2009, 09:06 AM

Okay, I've had a huge headache over the last 6 hours. I have a blog website, but I don't want it to look like the normal blogs so I created my site and began trying to figure out how to make comment sections and other php related features but gave up trying to reinvent the wheel. I downloaded Wordpress 2.8.5 and I have no idea what do do from here. A major problem I have been experiencing is connecting Dreamweaver MX to a database. My hosting on Fatcow provides MySQL management so I set up a database there. The ReadMe that came with the Wordpress download mentioned in step two to establish a connection with my database. Can someone explain to me how I first establish a connection with my database and then turn my previous html/css site into my new Wordpress php site? I haven't touched a single file in the 2.8.5 download yet and my original site is still in another folder.

crash3173 · 10-23-2009, 10:15 PM

Anyone??? I'm still having trouble connecting to my testing server on Dreamweaver

PixelPusher · 10-26-2009, 03:48 PM

have you gone through the advanced setup options/window in DW?

10-23-2009, 09:06 AM	#1
crash3173 New Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 10	Incorporating Wordpress into my site Okay, I've had a huge headache over the last 6 hours. I have a blog website, but I don't want it to look like the normal blogs so I created my site and began trying to figure out how to make comment sections and other php related features but gave up trying to reinvent the wheel. I downloaded Wordpress 2.8.5 and I have no idea what do do from here. A major problem I have been experiencing is connecting Dreamweaver MX to a database. My hosting on Fatcow provides MySQL management so I set up a database there. The ReadMe that came with the Wordpress download mentioned in step two to establish a connection with my database. Can someone explain to me how I first establish a connection with my database and then turn my previous html/css site into my new Wordpress php site? I haven't touched a single file in the 2.8.5 download yet and my original site is still in another folder.

10-26-2009, 03:48 PM	#3
PixelPusher Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Arizona, USA Posts: 1,053	have you gone through the advanced setup options/window in DW? __________________ John Darling Graphic / Web Designer SmarterTools Inc. (877) 357-6278 www.smartertools.com

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10-23-2009, 10:15 PM	#2
crash3173 New Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 10	Anyone??? I'm still having trouble connecting to my testing server on Dreamweaver