Might be an issue with your .htaccess file, can you post that here?
1) are you trying to use the old wordpress install? If so, do the folders and database still exist?
2) if it is a new wordpress install – did you do a manual install or are you using a script?
I’m not really sure. I get so confused when it comes to web design and all the technical aspects. I tried uninstalling and re-installing wordpress through my hosting site and I still got the error that the webpage was unavailable when I tried accessing my admin page.
I still have the same domain name and same hosting site but the only thing I have changed is that instead of linking my domain name to a wordpress site, it is linked to zenfolio. What i’m trying to do is create my wordpress site and once I am finished, link it to my domain and get rid of my zenfolio site. I just can’t get rid of my zenfolio site yet because I use it for client proofs and ordering.
I’m not really sure what Zenfolio is, but it looks like your current site at http://www.hollybeachphotography.com/ is not a WordPress.site, which is why http://www.hollybeachphotography.com/wp-admin also won’t work.
So basically, did you already created/installed WordPress in the first place on your server? If you did, did you install it in a particular folder/directory?
Yea, Zenfolio is not a wordpress site. So I’m not sure how to be able to work through wordpress to create a site and then link it to my domain once I have it how i want it. Does that make sense? I am pretty sure my wordpress is installed on my Inmotion Hosting server. I’m not sure if it is in a particular folder. How do I check that?
You probably should install WordPress on your current server/site, but in a specific folder/directory (e.g. “/wordpress/”). Once that is done, you’ll be able to see your site at http://www.hollybeachphotography.com/wordpress, and your admin will be accessible at http://www.hollybeachphotography.com/wordpress/wp-admin
Once you get that, you can start customizing your site (while the original http://www.hollybeachphotography.com is still active), and once your done, you can take the necessary steps to replace the current site with your new WordPress site.
Does that help?
Ok! I think that helps some. Let me see if I can’t figure it out. So, what you are saying is go to my hosting site (in motion hosting) and go to where I have downloaded wordpress and change where it is located at?
Well, there’s a little more to WordPress than just downloading it. You’ll need to decompress the .ZIP file and use all the files in there. Did you create a database with corresponding user, and make the necessary changes in the wp-config.php file?
I believe Inmotion has one-click installers for WordPress, that may be a more suitable option. After you setup WordPress in a directory and make your edits, i.e. example.com/wordpress/ – you will have to move all of your files into your root directory (i.e. example.com) and change the url either in your database (wp_options table) or in the wp-config.php file. See http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Changing_The_Site_URL
If you very uncomfortable doing all of this stuff, you may want to hire someone. It would take a seasoned developer 10 minutes to accomplish this.
