Title: Getting Started Using BlueHost and WordPress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Getting Started Using BlueHost and WordPress

 *  [LKuah83](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lkuah83/)
 * (@lkuah83)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-using-bluehost-and-wordpress/)
 * I joined elegantthemes.com today and downloaded the theme (Deep Focus) to use
   for my photography website. I tried many different ways to upload it to wordpress.
   org (while first realizing that you can’t do that through wordpress.com) and 
   finally looked at the FAQ, forums and videos on YouTube which suggested that 
   I use an FTP server. I chose the “one click option” for my server and got an 
   account with BlueHost.com (which they recommended) and am still having problems
   linking my website to wordpress.org.
 * I think what happened is that last month, I purchased my domain name: [http://www.laurentinaphotography.com](http://www.laurentinaphotography.com)
   from godaddy.com and linked it to my carbonmade.com site. Now, when I try to 
   login to the wordpress site so that I can upload the theme and work on the site,
   this is what pops up – [http://www.laurentinaphotography.com/wp-admin](http://www.laurentinaphotography.com/wp-admin).
   How do I undo this?
 * I also somehow signed up for a wordpress.org forum account, but still can’t log
   into the site and use the dashboard. What’s going on?
 * ANY HELP about this topic is greatly appreciated. I am a total beginner at web
   design and know that it is probably not as confusing to some as it is to me. 
   All I want to do at this point is to get my theme uploaded onto the wordpress.
   org site so that I can start to create it and eventually use the domain name “
   www.laurentinaphotography.com” for the wordpress site, instead of the carbonmade
   one.
 * THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ALL YOUR HELP!

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 *  [Paul de Wouters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pauldewouters/)
 * (@pauldewouters)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-using-bluehost-and-wordpress/#post-2243434)
 * did you change your DNS records to point to your bluehost account?
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-using-bluehost-and-wordpress/#post-2243435)
 * You will need to change Name servers DNS at Go Daddy so that you domain name 
   points to blue host once you have your domain name propagated you will need to
   install wordpress in root and then work on setting up your theme
 *  [lee911](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lee911/)
 * (@lee911)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-using-bluehost-and-wordpress/#post-2243582)
 * change Name servers DNS and and install wordpress in root and then work on setting
   [up your theme](http://websitebatam.com)

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## Tags

 * [Getting Started](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/getting-started/)
 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [lee911](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lee911/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-using-bluehost-and-wordpress/#post-2243582)
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