Title: Getting Started with WORDPRESS
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Getting Started with WORDPRESS

 *  [Alex37](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex37/)
 * (@alex37)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-with-wordpress-2/)
 * Hi everyone. For years I have created simple websites using onl;y html & CSS.
   But I am just begining to learn about WordPress. Sometimes reading everything
   here seems like information overload.
    Please tell me if I understand correctly:
 * You need to get a host that offers MySQL & php compatibility.
 * You create a MySQL database.
 * You upload wordpress (with Fantastico if possible).
 * You log into wordpress & change your theme and add content.
 * These are the basics, right? Or is there anything important that I’m missing?
   Oh, and I assume that if you want to create a for profit website with adsense,
   then you need to buy a custom/premium theme, right? Beacause the themes I’m looking
   at don’t seem to be adsense ready.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-with-wordpress-2/#post-1897949)
 * Start with [this Codex page](http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start).
 *  [Alwyn Botha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/123milliseconds/)
 * (@123milliseconds)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-with-wordpress-2/#post-1897986)
 * >>>>>I assume that if you want to create a for profit website with adsense, then
   you need to buy a custom/premium theme, right? Beacause the themes I’m looking
   at don’t seem to be adsense ready.
 * I found 15+ free adsense themes at wp …
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/search.php?q=adsense](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/search.php?q=adsense)
 *  Thread Starter [Alex37](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alex37/)
 * (@alex37)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-started-with-wordpress-2/#post-1898005)
 * Thanks!

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