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Which, evidently, is incorrect, as you’re receiving a database connection error. Thanks for not posting those database credentials publicly, btw–I’ve actually had a couple forum participants do that.

I’d say go into your control panel, create a new database for it w/a new user, new password, & grant the user all privileges. Then copy that information into your wp-config.php file in the newwp folder.

Well, Capt. Ron, there doesn’t appear to be anything resembling a viable website there. If a folder called wp does exist, I think, were I you, I’d simply nuke it, then use your hosting provider’s control panel to install WordPress to it.

1 of the most important files of a WordPress install is called wp-config.php. This file, among other things, points to the database WordPress connects to. Each site usually has its own. W/o this file, even if all the WordPress files are there, the website won’t run. Your hosting provider’s script installer will create that for you, as well as install the necessary files.

Being a boat captain sounds like fun. Do you hav wifi on the boat, or do you just go w/o internet or use it from whatever cell service you’re able to scare up? If I didn’t get so motion sick, I’d envy you doing that. As it is, I’d likely be bent over the rail most of the time rather than having any sort of fun whatever.

O, thank you so much, Ron!!!!!

No, you misunderstand, navcom376. You’re just installing WordPress to a separate folder. Your production site will live on w/no knowledge of the WordPress install elsewhere. They’re two separate entities.

A personal favorite of mine for this process is a plugin called Duplicator, but this does not in any way constitute an endorsement by the WordPress community or Automattic. It will help you clone the site to a separate folder.

WordPress requires a web server in order to run. It also requires a database. Specifically, we’re looking at some sort of webserver, MySQL, & PHP. Some software that’s available to install it on your computer is:
* Xampp: http://www.apachefriends.org
* Wampp: https://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/files/latest/download
* Bitnami:
https://bitnami.com/redirect/to/347014/bitnami-wordpress-4.9.8-2-windows-installer.exe

navcom376, sorry. I’ve been fighting a cold & fever all weekend, so I called it a night early last night, took some meds, & went to bed, else I feared the hubby was gonna file on grounds of irreconcileable differences, cuz I’ve been pretty useless lolol. Saturday was our daughter’s b-day, & I couldn’t even go out to dinner w/them cuz of my fever :(.

When you go to edit a new post or page, look for a button that says “Screen options”, then click it. 1 of the options you’ll see under there, which may or may not be checked, is ‘Revisions’. Once that’s checked, you can scroll down & review ( then, if desired, go back to) any revision in the list.

Having thus said, & I’ll say again–you are now officially playing with fire.

Please log into your hosting provider’s control panel. Look for softaculous apps installer. If not present, please look for something that talks about 1-click installer script installer, or similar.

Once you’re there, click WordPress. Choose the protocol (http at this point unless you took my advice & got an SSl cert), & then the domain you want to install it to, ie, gsnetworks. There’s a box where you can write in a folder name. Type in wordpress or wp–the latter is quicker. Fill in the remaining info regarding admin username (*DO NOT* use admin, please, & for goodness’ sake, pass on the proffered password of “pass”. Make it bulletproof. Tankproof is better.

Click the ‘Install’ button, & you’ve got a separate WordPress install to play with.

Once you’ve done that, let me know, & I’ll guide you through the process of importing your content.

Navcom376, 1 thing you may wish to consider looking at carefully is your permalinks. Permalink stands for “permanent link” & is the address where your page or post can be reached. Right now they look like:
http://gsnetworks.ca/?page_id=465 which is your Communications/Network cables. Much better would be to have them look like:
http://gsnetworks.ca/communication-networking cables

This is clearly much better for search optimization.

Because this is a production site, & things could well break by changing this now, perhaps it might be best to consider building the site from scratch, ie, installing WordPress to a separate folder, for example, wp, importing your site’s content there by using the ‘Import’ tool on the Tools menu, making the needed changes, & then changing that site to be your main site when you’ve finished. There’s a guide in the codex on how to do that, ie,
https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

I don’t know what an AS9100 audit is, but I’d be surprised if they didn’t ding you for not having the site secured w/an SSL certificate. Your host can help w/that. That, too, can help improve your Google ranking.

I note also that you have a custom theme. Since this site appears to have been built in 2011? I question how responsive it is, ie, how well it can adapt to the various screen sizes on which folks browse the web now. I also question whether the code might contain vulnerabilities which might come back to bite you. Yet another reason to think about a rebuild.

I’ve given you a lot of stuff. Please don’t get overwhelmed. 1 foot in front of the other.

Were I you, I’d start by getting an SSL. It’s thoroughly actionable & quick. Then make a new folder in your web root folder (sometimes it’s htdocs, public_html, /) & call it wordpress or wp or similar, install WordPress to it by using your host’s 1-click installer (I prefer softaculous if they have it, the scripts tend to be more up-to-date), import your content via the ‘Import’ option on the tools menu, & just play. You won’t break your production site.

Hi, navcom376! Are you tired of hearing from me yet? If so, just tell me, & I’ll shut up.

To add a new page, just go to ‘Pages > Add New’. That’s all there is.

To change your homepage, we’ll first need to find out what that is. In order to do so, please go to ‘Settings > Reading. You’ll find some settings listing both your homepage (here they call it front page) & your posts page. Once you find out what that page is, just go to ‘Pages’ & click on the home page to edit.

A couple of things I’d like to say. It’s really really important that you keep your site updated. Not doing so leaves it open to criminals breaking in & hacking it. You may think that yours is a small site & that no one would want to do that, & you would be terribly, terribly wrong. 1 of my specialties is fixing hacked sites, & most of them are actually quite small. Strong passwords, updating your site, & making sure your themes & plugins are being actively maintained, which, in my definition, means the author has updated them in the last year or less, are 3 very important things you can do to help prevent your site from being hacked. Also, install a good security plugin, if one hasn’t already been installed. You can go to ‘Plugins > Installed Plugins’ to find out what plugins are up on the site (only the active ones count in this case), & you can go to ‘Plugins > Add New’ to add a new plugin should you decide it’s needed. Also, please consider deleting any inactive plugins & themes you’re not using, as these can serve as attack surfaces for the cyber thugs.

WordPress consists of 2 components–the files & the database. The files are the infrastructure of the website & user-generated files like pictures, PDF’s, etc, which are normally stored in the wp-content/uploads/year/month folder, where year/month are placeholders representing the actual year & month, ie, 2018/11. The database stores all your posts & pages, menus, , your users, etc. I tell you this because, tomorrow, a new major version of WordPress is expected to arrive. Normally I allow minor versions to update automatically, but, in the case of a major version, the database should be backed up first.

There are plugins which can do this. Just search for backup database under ‘Plugins > Add New’. Or you can do so via your hosting provider’s control panel, which is my preferred method, but which may not suit your needs well. Here’s an article that might help.
https://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Backing_Up_Your_Database

I also have some articles on my site regarding this which you can locate by clicking my profile. They might be a bit simpler & contain some (hopefully) illustrative screenshots. The search facility brings them up well when using a search like back up database.

I hope you find this post helpful. Please don’t be intimidated. It actually all becomes quite routine after awhile.

navcom376, I’m going to share something I hope will help. It’s not something I generally discuss here, but the fact is I’m completely blind now. I do web hosting, & I’ve even got a 95-year-old minister blogging on my server. I’m telling you this because, even though I had a sight disadvantage (not a typo lol) learning WordPress, it nonetheless happened. My minister friend hadn’t touched WordPress either until I built a site for him. I still administer the more difficult parts, but mostly, he’s on his own recognisence. You can do this too. If you can do word processing & email (& it’s obvious you can), then you can do WordPress. Just have a little patience, a lot of persistence, & before you know it, you’ll be a pro.

I’m glad I was able to help open the door. Let us know any time if you need assistance.