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Thanks again but it’s just getting more and more messy here:-(
This is over my head obviously.

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Dear shelma1 and Matt – I so appreciate your help, but sorry guys – neither method worked on my computer and website.
I have used wordpress before, and for a while actually, but nothing this complex. Don’t know where to start asking questions really, and I haven’t even started on the PayPal thing…

Even if it is overwhelming, it is inspiring to see the beautiful collection of individual websites! I love both your websites for example! I’ll try and see if I get a flash of insight somewhere soon…

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Thanks. I think it works.

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White screen of death – even my admin screen got white. When I deleted the theme from cPanel (tried it twice) uploaded it again and it worked. I am on my way:-)

Thank you!

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Hello Leo!
I just made you an admin and immediately my problem went away… Were you that fast or… ?
Cheers
ArtesiaW

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How weird. It doesn’t seem to matter. I changed DNS info on one and left it with no change on the other. Now both are working…!

@cathyslife: You did help just to confirm my own confusion and I appreciated it.
@jsnover: thanks! I’ll check as I go along.

I’ll be back I’m afraid… Installed 2.8.2 and it all turned white… Try again later:-)

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@cathyslife stockphotos wrote:

I think you wanted to 1. point your domain from your old web space to Bluehost. Option 1, changing nameservers, is the easiest way. I had to do the same thing, and it took a good 24 hours or more for those to change. If they say 24-48 hrs, and its been 24 hours, it should be happening soon. I do know it took mine a while to change.

As far as the next 4 choices, I agree with what jsnover said…you don’t need 2 and 3. I don’t think you need option 4 either.
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Domains are separate from web space (hosting). If you say you have your domains at one place and you switched to bluehost, I would interpret that to mean that you want to leave your domains at the old place (thats the same thing I did) but you want your wordpress site to reside on the bluehost server. If that is correct, then you do need web space for your site at bluehost.

@cathyslife stockphotos wrote:

I am confused why you are saying the second thing above. If you don’t want your wordpress and files at bluehost, what do you even need bluehost for? if you don’t put them on bluehost, where will they be? At your old place? So if your domain, your wordpress and your files are at your old place, you don’t even need bluehost, do you?

I do want my wordpress and files on bluehost, because my old web hotel (the registrar) isn’t advanced enough.

The confusing thing is that my registrar has those choices – web space, parking, forwarding, dns. Should I have chosen web space then?

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@jsnover wrote:

I’m not sure I can help, but I was able to change my domain to point to BlueHost using method one (my domain is registered with someone other than BlueHost)

Same situation!

@jsnover wrote:

Where are the four choices you listed being presented to you – in BlueHost’s cPanel or the site of your registrar?

Those four choices are at my registrar.

@jsnover wrote:

You don’t need to forward anything – that would be if you were keeping old-domain.com and wanted visitors there to be redirected to new-domain.com.

You don’t need to park your domain name (where you own it but it isn’t currently being used).

Thank you for clarifying that.

Then choices are boiled down to:

1. Web space
or
4. DNS.

My interpretation with ‘1. Web Space’ would be if I wanted to use their web hotel for my WordPress and files, which I don’t.
What to do with “4. DNS – maybe I would have to fill in the IP number for BlueHost, but it seems strange since no one else needs to go there – or?

Should I change to 1. web space after all or wait? I guess that is my question now. They say 24-48 hours and it’s been about 24 hours I think.

@jsnover wrote:

BlueHost will via the cPanel let you specify where on their site you want a domain to point to – I have multiple domains on mine which translate to different directories on the BlueHost site.

I have multiple domains as well and the main domain is Mallorcaimages.com. Don’t want to transfer them, just point.
“Just” is the word:-).

Thanks a lot jsnover! It was clarifying. I am still confused though. Change something or wait…

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*lol*

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Thanks Jo.
It’s gonna take time:-)

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Thanks shelma1.
Loved the commercial:-)!! It’s such a gorgeous island.

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Thank you Jochen!

I got in through the wp-admin now, but then it kind of scrambled itself back to the parking. Very odd.
I’ll just wait and pray……

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Thank you Christine

How is that possible that you can see it? I only see the parking message…:—O

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