Comments on: Install WordPress on GoDaddy Shared Hosting

By: Al

Al — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:24:07 +0000

I also get the error 404 when trying to access the logon page. This is really annoying! I installed to the roto directory and don’t seem to be able to access other pages on the site that are on the file manager.

Any ideas?

By: Ed Hardy

Ed Hardy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:32:37 +0000

Godaddy is terrible, I tried many times, same error: Unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads/2010/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

By: Buy Provillus

Buy Provillus — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:35:10 +0000

I managed to get one wordpress site up with godaddy but when I tried to install another it wont let me.

Says the path I am using is being used by another application.

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By: Adventure travel

Adventure travel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:43:15 +0000

It seems a lot of people are have the same problems, maybe one day GD will cough up and maybe install a cpanel to make it all easier.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:17:29 +0000

Hey, Timm. Great article you have here, but it is worth noting a few updates since this was made:

1. Go Daddy’s site interface has changed quite a bit since you took those screenshots. May be worth to update them.

2. The Go Daddy Hosting Connection can install WordPress on Windows hosting accounts, too. You have to make sure, though, you’re running on Windows IIS7, as Windows IIS6 does not support PHP (which WordPress is coded in).

3. When selecting a domain, it lists all hosted domains, regardless of where they’re registered. You could have a domain registered by, say, Register.com but hosting with Go Daddy, and it would still list is there. Domains registered by Go Daddy, but not associated with a hosting account, will not be listed.

4. To continue with the previous point, if you have multiple domains on a Deluxe or Unlimited hosting account, the secondary domains will not be listed during the installation on a Windows hosting account. This is due to the difference in how Linux and Windows handle domain hosting, I’m afraid. Besides, WordPress will run more favorably in Linux, anyways.

5. Go Daddy actually offers a WordPress Hosting account now. It’s the same as their Linux grid hosting, except it comes with a copy of WordPress pre-installed on the account. Costs the same and has the same functions as their regular hosting, too.

@Rick:
You can find Go Daddy’s current hosting nameservers in their help article here:
http://help.godaddy.com/article/664

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:28:14 +0000

I have been having similar problems as most people on this page.

As well as, even though I have got a hosting service with Godaddy I can’t for the life of me find what nameservers I should be using to point some of my domains to it.

On top of that, the nightmare of trying to setup one wordpress blog is driving me nuts, and I have got 30 domains.

While I am trying to figure it all out (I have to I bought 3 years hosting), I have also gone to these guys, http://warwick.gogvo.com/ , it took me just 2 hours to have 6 wordpress blogs up and running, (got 9 more to do).

I am still going to put some up with godaddy, it’s just a matter of when I can figure out how to do it.

By: suzie mortgages

suzie mortgages — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:39:39 +0000

Great blog! I have a similar problem, I have the deluxe hosting, and have worked out how to setup new folders in the content section of Godaddy for other domains, I also managed to load Wordpress in the main root folder, but once it loads there, I cannot get it to load in the new folder I create for subsequent domains, any tips? I tried to upload manually which took an eternity file by file.
Anyone know how to get the wp auto program to load in a folder other than root (for the other 24 domains they offer)? Thanks for all help and happy new year!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:07:34 +0000

I have free hosting at GoDaddy and have manually installed Wordpress 2.8.6. It is up and running (I found GoDaddy’s instructions a bit more helpful than Wordpress’s but mainly because it was GoDaddy specific when building the MySQL database).

However, I am unable to upload photo files using the link on the ‘edit post’ page. I get the following error: Unable to create directory D:\Hosting\5321705\html/wp-content/uploads/2009/12. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

I read a blog that said this may be something to do with Java and the ads GoDaddy loads.

Is there a workaround for this or perhaps I’ve made an error at install?

Any help or advice would be welcome. Thanks.