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I am trying to make a simple portfolio website nothing fancy. I have to install wordpress clean for thee fourth time now :D I read on a GoDaddy Support Page that I should type in the domain I was trying to set up into my settings in the wordpress. Didn't seem that weird at first. I did that and now I can't log in anymore because for some reason wordpress won't accept the old domain. I couldn't take down the page because (1) the page didn't ask me if it was helpful (2) I am not a GoDaddy customer but apparently they killed my website :D
Also, funny domains in general. There are 0 Tutorials on how to set up a simple domain from another website than the hoster. It's a nightmare that (apparently) has gone on for weeks. I don't know what to do. It's so crazy. I mean, I can learn algebra, it will take time yes, It's gonna be difficult yes, but at least I don't have 5 billion 3 paragraph articles having conflicting opinions on what problem they are trying to solve. Becoming a developer today must be hell.
But my favorite part was when I realised that I had to type in the domain I want also in the settings of my hoster which I found in an article I only came across by realising that none of the domain support I had talked to could help me :D So I did that and what it did was my domain works BUT my website looked completely fucked up xD
It's crazy. You would think it would get easier.

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    You said GoDaddy and WordPress? Most fuckest thing possible. And also devRant tag is for describing the community, can choose rant or random instead
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    While WordPress can be useful (especially as a low-code tool for "non-technical people") maybe you want to have a look a Netlify and static website generators.
  • 0
    Wrong tag.

    It sounds to me that you’re missing basic understanding of networking.

    You just get your domain, point that to an ip and you’re fucking done.

    Everything else is WordPress fuckery.
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    If you're using the godaddy "Wordpress" hosting package, the domain name can't be altered in wordpress. You'll have to do it in godaddy.
    Might I recommend getting a normal godaddy account, not specifically the wordpress one - then you can do whatever you want with it. You only save a few pennies doing it the other way anyway, it's not worth the hassle.
    Or don't use godaddy at all...because it's awful :)
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