This site is still going strong, but still at the interim URL.

I wanted to re-establish it at the server provider I’ve used lo these past 14 years. It turns out that to host a WordPress-powered site over there, I need access to a SQL database. For that, they want me to pay them more.

I did that.

I then tried to launch a WP site there. It seemed to work initially. But it wouldn’t import my interim site’s posts. I only got an error message saying I didn’t have permission to create a new content directory.

Tech support suggested I change the config.php file to note a different directory path for new files and directories to go into. That doesn’t seem to work either.

I might have to delete whatever files WP has already created in my SQL database. To do that, I may need to configure and upload something else called “PhpMyAdmin.” Like WordPress itself, this isn’t an application but a stack of database scripts. The instructions for uploading and starting PhpMyAdmin are written in total unforgiving geekspeak. I have no idea what to do to make it work.

Alternately, I could try to move my domain name and associated files to this server.