Just stumbled upon this nice video tutorial for setting up Wordpress on a DreamHost server:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ABioDz0Gw8[/youtube]
The tutorial by Tech Mindset is thorough and made with the novice user in mind.
The author also has a blog post about setting up Wordpress that should answer any questions not covered in the video.

Although DreamHost offers 24/7 tech support by email;  customers who prefer to receive technical support via phone may be interested in “Callbacks”.
Callbacks are not included in standard hosting plans, but can be added to your account for a small fee. Callbacks are requested through your account web panel.
Log in to your account and click through [...]

Today, I spent 10 minutes searching Google for the Official DreamHost Blog, before getting irritated and guessed the URL. It wasn’t in the even top 20 results for the phrase “DreamHost Blog”. A random site with a link pointing to THIS blog was in the top 20 results. Crazy, eh?
Maybe it’s just a temporary glitch [...]

Dreamhost is recognized as one of the top web hosts for good reason, they stand by their service and offer a money back guarantee. In case you haven’t heard, DreamHost offers the best (well, at least the longest) money back guarantee in the industry.
With DreamHost, you get 97 days to decide whether you want to [...]

One of the factors I research when shopping for web hosting is what kind of control panel for domain management they use. Plesk, ensim, and Direct Admin are common web administration packages used by webhosts with cPanel being the one I see advertised most.  Some web hosts, like DreamHost, use their own proprietary web panel.
Normally [...]

Dreamhost offers the handy service called Dreamhost Donations - Allowing DH customers to take donations for the cost of running their site, like a tip jar.
Visitors to your website can click on a image link letting them make a donation via PayPal towards your bill with Dreamhost.
Remember that donations can not be cashed out.
You [...]

Social media and news sites can direct a lot of traffic at a website over a short period of time. It’s not uncommon for servers to crash under the weight of these increases, especially on shared servers like Dreamhost.
Q. Can a website hosted by Dreamhost handle getting slashdotted, dugg, or handle large traffic spikes?
A. Maybe. [...]

When you opened a hosting account with Dreamhost, you were entitled to a free domain registration. Like many people, you may not have taken the offer and registered a domain at that time.
Good news: If you didn’t take advantage of your free domain when you signed up, you can still redeem your free domain…and it’s [...]

I have an interest in rhetoric, the study of writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion.
No, really…this IS interesting, please read on:
My studies of rhetoric have made me fans of those who have mastered the art of persuasion, and one of my favorite examples is the official DreamHost blog. Which is massively [...]

The DreamHost Site of the Month (DHSOTM) contest started in 1998 to honor the best sites among the ones they host.
Each month, one DreamHost customer gets their site anointed the Site of the Month; the winner being the site with the highest average vote with at least 10 votes when the newsletter is written. The [...]