DreamHost First Impressions
I signed up a week ago with Dream Host, and payed one year upfront. 3 days after the signup I got details that my hosting account is activated on dreamhost. I logged in the control panel and was looking for some kind of one click installer for wordpress. I found that they do not have fantastico but have their own one click installer.
Fantastico, shmantastico! DreamHost now has its very own one-click software installation!
All software listed here has been judged best in its class by us, not to mention being open-source and completely free!Unless you choose our “Easy mode,” you are also responsible for upgrading your old installations (you can do it from here!) should any critical security holes be discovered!
We do not provide technical support for this software beyond the initial installation. For technical support, contact the software authors at the official sites linked below.
— copied from dream host control panel.
As you can see there two modes available easy and advanced. In advanced mode the files are on your server so you can add your own themes, plugins or other files while in easy mode the files are on other servers and you do not have access to them. There were several popular scripts available: wordpress, drupal, joomla, phpbb and others. I chose wordpress and viola my blog (this blog) was setup.