Unable to access owncloud using my IP from browser for the first time

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Hi please help, i am using a Raspberry Pi to set up online storage, I am new to using a Raspberry Pi and have very little knowledge, i am following an online guide which so far has worked perfectly up until i put my IP address into my browser to access owncloud for the first time, when i do i get this error message "This site can’t be reached ipaddress’s server DNS address could not be found." please help and please explain in basic terms.

this is the article i am following http://www.avoiderrors.net/owncloud-raspberry-pi/
i am using a Pi 3

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Do you know the ip address of your rapsberry pi? Do you have access on a terminal:

ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:yy:yy:yy:yy:y
inet addr:192.168.2.204 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:89454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:43199 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:104284175 (104.2 MB) TX bytes:6054913 (6.0 MB)

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Hi thank you for your reply this is what it says, I'm using WIFI, i would eventually like to use Ethernet but dont have a cable long enough whilst setting up thanks again.

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:71:29:68
inet6 addr: fe80::4bec:41a6:cfad:f50a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:21795 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:21795 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:1267288 (1.2 MiB) TX bytes:1267288 (1.2 MiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:24:7c:3d
inet addr:192.168.0.47 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::98d:f622:e60d:5d2a/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:87988 errors:0 dropped:47977 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:29205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:27771022 (26.4 MiB) TX bytes:11625094 (11.0 MiB)

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Hi. I followed this article, which seems a bit simpler than the one you're using.
http://unixetc.co.uk/2015/02/21/simple-owncloud-installation-on-raspberry-pi-2/
Cheers John.

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sorry been ill and haven't looked at this for a while I have tried this one Raspypi and ran in to more trouble where as the one I am currently using i got all the way until I had to log on through the browser please help to get past this point thanks