[thelist] wordpress-mysql step one
Steve Lewis
nepolon at worlddomination.net
Wed Oct 19 00:57:26 CDT 2005
I am coaching from memory here, and I don't remember exactly what the
install.php page does in what order, but I remember the general process.
dwain alford wrote:
> i created a database in myphpadmin. i set the database name in the
> config file. i am using the defaults for the program so there is no
> password. i saved the file as a .php, but it is a text file. the other
> .php files do not have the text file icon. is this proper behavior?
It should have the same icon as all the other PHP files. I will bet you
are running in Windows. I will also bet that you have Windows Explorer
running in it's default I-am-a-dummy mode, which munges file extensions,
ostensibly to protect you from yourself...
<thematrix>Time to choose. Do you take the red pill or the blue
pill?</thematrix> :)
The Red Pill (aka, how to see real file names):
Right click the Start button
click 'Explore'
click 'Tools' -> 'Folder Options'
click 'View' tab
in the 'Advanced settings' area turn OFF the 'Hide extensions for
known file types' setting. This setting is arguably the dumbest idea
Microsoft ever had. I would recommend looking at the other options here
too, and seeing if there is anything else you want to toggle.
Now go back to your wp-config.php.txt file ... or whatever it is REALLY
called, and rename it properly.
> i did a drag and drop to the htdocs folder. when i paste the following
> command: /wp-admin/install.php, i don't get the promised password and a
> send-off to the login page. i know i'm missing something here. how do
Never mind the email for a second. I am more interested in knowing if
wordpress is installing correctly or not. Receiving the email message
presents a separate failure point.
Do you get a 404 or other error, or do you get the promised WP config
page? Look at your database in phpmyadmin. Do you see any tables in
the wordpress database? How many tables, if any, do you find?
> i get the browser to find the install.php file? it seems like
Look at something like:
http://localhost
This should give you the "welcome to Xampp, it works" type of message.
This is pointing at the index file in the htdocs directory. If this
works as described, look at a URL which looks vaguely like:
http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
this assumes that install.php lives in .../htdocs/wordpress/wp-admin/
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SteveL
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