If you want to play in XP, I recommend Xampp.
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Very easy to use.
Download, install
http://localhost/xampp
Click phpmyadmin
Create db called wordpress, and here’s your settings
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'root'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', ''); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
Thread Starter
wuzzie
(@wuzzie)
Thanks for the fast reply..
I got MySQL working, went created a ‘wordpress’ database (name) (Collation?). Now, on the left, under the dropdown, I see ‘wordpress’…
now what? Do I change the DB_NAME to ‘wordpress’?
Do I need to add some kind of tables under the ‘wordpress database’?
the Error page still pops up
Sorry for being such a newbie
Thread Starter
wuzzie
(@wuzzie)
and what would my username and password be?
would it be ‘root@localhost’?
Literally what I pasted above will work in your config file – I copied it from one of mine.
Collation doesn’t matter.
Now copy the wordpress folder into /htdocs, then go to
http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
Thread Starter
wuzzie
(@wuzzie)
AHHHH
IT WORKS!
OMG!
YOU’RE MY HERO
I LOVE YOU!!!!!
