Can't access locally installed WordPress

  • rhthompson

    (@rhthompson)


    10 years ago

    Hello, all. I’m going crazy! I have an iMac running OS X 10.10.5. I have followed very carefully the Codex document, “Installing WordPress Locally on Your Mac With MAMP,”supplemented by other documents plus WordPress Forum posts, with many iterations, deleting the results of previous installations before starting a new one. There seem to be no problems with installing MAMP or downloading and unzipping WordPress. My Apache port is 8888, my database is named wordpresslocal, and my WordPress files are stored in a folder named wp-local, a subfolder under htdocs (under the folder MAMP, under Applications). But, when I then try to connect to my local WordPress with any browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) via http://localhost:8888/wordpresslocal, I don’t get a WordPress installation screen but only “Web Results”–a list of documents and tutorials–and no error message. So I can do nothing, and I’m totally stymied. What to try next? What’s going wrong?
    Any help I can get will be greatly appreciated.

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  • justinwhall

    (@jwind)

    10 years ago

    What happens when you go to http://localhost:8888/wp-local

    Thread Starter rhthompson

    (@rhthompson)

    10 years ago

    Same thing happens. I have tried every combination with http://localhost/ that I can think of.

    Thread Starter rhthompson

    (@rhthompson)

    10 years ago

    I should have said, I’ve tried every combination with http://localhost:8888/ that I can think of.

    snifflevalve

    (@snifflevalve)

    10 years ago

    my WordPress files are stored in a folder named wp-local,

    But, when I then try to connect to my local WordPress with any browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox) via http://localhost:8888/wordpresslocal

    So which one is it? 😉 wordpresslocal or wp-local?

    One uses the folder name of the install within Applications > MAMP > htdocs, which you initially state is wp-local. If that is in fact the case, then you access the install (and the front end of the site after installation) using:

    http://localhost:8888/wp-local

    You probably have, but also make sure both Apache and MySQL servers are running 🙂

    Cheers!
    Lyle

    Muhammad Jahangeer

    (@wpressdr)

    10 years ago

    @rhthompson

    Make sure both Apache and MySQL servers are running.

    Thread Starter rhthompson

    (@rhthompson)

    10 years ago

    I did have Apache and My SQL running in MAMP. I have tried every combination I could think of. Nothing gets me where i want to go! I wsh someone could take over my computer and see if they get the same result I do.

    Thread Starter rhthompson

    (@rhthompson)

    10 years ago

    I will try http://localhost:8888/wp-local. If it works, I’ll tell you.

    Thread Starter rhthompson

    (@rhthompson)

    10 years ago

    I think I must have tried http://localhost:8888/wp-local before. Anyway, that doesn’t work, either. I keep going to a list of documents and tutorials that I could open, but not to a WordPress installation screen. Thanks, SniffleValve, for the suggestion anyway. And thanks to everyone for their suggestions, but I’m still totally balked.

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