• Resolved organicsis

    (@organicsis)


    I’m really really green in this area so bear with me….

    I’m trying to create a wp-config.php file but it won’t let me do it thru my webpage.

    I truly have no idea what the h*ll I’m doing so I may be missing something really obvious here. Jus need some walking thru the steps.

    I’ve entered in the database, username, host , etc and it tells me “Error establishing a database connection”.

    What do I do?

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  • Thread Starter organicsis

    (@organicsis)

    I called my server who informed me I was set up thru Windows instead of Linux. She switched me over and said it should all be working tomorrow! Wish me luck!

    mikey1

    (@mikey1)

    Hi there, not sure from what you’ve said how you are editing your config.php file.
    The easiest way is simply in a text editor like notepad.
    hope it goes well for you.
    mike.

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    ww.wp.xz.cn Admin

    WordPress has a rarely used feature where, if you fail to create a wp-config file manually, then it will attempt to guide you through creating it when you first visit the site. It uses the wp-config-sample.php as a template for this sort of thing.

    Of course, this wholly depends on your server allowing the thing to create a new file and write to it, which, for security reasons, it should not be. But still, it’s there for those people who don’t fully read the installation instructions.

    mikey1

    (@mikey1)

    Thats what I love on this forum. I learn something everyday.
    I’d never thought that a feature like that was there.
    Clever old developers 🙂
    Still I hope organicsis gets up and running.
    mike.

    Thread Starter organicsis

    (@organicsis)

    Thanks guys. I called my server who informed me I was setup with Windows instead of Linus(or something like that?) which isn’t compatible with WP. She switched it for me and I got it working.

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