Are you revisiting this topic?
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/132516?replies=18
Because like I explained over there, this:
http://www.offthewoodwork.com/webspace/httpdocs/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
is NOT a proper url.
Your install.php is right here:
http://www.offthewoodwork.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
and this:
http://www.offthewoodwork.com/wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php
…is telling you that you need a wp-config.php
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If you are attempting to install wp elsewhere, it would be useful to have updated information.
Have you heard of install4free?
http://install4free.wordpress.net/
Im not trying to be rude, merely suggesting that since you appear to be struggling with the understanding that webspace and httpdocs are not to be included in urls, maybe you really ought to get outside assistance.
This is very fundamental stuff and you’re going to have a get a grasp on the basics or you’re going to have one hell of time trying to anything with your blog once its ever correctly installed.
http://www.offthewoodwork.com
that 403 error, btw, might be caused by the permissions on either your webspace directory OR your httpdocs
they need to be 755.
OR
It might be caused by the fact that you have no content in it thats viewable, since the lack of this:
http://www.offthewoodwork.com/wp-config.php
tells me that youre still working off that other directory.
Yes, I am. I have cleaned out the old installation completely (which was causing problems the last time) and wiped the database clean.
I attempted to use the http://www.offthewoodwork.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php path.
Where is the wp-config? I cannot locate it in the original extraction in the wp-admin directory. Should I transfer it over from the wordpress directory? Or am I missing something?
the wp-config need to be in the root of where you are trying to install wp.
Its right here:
http://www.offthewoodwork.com/wordpress/wp-config.php
wp doesnt “see” it though
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If you want, I will install wp for you ..
just email me at whoo AT village-idiot DOT org and give me the necessary info
Ok, when I followed the installation instructions it said to rename and edit the wp-config-sample to just wp-config. I’ve taken the original and added to the directory and now I get a “Sorry, I can’t write to the directory. You’ll have to either change the permissions on your WordPress directory or create your wp-config.php manually.”
I said previously:
.. the permissions on either your webspace directory OR your httpdocs
they need to be 755.
You need to check the permissions on both those directories.
I got your e-mail — Im not really willing to do what we can do here via email. My offer was to install it for you — if you would rather gt help thats fine, but we can do that here. 🙂
Ok, I’ve set both permissions to 755.
and the httpddocs/wordpress/ directory as well ..
They all appear to have the numeric value of 755 now.
ya know, at this point, without seeing everything (literally) I cant make any more suggestions.
this looks to be resolved.
there were two things going on
1. the wp-config.php wasn’t in the proper directory
2. in editing, he had broken the comments. ie, this:
// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
was now this:
// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a
unique prefix
Obviously that would cause an error.
which directory should wp-config have been in? I was under the impression it went under the wp-admin directory (as moving it is never mentioned in the installation instructions.
Thanks whoo. Very much appreciate your help.
