Um…localhost? That’s wrong. Did you do this install manually? If so, your config.php file needs some work. It should look like this:
<?php
/** WordPress’s config file **/
/** http://ww.wp.xz.cn/ **/
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘WP_CACHE’, true); //Added by WP-Cache Manager
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘yourdatabasename’); // The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘yourdatabaseusername’); // Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘yourdatabasepassword’); // …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘yourdatabasehostname’); // …and the server MySQL is running on
// Change the prefix if you want to have multiple blogs in a single database.
$table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2’ or ‘mylogin_’
// Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
// For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’
// to enable German language support.
define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
/* Stop editing */
$server = DB_HOST;
$loginsql = DB_USER;
$passsql = DB_PASSWORD;
$base = DB_NAME;
define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
// Get everything else
require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);
?>
If it doesn’t look like that, change the places where I typed in yourblahblahblah to your correct parameters.
MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD AND UPLOAD IN FORCED ASCII
Oh, I should have mentioned that I’m only doing this for fun, I said localhost so not to give out my IP address.
I made all those changes as necessary during installation. My posts are being saved and I am able to publish but my links in index.php aren’t working.
To be honest, I’ve fulfilled my needs using wordpress. I can add and edit blogs and show them at a custom homepage. But all the other features aren’t working and I’d like to try them out.
All my links don’t go to a page, they do to the root directory where I placed wordpress. My URL’s all say http:…root/?variable=number as opposed to root/some page?variable=number. I’m I just way off base here?
Thanks for the help guys! //sarcasm
So, my main issue hasn’t been resolved. When I say my links don’t work, I mean they’re not functioning. A category is supposed to bring up all the post listed under it right? Well, I don’t get that. The URL looks fine and I can add posts and even edit them but for some reason, category links don’t produce anything besides a view of the root directory.
I guess I just had to set up permalinks. Thought it was optional.
Without seeing your site and having some understanding f what it is doing, it is difficult to help. We could take a lot of guesses, but that makes it pointless too.
