running the five min installation

  • amanod02

    (@amanod02)


    16 years, 10 months ago

    “In the MAMP instructions for installing wordpress locally on Your Mac with MAMP” in step 4 we are instructed to “run the 5-minutes installation. I am a very NEW newbie, so I need to know exactly HOW to “run” the wp-admin/install,.php. Please tell me what code, instructions, words I need to put key in, and where I need to key them in to “run” this installation. The instructions also say, but don’t advise how to, “visit your local site (localhost:port.” Does that mean to go to http//localhost:8888? If I do I get: “error establishing a database connection.” I do need help.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    16 years, 10 months ago

    Try typing http//localhost:8888/wp-admin/install.php into your browser.

    Does that mean to go to http//localhost:8888?

    Yes – if that’s what MAMP has been configured to use.

    I get: “error establishing a database connection.”

    Check your wp-config.php file. You have an error with either your hostname, user or password.

    Thread Starter amanod02

    (@amanod02)

    16 years, 10 months ago

    Thank you for your help. When I try, 8888/wp-admin/install.php, I get another message: The requested URL /localhost:8888/wp-admin/install.php was not found on this server.
    This is what I have on wp-config.ph:
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’);
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘root’);
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’;
    define (‘WPLANG’,en”);
    if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’) )
    define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’);require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’);

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