Uploaded Program – run install page looks jumbled

  • tronfrog

    (@tronfrog)


    20 years ago

    Help!

    I am very green at this so I know that there may be something very obvious that I am doing wrong. I have downloaded the WP program, changed everything that I need to change in the wp-config.php, then uploaded it to the main root directory of my site (which is about 7 years old and is a non-blog type site, and has a main page as a default.htm page – I’m trying to sort of covert the whole thing over to a blog format). Anyway, I have tried installation twice (and totally removed all the files after the first try and started again from scratch). Both times I get this result – when I go to the install page it looks like this and it won’t klet me go any further, obviously:

    http://markallencam.com/wp-admin/install.php

    I have re-read the installation instructions vseveral times but do not understand what is wrong. Help?

    Mark

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  • Samuel B

    (@samboll)

    20 years ago

    define('WP_INSTALLING', true);
    if (!file_exists('../wp-config.php'))
    die("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://ww.wp.xz.cn/docs/faq/#wp-config'>We got it</a>. You can <a href='setup-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.");

    This is telling you it can’t find the wp-config.php file. Did you make one per instructions?

    Austin Matzko

    (@filosofo)

    20 years ago

    edit: nevermind

    Thread Starter tronfrog

    (@tronfrog)

    20 years ago

    Samboll –

    Yes, it is in there, and changed according to the instructions. I’ve double checked. There are also a lot of other things it is saying that almost look like raw html code. Could there be a character off or something in the code that’s causing this? Like when I unloaded the zip file maybe something went haywire?

    Thanks for your feedback.

    Samuel B

    (@samboll)

    20 years ago

    That’s certainly possible – a corrupted file. Won’t hurt anything to reupload your wp-admin folder and wp-config.php file.

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    20 years ago

    If I click on that “install” link – it wants to download.
    If you see “raw” code… Are you sure PHP is running on the server?

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