noone knows how to fix this?
before we start yelling to reconfigure your server to output PHP errors/warnings (which you can setup in your php.ini), it might be a good idea to sum up the things you tried…
or at least put a php file with this in it, in your WP installation:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
And open that with the browser. It’ll tell you what’s what.
this is the info.php file of my server
i tried to search errors, didnt find any, and thats it, sry that im so stupid but i rly dont know what to do more…
I have had that happen before and it was due to a lost connection with the database. Log into your hosting account and verify that the database information referenced in your wp-config.php file is correct.
I’m having the same issue – could you be more specific please as I think I may need to change the d/b info int he wp-config.php file but I dont know what to change it to. Thanks – really just blindly trying to get a blog going for a friend and utterly failing.
DB should be easy as pie.
If the server is all yours, you *should* know how to create a database and make a username/password for it. If not, find someone who knows what he’s doing š
If it’s a shared hosting environment, then your hoster should provide a DB-server address (could be localhost, but may as well be an IP-address), database-name, username and password.
Fill it in and it should work.
Funny thing is, if it doesn’t work, WP should tell you what’s wrong, afaik.
i will check for the db connection (i remember now, it was reason for a whitescreen at installation) but since i didnt change anything, and my gf, who uses the blog does not have priviliges to neither change the wp-config nor the db password (and i really dont think, an attacker would hack my server, just to provoce a wordpress whitescreen) im not sure if its reason for the problem.
i dont think that i know what im doing, like a systemadministrator does, but im not doing that bad xP
and please excuse my english its propably not that good.
edit: and excuse this whole thread: im really an idiot, looks like someone (me?!) shut down the mysql server, i will see if i can rename myself to “troll” SORRY!
for the ones, who are experiencing the same issue:
looks like a white screen comes from:
– broken db connection
– plugins
– themes
hosting provided by GoDaddy so presumably shared hosting. I’ve set up a database and changed the relevant fields in the wp-config.php file, but now I get directed to the welcome page i.e. wp-admin/install.php. I shouldn’t have to re-install this should I? Thanks alot for your help!
i dont really understand, what you did already:
have you installed the blog or just filled out wp-config?
because after this, you have to install the blog first, thats why you are redirected to install.php
I installed wordpress and created a blog using a theme template and hosted it locally using MAMP. I’m trying to upload it to a remote site hosted at GoDaddy. I thought all I needed to do was transfer all the files. If I install the blog will I lose all the posts which have already been created?
see NemesisFS penultimate post – the d/b connection was faulty. here is a good tutorial to help with uploading wordpress from a local site to a remote site http://www.revolution-media.net/index.php/2009/07/how-to-move-wordpress-website-from-localhost-to-the-destination-server
