404 error after wp-login.php

  • Hi, I’m checking out WP1.2 (waiting for both MT3 and WP2!). I did a Fantascio install the other day and WP ran fine, but I prefer getting my hands dirty so…
    I followed the 5 minute install instructions, got as far as the first login page, filled in admin and the random password (yes, I’m sure they’re correct), hit “OK”, and got a 404 error. I have WP installed under /wordpress (yes, MySQL configs are correct), requested that the blog be filed under /blog (no, the folder was not created!).
    I’m running on Apache1.3.29/PHP4.3.3/MySQL4.018. I have little PHP knowledge, prior to this, I added this in my .htaccess to do PHP includes:
    php_value include_path .:/home/jodeci/public_html/assets
    I’m wondering is this messing up all the includes? Any help appreciated ??

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  • Sounds like you followed the standard install instructions, which would mean you need to put the URL for the blog to the same directory as to where the files are. /wordpress instead of /blog.
    There are alternate install instructions if you want to do what you are doing… those can be found in the wiki.

    I’m actually having a similar problem, execpt I get a straight-away 404 when I click on the ‘login’ link from my index.php page. Should I clean install? If so what is the correct way to go about doing so? (I ask because I reinstalled and I did not resolve the problem). Thanks.

    Thread Starter jodeci

    (@jodeci)

    Thanks, but I went through those FAQs before installing. Going through server files, I now see what the problem is.
    1. I seem to have WP installed (under /wordpress). That’s what install.php says now.
    2. During my semi-successful installion, install.php (step 2?) asked me where I’d like the blog to be. Following directions, I gladly put down /blog.
    3. As a result, the folder /blog was not created. wp-login.php leads to a 404.
    4. But wait, there it is! index.php was created under /wordpress!
    5. Now, index.php assumes the blog is under /blog (which was my fault), resulting in all the 404s.
    Only now the wiki FAQ makes sense to me. Should this be moved to bug report? I mean, what’s the point of letting someone enter a different folder name other than /wordpress, when this is NOT the correct way to do it? Not taking this personally, buy hey, I *was* following directions. Look where it got me ??

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