5 Day Installation!

  • I have been trying since Monday to set up WordPress on my local machine. Apache is installed and running, MySQL is set up correctly as far as i am aware, I have modified the wp-config file and created a site with Dreamweaver correctly – every time I try to load any file e.g. the injstall file I get ‘Cannot find server’

    PHP is running successfully, Apache is running successfully, MySQL is running successfully – no sign of WordPress.

    I am completely at a loss and I really am staggered at the suggestion that this should only take five minutes,

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  • Can you run any non-WP php files on the server? A file that simply contains <?php phpinfo(); for example?

    Thread Starter colesc8

    (@colesc8)

    Can you run any non-WP php files on the server? A file that simply contains <?php phpinfo(); for example?

    Yes. I can see the php config with no problems. I have also got XAMPP running but when I try to run an Admin file on there I get a 404 Webpage cannot be found.
    Thanks for the help, by the way.

    Are you sure that you placed the wordpress folder inside your http root?

    Thread Starter colesc8

    (@colesc8)

    Are you sure that you placed the wordpress folder inside your http root?

    I don’t know what that means or where to find it!

    Colesc, when you installed XAMP it created a folder called htdocs. This folder could be located anywhere depending on your installation settings but on my machine it’s in the applications folder

    Applications > MAMP > htdocs (I’m on a Mac)

    This folder is where https://localhost:8888 should result to, so if you’ve placed the entire WordPress folder inside htdocs, the URL would be https://localhost:8888/wordpress/ or the admin should be at https://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-admin/

    Your comment that you modified the wp-config.php file raises a flag for me. While you can do this, there’s no reason to as WordPress should do it for you. Delete the wp-config.php and go to https://localhost:8888/wordpress/ you should then receive a notice that there’s an error and a config file must be created. Click next and answer the questions, when WordPress has completed it should create a fresh wp-config.php file for you.

    Thread Starter colesc8

    (@colesc8)

    OK. Thanks for that. I have now installed WordPress! I have attempted to create a site which I can see when I go to https://localhost/wordpress/ or https://localhost/wordpress

    In the dashboard though, from the documentation I am told that I should be able to View Site from a button on the top rhs – but it’s not there!

    Also I am geting this for the RSS feeds

    RSS Error: WP HTTP Error: Could not open handle for fopen() to https://planet.www.ads-software.com/feed/

    This ain’t as easy as I thought!

    I should be able to View Site from a button on the top rhs – but it’s not there!

    Give your site a title in Settings/General and you’ll see the link at the top left. The link’s there right now but, with no link text, you just can’t see it.

    Also I am getting this for the RSS feeds

    Your local server and/or firewall might be blocking the feeds. Not a major issue on a dev install unless you want to work with feeds.

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