can’t reach install.php

  • Resolved mandyanne

    (@mandyanne)


    18 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,
    I’ve had wordpress before and installed it successfully but this time I’m having a problem.

    I have no idea what could have gone wrong, except for creating a database in mysql. I did create the database but I could not find the place to set permissions, so I didn’t. Anyway, I uploaded everything via ftp to the server and went to:
    https://wanksta.freehostia.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
    but it doesn’t work. Any ideas why?

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  • a couple questions:

    are you hosting on a windows server, or a linux server?

    did you update wp-config.php with your database information?

    are you sure that you installed wordpress in the wordpress subfolder, or is it in a root folder, or someplace else?

    Thread Starter mandyanne

    (@mandyanne)

    I’m not entirely sure about the server, but on the website it says OS and backup: stable linux with apache. So I’m assuming linux.

    I did update wp-config with my database info. I’m pretty confident that is not messed up.

    And yes, I did install wordpress in the wordpress subfolder.

    I did manage to get something to show up now, but it is an error message: Error establishing a database connection

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

    * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    * Are you sure that the database server is running?

    I think the database server is running, and that the hostname, username and password are correct. But I do not know anything about databases. What could be wrong?

    Thread Starter mandyanne

    (@mandyanne)

    I figured it out. For others having a similar problem, the solution was that my db host name was wrong. Thanks for the help ladydelaluna. ??

    you’re welcome – though you’re the one who found the problem!

    it’s always the little things, huh? ??

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