Installing with MAMPS beta

  • Hi all,
    I’m trying to install WordPress with MAMP beta for windows and I always get the “database connection error” whenever I try to run the 5 minutes installation.
    I followed the tutorial on this site (https://make.www.ads-software.com/core/handbook/installing-wordpress-locally/installing-from-a-zip-file/) both editing the config file and trying to get it created by the application, all to no vail.
    MAMP installed correctly, I left the default settings, created a DB for my project, copied the WordPress folder into the htdocs one and renamed it as the DB.
    The MAMP support claims that they don’t know how to install WordPress and thus can’t help.
    What am I doing wrong?
    Thank you for your help.

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  • Thread Starter Proto77

    (@proto77)

    It seems that something went wrong, I need to rebbot now.
    See you later.

    Thread Starter Proto77

    (@proto77)

    I’m here again, sadly the issue persists.
    Any other suggestions?

    Just curious as to why you are trying MAMP for Windows beta. Is it to try to beta or to get WP running locally?

    If it’s the latter, may I suggest one of the “established” Windows AMP stacks, my fave being the Uniform Server (which I have successfully used for years with no issues).

    I am downloading the MAMP for Win beta as I write this and am somewhat taken aback at the file size: ~280MB! The latest Uniform Server is ~26MB ??

    I used 8888 and 8889 which are the defaults.

    They are on the Mac, they are not on the Win beta ??

    On MAMP for WIN beta they are the standard port 80 for Apache and 3306 for MySQL.

    I just successfully installed WP 3.9.1 on MAMP for Win beta using the credentials and names you supplied … well under 5 minutes ??

    Here’s what I did to have it work:
    – downloaded and installed MAMP_Beta_3_0_5213_18302
    – started both servers (in the green)
    – using phpMyAdmin from the Tools menu on the web start page, or localhost/phpmyadmin, created a new, empty db named D20-Steam
    – created a new folder in C:\MAMP\htdocs and named it D20-Steam
    – copied the WP3.9.1 ZIP into this folder, unZIPPed it, then cut and pasted the contents of the resultant wordpress folder up into D20-Steam and deleted the WP ZIP and the now empty wordpress folder.
    – entered https://localhost/d20-steam into the addy bar and started the install
    – clicked the Create a Configuration File button
    – entered:

    DB Name: D20-Steam
    DB user: root
    DB Pwd: root
    DB Host: localhost
    Table prefix: left as-is (wp_)

    – clicked the Run the install button
    – filled out the site info and clicked Install WordPress
    – logged in with the WP log in info I just entered

    About 3 minutes, tops ??

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