Installing WordPress

  • Having some pretty elementary errors.

    I was able to start up the MAMP servers, or at least thought I did, creating a database name, changing the database, username, and password within the wp-config.php file, but when I go to type the server in it says it cannot be found.

    I was following a YouTube tutorial after the WordPress explanations didn’t work and they didn’t work either.

    Any thoughts?

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  • Are you sure you entered the full url for your database?

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Editing_wp-config.php#Set_Database_Host

    Ellen,

    What hosting company are you using? Does your hosting company offer a cpanel with a one button install?

    If you used all the default settings for MAMP, then your wp-config should be:

    Database Name: whatever you named it in phpMyAdmin when you created it
    NOTE: no spaces
    User Name: root (this is the default MAMP database user name)
    Password: root (this is the default MAMP database password)
    Database Host: localhost
    Table Prefix: wp_ (leave as-is)

    Not sure which tutorial you watched but some I have seen get you to create a new database user as well when creating the DB. IMHO, there is no need for anything other than the local server’s default when working locally; it just confuses the issue, especially for those starting out ??

    Also, if you manually edited the wp-config file instead of using the “Create Configuration File” button on the install process, then make sure that you didn’t have an extra space somewhere or miss or accidentally delete a single quote around one of the values.

    @marc and @reneeinspired – Ellen is using MAMP, which is a popular local web server setup for the Mac ??

    Thread Starter EllenR

    (@ellenr)

    Thanks everyone for the help!

    Yes, all of this I did.
    I followed the WordPress forum on installing MAMP and this video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP4E3KT12Zg

    It basically instructs everything that @2ninerniner2 noted.

    I am installing it on my personal machine so kind of on my own here.

    So frustrating.

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