Local Install via Mamp Codex/Documentation Error?

  • I am a newbie to wordpress, but found that when I tried to follow the documentation for installing wordpress locally on my machine with Mamp, I was tripped up by a tiny (what I believe to be) error.

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP

    In “Step 4” it says : “Click and drag all of the files from the wordpress folder to your MAMP document root (I use /Users/USERNAME/Sites/wordpress/). “

    I think it should say : “Click and drag the wordpress folder to your MAMP document root (I use /Users/USERNAME/Sites/wordpress/)” instead.

    It may seem like only a small thing, but this gave me a headache for far too long, because I copied what was inside the wordpress folder, rather than the wordpress folder itself.

    I am sure it is obvious to many people, but maybe someone could do a quick edit of the codex to avoid it tripping up another newbie?

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