problem with install

you need add your user name after ip address if your domain name is not propagated like
https://69.72.248.94/~username/wp-admin/install.php

user name for the data base or …?

your host username the one you login on server

nevermind. it looks as though it has propagated.

https://www.johnhartfiction.com/wp-admin/install.php

even when i remove the index.html page the index.php does’t show up. either way, all the files are there, but none will load when i go to them.

is there a database issue?

it’s acting like the files aren’t even there. but they are.

what are you using is it cpanel or something else as I am getting server configuration error what is permission of your root.

it’s hosted at hostnexus. i’ve used parallels control panel to set up the data base.

i downloaded, unzipped and then ftp’d using transmit the files to the server. of which a variety of others show up when i upload them. /index-backup.html so i know that the domain name has propagated to the server. yet the wordpress files don’t show.

what is name of your root folder

httpdocs

i have wordpress installed in the root

Are wordpress files and folders inside httpdocs

yes. all of them

Do you have any other website in root https://www.johnhartfiction.com/ as i see some other website if so you will need to install wordpress in a folder as you can not have two index files in one folder

can i not have the index.html file in there as i develop the wordpress in the root folder? b/c i believe the error may be in my file permissions settings. as i just recalled i was having a tough time changing them. i would type in 755 and it kept resetting to 775.

If you want to test wordpress then you can install in a folder and then when ready either move or use it from directory

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

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