Very Novice : what to do once PHP thing is filled in?

  • Hi

    Once I’ve filled in all the

    // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘cnunewyork’);

    /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘cnunewyork’);

    etc

    what do i do with it? where does it go? it is currently a wordpad document (saving it as .php does nothing special…?)

    please help.

    thank you!

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  • did you read the readme.html that comes with wordpress? that will answer your questions.

    Installation: Famous 5-minute install

    1. Unzip the package in an empty directory.
    2. Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details.
    3. Save the file as wp-config.php
    4. Upload everything.
    5. Open https://www.YOURBLOGINSTALL.COM/wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums with as much data as you can gather.
    6. Note the password given to you.
    7. The install script should then send you to the login page. Sign in with the username admin and the password generated during the installation. You can then click on ‘Profile’ to change the password.

    there is, also, a link to ALL of the documentation at the top of every page. It goes here:

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

    Thread Starter cnunewyork

    (@cnunewyork)

    i did read those directions. at #4 i get stuck – i feel like i am missing a step during the “upload everything” part (what do they mean by that anyway?). i filled in all the blanks (i think) correctly. when i use the wp-admin to log in, i get a forbidden error 403. and with the new domain name i just set up (to try to fix the error problem) it says it is not a site.

    well, assuming you are trying to put wordpress on a site that is hosted at godaddy or some other remote host, you need to get the files to their server.

    Thats what uploading accomplishes.

    When you get a hosting package, they five you all the info necessary to do that.

    Its done with an ftp client, usually.

    If you are hosting this on your machine, then you just put the files in the appropriate directory for the web server.

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