wordpress loaded….wp-admin/install.php does not work

  • I have restarted from the beginning, set up my sql database (wordpress)
    loaded the wordpress folder contents through FTP…everything is there.
    Went to my domain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php….HTTP 404 not found error.

    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘dbxxxx78970’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘dboxxxx78970’); // Your MySQL username
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxxxx’); // …and password
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘zzzzz.xxxxxxx.net’);
    I have tried local host and the host name in DB host
    What am I doing wrong, I’m new to all of this , but I should be able to do this …very frustrated
    thanks in advance
    Shannon

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  • maggnet

    (@maggnet)

    I am having the same problem setting up the wp-admin/install.php. I keep getting a 404 error. MySQL is set up properly. I uploaded to the public.html file with a “blog” subfolder. This 5 minute install has taken 3 days fo far and is very frustrating. Can anybody help? I use FileZilla for FTP and HostGator is my server.

    maggnet

    (@maggnet)

    Please disregard my last post. I got the link to work. i should have read thru all the previous posts as that is where I found the solution. I used mydoamin/WORDPRESS/etc.

    This post is about a possible solution.

    I encountered the same 404 problem even though I FTP and change my wp-config file according to WordPress and other guru website instructions.

    I initially FTP all my wordpress thingies into: https://www.theleftlook.com/wordpress/

    With that I happily tried installing wordpress using:
    https://www.theleftlook.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

    After a split second of anticipation, 404 Error! The requested URL /wordpress/wp-admin/install.php was not found on this server!

    I spent hours researching for solutions, I relooked my wp-config file again and again, I changed the permissions of my whole wordpress directory to 777, I checked using DirectAdmin’s file manager that the install.php file was indeed in the https://www.theleftlook.com/wordpress/wp-admin/ directory, I was frustrated to the max!

    After a night of frustrated sleep, I woke up half dreaming about Harry Potter 6 the movie. Still in a dreamy daze when I log on to the internet to try the installation once again, I recalled a Harry Potter poster advertising the movie as HP6 instead of Harry Potter 6. That’s where I get the inspiration for the solution!

    The solution is changing the sub-directory name to a shorter name (or maybe some other longer names will also do). Thus instead of:
    https://www.theleftlook.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

    I changed mine to:
    https://www.theleftlook.com/wp/wp-admin/install.php

    It works! I have now installed my wordpress 2.8!

    I still have no idea why the old sub-directory (https://www.theleftlook.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php) does not work.

    Hope this solution helped you. Do drop by my blog if you are interested in fashion and styling. Have a good day!
    https://www.TheLeftLook.com

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