www. (mysite).com/wp-admin/install.php

Yeah this wordpress is being a nightmare to me too. At least you are seeing some screens. All i get is blank screen fromt the get go.

Check your path (file location). wp-config.php should be in the same folder as the directories wp-admin/, wp-content/ and wp-includes/ (commonly referred to as the WordPress ‘root’ or top-level directory). Verify there is no whitespace in the file

Download
wp-config.php
(if you don’t have shell access).
Open it in your favorite text editor.
Check that the first line contains nothing but
<?php
, and that there is no text before it (not even whitespace).
Check that the last line contains nothing but
?>
, and that there is no text after it (not even whitespace).
Save the file, upload it again.

I just copied this from various blogs, not sure if it will solve yer issue though as im not having the same issue.

Vesajohn,

Sometimes you just need to start from the very beginning. You’ve confused yourself, while the installation is very simple process. It’s not bad, it’s normal, because you probably don’t have much experience with websites.

I can install wordpress for you for free and show you screenshots of every step. I think it will be better for you not just to read instructions, but also to see how to install. By the way, may be there are some videos on youtube exist about installing wordpress.

So, my email is in my previous post, just contact me and I’ll create a little tutorial for you. I’ll need to know your domain name, credentials from hosting control panel (to create new clean DB, db username and password) and FTP (to upload wordpress). Don’t worry about credentials, you may provide me temporary passwords, or change after I install. I’ve worked in different hosting companies before, you can trust me.

basslion,

I’ve posted an answer into your thread. It’s 99% database related issue (incorrect info in wp-config.php).

Reply to Basslion.
Thanks for the tip, yes i have made sure that the file package is left alone just as they come from the wp-download.

The nightmare is that the “Instructions” are so haphazard to read, and for anybody without previous knowledge and experience, following those Instructions is confusing, misleading, distracting and crazy.

There is the:

Famous 5 Minute Install.

And the: Detailed Instructions.

When i do as the “Famous 5 Minute” instructions, i get to the point 6. The browser replies:

“Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file from your WordPress installation”.

That’s it right there, the broken link.

To Arkgroup.

True, i don’t have much experience in building web sites. I disagree that i have “confused my self”, no on the contrary, the “Instructions” are confusing, they don’t have a single line of thought. It is most likely put together by some 50 heads combined, all contributing some ideas or thoughts/wordings. It is not singular. If i ask a simple question re the installation, i can’t get a simple answer. You say it is easy/simple, and the “Famous 5 Minute Install” S.I.M.P.L.E, But there is no singular basic instructions to support the claim.

For example:

Take me through the basic steps.
a). Download, extract the folder files, D&D to the C:
b). Open the WordPress file.
c). Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
d). Open wp-config.php in a text editor and fill in your database details as explained in Editing wp-config.php to generate and use your secret key password.
e). Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:
f). Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in a web browser.

Simple.. right…?

Reply: “Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file from your WordPress installation”.

By the way, extending good will and willingness to help is great. But allowing access to a personal computer is a “Potential Risk” that i don’t want to take. There are no rewards for being foolish, and i have learned that the hard way.
So to your Arkgroup offer of “Chat-tech”, thank’s, but no thank’s. I don’t mean it to be personal.

I would gladly receive take the “step by step” instructions.

Vesajohn,

That’s your choice.

Reply: “Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file from your WordPress installation”.

Quick fix to this is to upload wp-config-sample.php along with wp-config.php (created from wp-config-sample.php).

“Quick fix to this is to upload wp-config-sample.php along with wp-config.php (created from wp-config-sample.php)”.

O.k, i repeat the above instructions, as i understand it to means. Correct me if i am wrong.

a). Send a copy of the wp-config-sample file to the c: drive where the wp-config.php file is.

b). Make no changes to it, just drag and drop it into the wordpress folder C:

c) Open the FTP FileZip.

d) Open the WordPress drive along side the Filezip, and drag and drop the wp-config sample file to the FileZip server/upload Queue area (bottom).

e). Process Queue.

f). wp-config-sample file is now along side the wp-config.php file.

Including with the remote host server, two located parallel.

I did all that, and then went to the browser.

Reply:

Error establishing a database connection

This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at ****************. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

* Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
* Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
* Are you sure that the database server is running?

If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.

Try this, delete the wp-config-sample.php and the wp-config.php from the server and just re-upload the wp-config-sample.php to the server again.

You may also want to do a clean install too by deleting all the files from the server, then deleting all files from your computer and re-downloading the package and uploading the files back to the server.

Dont edit the wp-config-sample.php and just run the url https://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin and it should go to the database setup.

Also try editing your htaccess file to include the following only:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /wordpress/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /wordpress/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

You can also include the following inside your wp-config.php file once you have setup the database and wordpress has created the wp-config.php file for you in the root directory.

define(‘WP_DEBUG’, true);

add it just before the following:

// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //

This will report any errors for you on the install.php page. i just tried it on mine and it game me errors about access being denied to my database.

See after i solved the issue i was mentioning to you before about blank screen right from the start, i then go the blank screen at install.php.

Access denied i though to myself, hrmmm. So i double checked my wp-config.php and there it was, my password for my database was missing a character. fixed it and uploaded it back to the server and im running smoothly.

hope that helps!

Good luck!

Vesajohn,

Error establishing a database connection

This is a good error. You are close. Information in wp-config.php is wrong. Make sure you have correct database name, database username and it’s password, and correct database server. If you’re not sure about this info, contact your hosting support and they will help you.

basslion,

Thanks for the info, but the part about .htaccess it’s not correct. WordPress will automatically create htaccess file when you enable permalinks and the htaccess lines you’ve provided will work only for https://domain.com/wordpress/

“This is a good error.

“You are close”.

“Information in wp-config.php is wrong”.

O.K. i will try changing the LOG IN DETAILS .Part of the db_mysql:

e.g. IP. *********** to a Mysql: ********** .

In case the information given by my host for the:

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”); – password for your username.

Is not the IP:************ but rather the Mysql:************

Tell me if i can make the change siply as:

a). Open C: wordpress-config.php

b). Make the change, save the wordpad file.

c) Open FileZilla, remote host.

d). Click on the wp-config.php file and upload the changes.

Would that procedure be technically correct, or would it add something unwanted/distraction?

Sorry slight mistake in the previous entry.

What i meant to say was:

In case the information given by my host for the:

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); – database server name (usually localhost).

Is not the: IP. *********** to a Mysql: ********** .

But surely they should know whether the correct entry for the (DB Host’, localhost’), is. They did tell me that it is not the “local host”.

I was told there is a dedicated server for the Mysql.

Dedicated server? IP: or the Mysql: ?

I was give two codes:

IP: *******************.
Mysql:********************.

And specifially told over the phone that the DB HOST’, is the code-IP:

Vesajohn,

If they told you to use IP or domain instead of localhost, then you should do it. It actually doesn’t matter what to use: IP or domain name, because server will resolve domain name to IP anyway.

That is why I recommend you to use such line:
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘mysql.server.com’);

Where mysql.server.com is their mysql server’s domain name.

By the way, you can post such information here as domain name, IP address of mysql server or it’s domain name. It’s absolutely safe.

All the other parameters should be correct too.
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘database_name’);
Where database_name is a name of new database for wordpress.

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘mysql_user’);
Where mysql_user is username to your database.

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘users-password’);
Where users-password is a password of mysql username.

Usually it’s possible to create database, database user and password from hosting control panel (like cPanel, Plesk, H-Sphere, DirectAdmin etc.)

All this info could be also provided by hosting support.

Finally got going again after getting stuck with the wp-install.php

Thanks for your time, advise and ideas.
Cheers.

P.s. i contacted my web host last Friday (18.3), then again on Monday (21.3). They had gone in and installed the wp.3.1 for me. No idea where the fault was, and not looking for it either.

Problem solved.