rsherry8

James,

I think the Playground you suggested is exactly what I want. I am going to skip the install.

Thank you very much.

You can develop a web page using Microsoft Word and then ask Word to save the file in HTML form. The generated file can then be used as (part of) a website. I would not want to modify the output of Word because then the original Word file would have different contents than the HTML file.

With Word you have two files, the Word file and the HTML file. Is the same true with Gutenberg? That is, does it save the information you typed in, in its own format plus the generated HTML? If the answer is yes then editing the output of the HTML does not seem like a good idea to me.

The plan (not set in stone) is for me to update a public accessible website for a local chess club. I believe that the site was developed using WordPress. Therefore, I thought I would install WordPress on my local machine so I could learn it. The original developer is not available.

In the past when I developed a website, I wrote the HTML using an editor like VI or Notepad++

I put setup-config.php in the directory c:\xampp\php\scripts . Is that the right place to put it? However, I still get the same error.

I am wondering if I should give up on trying to install WordPress. Do you have a feel for how close I am to completion?

James,

Thanks for the response. I put the config file where you suggested. If I go to the following URL: http::/localhost/testsite I see the following which I believe is correct:

Index of /testsiteNameLast modifiedSizeDescriptionParent Directory – Apache/2.4.58 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.1.3 PHP/8.2.12 Server at localhost Port 80

When I go to: https://localhost/testsite/wp-admin/setup-config.php it does not work. It says:

Not Found

The requested URL was not found on this server.Apache/2.4.58 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.1.3 PHP/8.2.12 Server at localhost Port 80

What am I doing wrong?

James,

Thanks for the response. I am trying to perform this step:

Manual:Open?wp-config-sample.php?in your plain text editor and enter the?DB_NAME,?DB_USER,?DB_PASSWORD, and?DB_HOST?information for your local web server, then?Save the file?as?wp-config.php?in the root of the folder WordPress will be installed in (e.g.?wordpress-trunk).

The problem is I am confused about where to put the file. ?Does C:\Program Files\WordPress seem right to you?

James,

Thanks for the response. I thought I would download the zip file for wordpress again which I did. I need to extract these files. I do not know where to put them. Does it matter? What about C:\Program Files\WordPress?

Based upon your first suggestion, I created a file wp-config.php .

DB_NAME=testsite
DB_USER=root
DB_PASSWORD=
DB_HOST=

I placed the file in the directory: c:\Program files\WordPress.com

I have a feeling that I have the wrong values in the file and/or placed in the wrong place. Please comment.

I completed the first fours steps. After doing so, I see this on my screen:

Index of /testsiteNameLast modifiedSizeDescriptionParent Directory – Apache/2.4.58 (Win64) OpenSSL/3.1.3 PHP/8.2.12 Server at localhost Port 80

I think it is working but I am not sure. So I go to the next step by entering the URL: https://localhost/testsite/wp-admin/setup-config.php

However, that does not work. What did I do wrong? Do I need to separately install PHP?

• This reply was modified 2 weeks, 1 day ago by rsherry8. Reason: I put in more detail
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