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1. azharlatif
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   hi all;

   i am totally a novice who is trying to install the wordpress for the first time on my own in my hosting account. i downloaded the wp2.7 from the website, unzipped the contents and modified the wp-config.php file. i must admit that i left the following content in the wp-config file as is ....

   /**#@+
    * Authentication Unique Keys.
    *
    * Change these to different unique phrases!
    * You can generate these using the {@link 
   
   http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ WordPress.org secret-key service}
    *
    * @since 2.6.0
    */
   define('AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here');
   define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here');
   define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here');
   define('NONCE_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here');
   /**#@-*/

   Also note that since i am a newbie, i didnt make any changes to the following content in the config file either and left it as is....

   <blockquote>/**
    * WordPress Localized Language, defaults to English.
    *
    * Change this to localize WordPress.  A corresponding MO file for the chosen
    * language must be installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install
    * de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de' to enable German
    * language support.
    */
   define ('WPLANG', '');
   
   /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
   
   /** WordPress absolute path to the Wordpress directory. */
   if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
   	define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
   
   /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
   require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
   ?></blockquote>

   After saving this config file and uploading the entire wordpress folder (along with its subfolders) to the hosting account (hosting account does meet the requirements set forth for WP installation), i doing this, i typed in the domain (http://www.mydomain.com/wordpress/wp-login.php) with the right path to wp-login.php file. i was shown the installation page (although the image above the Welcome text was missing) which i filled with the Blog Title and the Email Address. After that i clicked the "Install Wordpress" button. After clicking that i was taken to a page that was not found and the URL in the address bar was http://www.mydomain.com/wordpress/install.php?step=2 and the message on the page was standard "The page cannot be found" blah blah.

   my question is that what could i be doing wrong to get this outcome and how i can fix it to be able to start blogging. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

   cheers,

   azhar

2. azharlatif
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   hi, all;

   an update (good news and some progress :)) on my last post regarding the WP2.7 installation....

   i have successfully installed (at least that is what the message said) WP2.7 and was also able to log in. however after the login all i could see was the directory listing of the folder wp-admin i.e. http://www.mydomain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/

   any idea what is wrong and how it can be fixed???

   thanks in advance.

   cheers,

   azhar

3. gappiah
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hmmm... probably some files were not properly uploaded or not uploaded at all. Can you post a link to your site so we can take a look?

4. azharlatif
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   hi, all;

   another breakthru -- sort of!

   i typed http://www.mydomain.com/wordpress/wp-admin/index.php and was finally able to see the dashboard. can someone please suggest how i can have it appear automatically after i login to my wordpress account?

   thanks in advance.

   cheers,

   azhar

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