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1. davidhaigh
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I have installed XAMPP on my mac

   Then created a database called 'wordpress' like every tutorial tells me to at first.

   Then copied the wordpress files into my 'htdocs' folder

   I then type in my browser address bar 'localhost/wordpress'

   this message appears...
   
   "There doesn't seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php file through a web interface, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file."

   Create a Configuration File
   

   which seems to me normal, right?

   then i go ahead and attempt to create one through this link and i get...
   Sorry, I can't write to the directory. You'll have to either change the permissions on your WordPress directory or create your wp-config.php manually.

   What exactly does it mean by change the permissions? Change the DB name? username? & Password?

   I have tried just renaming the file wp-config.php and also saving it with the details changed

   With and without changing the details i get...
   Error establishing a database connection

   What am i missing? It is extremely frustrating!

   All i want is a bloody blog on my website.

2. davidhaigh
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Do i need to change the CHMOD? where do i do that?

3. whooami
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   look, if you open the sample wp-config.php or the renamed one, you'll see that it needs information entered into it. That process is covered in EVERY doc.

   You edit the sample wp-config.php, then you rename the file so thats its NOT a sample anymore.

   simple.

   as for the chmod bit -- youve installed a web server on your machine, so I reccomend getting acquainted with what that entails.

   wordpress will add the info you tell it during that "lets make a wp-config.php" process -- BUT in order to do so, it needs write permissions to the file.

   Again, permissions are a standard knowledge item for people that intend on running a server of any kind.

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