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xenobard
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I go to wp-admin foler and attempt to run install.php with my browser and get the following:

"Error: PHP is not running

WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off."

And there's a bunch of other stuff as well.

I looked at the readme file and it directs me as follows:

"If for some reason this doesn't work, don't worry. It doesn't work on all web hosts. Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details."

I've opened it up in notepad, but have no idea what to fill in.

Could anyone help?
James
Happiness Engineer
Posted 1 year ago #

If PHP isn't running, WordPress won't be able to function even if you manually edit the wp-config.php file. Contact your hosting provider.
xenobard
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Why wouldn't PHP be running? Would it be because of the ISP or router? What do you mean exactly by 'hosting provider'? Do you mean my website's host provider?
esmi
Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
Posted 1 year ago #

Do you mean my website's host provider?

Yes. Try contacting them.
xenobard
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Oh, well, as I am basically clueless when it comes to html code, I host through posterous.com, which basically runs a posterous blog on my own domain. I have the option of editing the blog template, but don't know where to start. I was hoping I could use wordpress to tweak the template that's already been provided by posterous.
esmi
Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
Posted 1 year ago #

What does a posterous.com blog have to do with a self-hosted WordPress blog?
Ride9650
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

xenobard, after looking over the posterous FAQ, it seems to me that you technically don't have hosting. It looks like things are set up to redirect to and mask the posterous url. Thats probably why you're getting the PHP not running error.
xenobard
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Alright. I suppose I don't understand what WordPress does exactly. I am not a web designer. Don't know the first thing, really.

Which is why I've hosted with posterous. It automatically creates the blog site. I just select the theme and there it is. I like the function of contributors being able to post and leave comments. It's all in the theme.

However, I want to change the theme a bit so I can arrange posts by topic (which I haven't figured out yet, and increase the post width (which I have figured out finally) and, essentially, make it more like a forum-blog template.

I was hoping to use WordPress to help with this, but still keep preposterous as my host.
xenobard
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Are you saying then, Ride, that I would have to have the posterous site on a subdomain, and use wordpress on the main domain?
esmi
Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
Posted 1 year ago #

Site url?
xenobard
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

http://www.eurekaparadigm.com
xenobard
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I would like to have a welcome page done with wordpress, and run the discussion blog forum on a subdomain.
Ride9650
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Well, no thats not the case. What I was saying was that it sounds like all you have is a domain name, not a actual web hosting plan.

Is that the case? Or do you get hosting along with your domain.

If it is, you'll need to find a host first before you can use WordPress, hoever, given that you don't seem like you know any html/css/php, I'm not sure WordPress is necessarily the best way to go about what you're trying to accomplish, at a bare minimum, you need to understand css

Also, its a bit of overkill to just use it for a welcome page.

Did you try emailing help@posterous.com?
xenobard
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

I get hosting along with the domain, yes.

I would like to use wordpress offline perhaps to play with the template, and then cut and paste the template into the posterous editor. I figure wordpress would be more user friendly than the posterous editor.
esmi
Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
Posted 1 year ago #

I don't think this will work. From what I can see, Posterous does not appear to be using WordPress but rather its own content management system. You can't paste code from one system into another.

Ride9650
Member
Posted 1 year ago #

Just so we're clear and so you can understand for the future, hosting thorough Posterous doesn't count as having web hosting.

What I was asking was do you have a web hosting account with someone like
GoDaddy, blueHost,DreamHost?

I don't mean to be discouraging, but like esmi pointed out, this won't work.
Looks like Posterous is using a more Tumblr/Python style code as opposed to PHP.

For example:

WordPress:

<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
		<li>
			<div class="work-content">
				<?php if(has_post_thumbnail() == false){?>

					<div class="work-excerpt">
						<?php the_excerpt();?>
					</div>

				<?php }else{?>
				<div class="post-thumb">
					<?php the_post_thumbnail();?>
				</div>
				<?php }?>
				<div class="work-title">
					<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h1>
				</div>

			</div>

		</li>	

		<?php endwhile; else: ?>
		<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
		<?php endif; ?>

Posterous:

{block:Fan}
                  <li>
                    <a href="{FanProfileLink}" rel="nofollow" title="{FanName}'s profile">
                      <img src="{FanPortraitURL-20}" alt="{FanName}">
                    </a>
                    <a href="{FanProfileLink}" rel="nofollow">{FanName}</a>
                  </li>
                {/block:Fan}

Also a theme usually(but not always) spans multiple files and can easily expand beyond the few sections posterous allows you to edit.

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