Posted 8 years ago #
When I go to the index page, it gives me:
[It doesn't look like you've installed WP yet. Try running install.php]
And when I "Try running install.php" the page comes up, but it is blank.
I set up my config file and uploaded it with everything else. However, I didn't know what to do with this part: define ('WPLANG', ''); I didn't put in a language, because I was hoping it would default to English. Is this my problem? I can't find documentation or forum reference to this.
A search for "blank install.php" returns these results:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=15744
http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=4213
http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=7122
http://wordpress.org/support/topic.php?id=6806
Posted 8 years ago #
OK, read those. And I even understand some of it.
phpinfo gives me this :
Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) PHP/4.3.10 mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.7d
and MySQL is API version 4.0.18
and loaded modules includes: mod_rewrite
I have been running phpbb without any trouble for many moons. I have WordPress installed thusly:
http://www.maryrobinsonreynolds.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Check the details in wp-config.php again, access your blog's wp-admin/install.php again.
With what we have here, it is difficult to guess at why it isn't installed :)
Posted 8 years ago #
php 4.3.10
From looking at your blank install.php, I'd say that the problem lies in the fact that the host is running this version of 4.3.10
Sorry.
Posted 8 years ago #
podz: What version would work? The documentation sez: PHP version 4.1 or higher
2fargon: here is my wp-config.php (with comments taken out - and my MySQL details, of course)
<?php
define("DB_NAME", "db_MySQL settings");
define("DB_USER", "MySQL settings");
define("DB_PASSWORD", "MySQL settings");
define("DB_HOST", "localhost");
$table_prefix = "wp_";
define ("WPLANG", "");
$server = DB_HOST;
$loginsql = DB_USER;
$passsql = DB_PASSWORD;
$base = DB_NAME;
define("ABSPATH", dirname(__FILE__)."/");
require_once(ABSPATH."wp-settings.php");
?>
Anything wrong here? Do I need to specify a WPLANG?
Podz, most of us by now (including myself) are running WordPress on PHP v4.3.10. v4.3.10 was released over a month ago to stop those nasty PHP hacks which were occurring over the holidays. Like the ones affecting phpBB and such.
Posted 8 years ago #
I stand corrected !
In that case, what program are you using to move the wordpress files from your computer to the site ?
Posted 8 years ago #
I am using Adobe GoLive's internal Publish to Server FTP to upload files.
ICK! GoLive! ::Hiss!:: Trust me, GoLive's FTP causes more troubles than it's worth. We have quite a few "bugs" or "issues" reported with the solution usually being to use something to upload your files other than GoLive.
For other, recommended FTP apps, see these two links:
http://tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/ftp/
http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients
Posted 8 years ago #
OK, I'll find a better one.
Should I delete my /blog/ directory and then create the directory again with another FTP client before I re-upload it, or is there more house-cleaning needed before I do that?
And, thanks everybody...
Yeah, since you didn't make any progress, you might as well start over by deleting the files in the /blog/ directory. Remember to delete all of the files before uploading the new ones. Overwriting files via FTP (using any FTP app) can lead to incomplete transfers.
Posted 8 years ago #
Thanks one and all.
I installed FileZilla, deleted and re-uploaded the whole system (using FileZilla instead of Adobe GoLive FTP) and the rest worked as designed. I am up and running.
Hope I can get to the place where I can be of use to others...
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