• Installation: Famous 5-minute install

    1. Unzip the package in an empty directory.
    2. Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details.
    3. Save the file as wp-config.php
    4. Upload everything.
    5. Open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums with as much data as you can gather.
    6. Note the password given to you.
    7. The install script should then send you to the login page. Sign in with the username admin and the password generated during the installation. You can then click on ‘Profile’ to change the password.

    I am at step 2 and need to fill in the XXX’s:
    // ** MySQL settings ** //
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘XXXXX’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘XXXXX’); // Your MySQL username
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘XXXXXX’); // …and password
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

    Where do I find this?

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  • You decide what those details are yourself based on the mysql database that you have created or that has been created for you by your hosting provider.

    Thread Starter whoisrunnergirl

    (@whoisrunnergirl)

    Ok I got that far but now i’m at this problem

    Open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums with as much data as you can gather.

    ok. And what happens when you do that?

    Thread Starter whoisrunnergirl

    (@whoisrunnergirl)

    safari can’t find it

    You need to use the full http address of your blog with /wp-admin/install.php added to the end of it.

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