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1. lhy7807
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am taking over management of a website previously run with Dreamweaver. As I do not have this software, I have downloaded WordPress for the GoDaddy domain I am running. I have never run a website before and after a lot of tutorials I'm finally stuck.

   I can FTP into the website, and I drag-and-dropped WordPress into the FTP of my website. According to WordPress and GoDaddy, next I need to type http://mydomain.wp-admin/install.php however, I am getting a 404 Page Not Found error every time. It suggests that I have not correctly uploaded my website, that I am typing the url wrong, or that I clicked a link that led me to the 404. I believe all of these are incorrect, but I simply cannot figure out how to get around this. Any help would be much appreciated.

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ensure that when you upload WordPress, you upload all files and keep the folder structure intact.

3. esok
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   WordPress has a readme.html file, you should start their first and it is linked to the install.php

   You need to make sure you have MySQL, have created or found the NAME of the database you will use, then have created the a user account for the database. Most people use PhpMyAdmin. Then you configure the wp-config-sample.php and save to wp-config.php

   Note- don't expect a 5 minute install, as everything has to be perfectly setup and go perfectly for that to happen. It is some kind of WordPress joke... Worse case scenerio, consider Joomla or other CMS... I found the Joomla install to go smoothly... Anyway per WordPress read me...

   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.

4. esok
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   http://mydomain.wp-admin/install.php You may want to check if you can get to it like http://mydomain/wp-admin/install.php

   Did you put WordPress in the web server's root director or in a folder??? You should double check. Trying to test that you can get to the readme.html first, will also help in terms of locating the files.

5. lhy7807
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I went back through and tried what you have suggested, esok. When I use the readme file it opens in WordPad, and I think it's supposed to open in Explorer because I can't make heads or tails of it.

   When I try and save my wp-config-sample.php as just wp-config.php I either can't find it or it doesn't save to where I told it to. I filled in the details and clicked Save As, but it's still showing up as 'sample' and when I open it, my info's gone.

   Also, I'm not sure what you mean, but I believe I put WordPress in the web server's root director. I opened my domain in FTP in IE, then opened My Docs and dragged WordPress folder over, in literal terms.

   I'm still getting the 404, but I'll keep trying to save as config.php!

6. esok
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   In Windows you can right click on a file, like readme.html, and then select "Open With". You then can choose to open it with Internet Explorer and also choose to always open .html files with IE.

7. lhy7807
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I figured it out. :]

8. eggshen
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   what did you figure out lhy7807?

   i am having the same problem

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