Ensure that when you upload WordPress, you upload all files and keep the folder structure intact.
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.
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.
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!
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.
what did you figure out lhy7807?
i am having the same problem
