the renamed file goes on the same folder as it is.
When you go through the Famous 5-Minute Install it should auto-generate a wp-config.php file for you.
If your WordPress application does not have write access to the directory holding wp-config.php then it will not be able to auto-generate and save that file. In this case do what you and OP mentioned: rename the file, edit and manually fill in the configuration, and save it (dropping the ‘-sample’) to the same folder.
The last sentence in my previous post was “So, where exactly?”
There are ten different more-or-less top-level folders where it could be. I looked at the top level inside each of the ten, no wp-config.php or wp-config-sample.php.
The same help topic that pointed to the ‘file directory’ also points to a ‘root install-directory’. I guess both of these names are just ‘terms of art’ since I don’t see an actual ‘file’ or ‘install’ folder anywhere. True?
So, where exactly will I find either the wp-config.php or wp-config-sample.php files? Or is there an external source I can use to download one? (If so, I still need to know where to put it.)
When you download and un-zip the WordPress ZIP file from here, that’s what is considered to be the “root” folder. It’s the root oflder of your WordPress installation.
You’ll see other files, something like this (not all files added to keep things more compact):
/wp-admin/
/wp-content/
/wp-includes/
index.php
readme.html
wp-config-sample.php
wp-login.php
...
Resolved. I believe the reason I can’t fin wp-config.php is that it actually is not present in my installation, because it’s a crippled install. I used the install provided by my web provider, Earthlink. I assume Earthlink does something behind the scenes to simplify things for themselves.
When I install WordPress from the wordpress.org, wp-config.php is present as expected.
Thanks for your help!
