Installation using MAMP problem

  • feromone

    (@feromone)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hi, I followed the MAMP installation instruction at:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP

    I followed the instructions and created the wordpress folder at Mac Users>username>Sites>wordpress, copied the wordpress files to it out of the zip download and then tried to use localhost:8888/wordpress to start the installation.

    Nothing happened. Error 404
    ‘Not Found
    The requested URL /wordpress was not found on this server.’

    Am I being a dimwit? Tried putting in the exact root directory structure as the URL (localhost:8888/Users>username>Sites>wordpress) and that still did not work.

    Thanks for any help.

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  • rwaynick a11n

    (@rwaynick)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hi feromone,

    Did you also set the ‘Document Root’ inside of MAMP?

    1. Open MAMP.
    2. Select ‘Preferences’.
    3. Under the ‘Apache’ tab, make sure the ‘Document Root’ follows the structure that you mentioned above.

    Let me know if that helps.

    respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    I agree with rwaynick.

    @feromone, FYI, the default Document Root is Applications -> MAMP -> htdocs.

    Thread Starter feromone

    (@feromone)

    9 years ago

    Hi, thanks. I had set the Apache document root as Users/username/Sites/wordpress and this makes no difference. Should I just set it to Applications>MAMP>htdocs and have done with it?

    respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    9 years ago

    Yes, as long as the folders for the WordPress install is in the htdocs folder.

    Thread Starter feromone

    (@feromone)

    9 years ago

    Caved in and put it in htdocs. Problem solved. So much for customisation.

    respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    9 years ago

    Glad to hear that!

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