Title: Accessing the WordPress installation screen
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Accessing the WordPress installation screen

 *  Resolved [rhthompson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhthompson/)
 * (@rhthompson)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessing-the-wordpress-installation-screen/)
 * I have an iMac computer running OS X 10.10.5. I have carefully followed the instructions
   in “Installing WordPress Locally on Your Mac With MAMP” and other supplemental
   documents and also WordPress forums.
    MAMP has been installed and WordPress downloaded
   and unzipped–no problems. But when I try to use any of my browsers (Safari, Chrome,
   Firefox) to go to [http://localhost:8888/wordpresslocal](http://localhost:8888/wordpresslocal)(
   the port 8888 and the empty database name wordpresslocal having been set during
   the MAMP installation), I get sent to a listing of documents and tutorials, not
   to a WordPress installation screen, as is supposed to happen. So I can do nothing
   about completing the installation.
 * How do I solve this problem? I would greatly appreciate any good advice I can
   get.
 * I have a web host, namely eHost.com, and my domain name is rhtpoetry.com. I’m
   trying to set up a local installation of WordPress for development and testing
   purposes.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessing-the-wordpress-installation-screen/#post-7453997)
 * I recommend replying to the folks who are already helping you at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-locally-installed-wordpress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-access-locally-installed-wordpress)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/accessing-the-wordpress-installation-screen/#post-7453997)
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