Five minute install my butt (need this site up by monday! help!)

spburke
(@spburke)

14 years, 6 months ago

Okay, so, let me set the scene. I’m a comic artist and want to install WordPress on my website so I can use ComicPress. I download the files, insert my information into the wp-config.php, upload and…it’s not working.

I find out my proper host (I’m with Gate.com) and enter the right information a short time later, I go to the wp-admin/install.php like it told me and everything uploads. I’m happy, I’m changing everything to my specs, until I notice that I uploaded everything in a file called “wordpress” to my FTP. So my URL came out “mysite.net/wordpress” instead of just “mysite.net”. No problem. I delete the file, reload everything and…now it’s not working.

I call the tech support guy at my host late last night and he tries to resolve it. I wake up and he’s e-mailed me telling me he couldn’t fix it, so it basically sucks to be me.

I’ve been at this uploading and re-uploading for a day and a half with what should have taken five minutes. I need my website working again! I swore I’d have this ready by monday! Please help!

I’m uploading all my files to my FTP through Dreamweaver, if that’s relevant.

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Samuel B
(@samboll)

14 years, 6 months ago

I’m uploading all my files to my FTP through Dreamweaver, if that’s relevant.

don’t use that
use a proper ftp client
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php

also, if you want it at root level just upload the files inside the wordpress folder you unzipped to your public_html or htdocs or whatever gate.com uses

also, you will need to drop the tables in your database or delete the database and create another one

marccreedon
(@marccreedon)

14 years, 6 months ago

I’m really interested in if you figured this out, because I have been trying this 5 minute install off and on for about 6 months now (and I’m not dumb or technically illiterate). I’m also with Gate. I’ve tried installing to two different domains I own, and have had exactly the same problem that you describe.

stilsonsnow
(@stilsonsnow)

14 years, 6 months ago

I think it’s a 5 minute install if you’ve worked with Apache for 5 years.

Mark Ratledge
(@songdogtech)

14 years, 6 months ago

The key to the issues everyone is having is the fact that you’re installing WordPress in one directory and then changing that directory. If you do that, read Changing The Site URL for “emergency” recovery methods. It can’t take 6 months to do a wordpress install if you read the docs.

marccreedon
(@marccreedon)

14 years, 6 months ago

Hi,

Actually I have ‘read the docs’ thoroughly multiple times and followed the instructions to the letter. I’m sorry I didn’t make that clear: I have read the docs, posted to this forum, and read as much as I can to find the answers to this. I did not just jump on here and ask a question without researching it first. Perhaps others do that, but I did not. I then tried it on another domain following the instructions given by the host: same result.

I actually did not change the directory after installing, that was the other guy- it has never installed for me, not even once. Database error, every time. And all the values I have entered are correct.

@mercime
(@mercime)

14 years, 6 months ago

hi marccreedon, the 5-minute install might not work for you because your webhosting service does not support the installation of WordPress. Minimum requirements include:
– PHP 4.3 or greater
– MySQL 4.0 or greater
– The mod_rewrite Apache module
It would be much better if your webhost has PHP 5+ though because it works much faster and more plugin authors are developing with PHP5

If your webhost is OK per above, what were the steps you took to install WP and at what point in the installation did you find out WP was not installed? What was the error on screen if any?

Suman Bhattarai
(@metalfreek)

14 years, 6 months ago

First of all delete your database you have previously created. Than create new one. Note down the database name, username and password. Now upload the wordpress file into your server. You can use Filezilla (free SW). During uploading you can either do it directly to public_html or create a directory (like wordpress or blog or myblog or whatever)and upload it there.
Once uploaded got to the directory and edit wp-config-sample.php with your database name, username and password. Than save this file as wp-config.php
Now open up your browser and type http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/install.php or http://www.yoursite.com/yourfolder/wp-admin/install.php
This should install WP. If you get error than make sure that you have correctly changed wp-config-sample.php

About this broblem

So my URL came out “mysite.net/wordpress” instead of just “mysite.net”.

Go to your host admin panel and copy index.php file to public_html directory.
Than open up index.php in public_html and edit it with following information.
Replace require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’); with require(‘./yourfolder/wp-blog-header.php’);

Save the file and you are done with it.
Let me know if it worked. Try this out. It might be due to your host also. If it doesn’t support PHP 5 than you might be in trouble.