installing wp and MAMP…..

  • speedthomas

    (@speedthomas)


    10 years, 3 months ago

    I have MAMP installed and am trying to get wp up and running. So far the file wp-admin/install.php only opens in Dreamweaver and I can’t get it to open in my browser (safari).

    According to the 5minute installer I just …Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details.

    When I do this the file is open in textedit or pages but nothing happens such that I can fill in the “database connection details”. I don’t even know where to find these.

    help?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP

    2ninerniner2

    (@2ninerniner2)

    10 years, 3 months ago

    Note: in this example, I am using wp38 as the name for the database and folder; you can use whatever you want, just make sure there are no spaces.

    With MAMP running (both servers “in the green”):

    – from the MAMP panel, click Open start page
    – click phpMyAdmin
    – click the Databases tab
    – in the Create database field, enter wp38 then Create
    – create a new folder in Applications/MAMP/htdocs and name it wp38
    – copy the contents of the ‘wordpress’ folder from the extracted WP download into this folder
    – there should now be 20 items in the wp38 folder: 3 folders, 15 PHP files, 1 TXT file and 1 HTML file
    – enter http://localhost:8888/wp38 to start the install
    – at the first screen, click the Create Configuration File button
    – at the next screen, click Let’s go!
    – at the next screen enter:

    — Database Name:wp38
    — User Name:root
    — Password:root
    — Database Host:localhost
    — Table Prefix:wp_

    – click Submit
    – at the next screen click Run the install
    – at the next screen, fill out as required
    – REMEMBER: the Username and Password you enter HERE, is for the WP Admin Log in. This is what you will use to get to the Dashboard of your WP site.
    – for local installs, I un-check the Privacy option
    – click Install WordPress
    – at the next screen (Success!), click Log In and use the credentials you just entered.

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