Title: install.php does not work
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# install.php does not work

 *  [neek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neek/)
 * (@neek)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/)
 * Can somebody help me pease to get started.
 * – I uploaded the wordpress files and customized the config file but it is not
   yet working. (see here: [http://www.ekeretallie.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.ekeretallie.com/wp-admin/install.php))
   –
   Am new to all this..what am I doing wrong?
 * thanx aready,
    neek

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 *  [mequodallie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mequodallie/)
 * (@mequodallie)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226829)
 * dorks�?for multiple blogs, use whatever works for you. I used b2 and b3.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226830)
 * Forget the “multiple blogs”… Make this one to work first 🙂
    (anyway multiple
   means multiple install!) Did your try with just localhost? What kind of admin
   interface is provided by your host?
 *  [dorks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorks/)
 * (@dorks)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226836)
 * cpanel…
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226837)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Using_cPanel](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Using_cPanel)
   
   Please, pay special attention to 3.4!
 *  [ac2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ac2005/)
 * (@ac2005)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226842)
 * Sorry about the delayed reply…
    I changed the wp-config.php file – by adding 
   the database name, password etc then uploaded it. It all looks OK (no missing
   quotatio marks etc….but when I go to install I get a 404. Now I can see the config
   file there.
 * Any ideas?
 * a
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226844)
 * You get a 404 but you can see a file ?
    If you can see the actual file words 
   then it was uploaded wrongly. Delete it Upload it as an ASCII file.
 *  [ac2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ac2005/)
 * (@ac2005)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226847)
 * I’ll give it a go = thanks
 *  [ac2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ac2005/)
 * (@ac2005)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226848)
 * Ok tried that. Still get a 404.
    What I meant that was if I go to [http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin.css](http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin.css)
   from a browser I can see it. If I put in [http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin/install.php)
   I get the 404.
 * What am I doing wrong?
 * Thanks for the help 😉
    a
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226849)
 * In your ftp the file really is there ?
    Is there any sort of redirection going
   on ?
 * In your example above, it should be:
    [http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin/wp-admin.css](http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin/wp-admin.css)
 * [http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin/install.php)
 *  [ac2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ac2005/)
 * (@ac2005)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226851)
 * Now I’m confused.
    I can see the wp-admin.css file from ftp and can see the content
   from a browser via [http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin.css](http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin.css)
 * (it starts off:
    * html #poststuff { height: 100%; /* kill peekaboo bug in IE*/}
 * a {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #69c; color: #00019b; text-decoration: none;
 * I get a 404 with the [http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin/wp-admin.css](http://www.myurl/directory/wp-admin/wp-admin.css)
   
   you suggested above and the /install.php
 * aaargh.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226853)
 * Your files seem to have unzipped / uploaded incorrectly.
 * When you unzip, you should have 4 folders and several files all inside one folder
   called ‘wordpress’
    If this is not the case, unzip again but make sure that the
   unzipping program keeps the folders intact.
 * As for uploading, if your ‘directory’ was called ‘blog’ then everything inside
   the ‘wordpress’ folder should be uploaded straight ino ‘blog’ without changing
   anything.
 *  [ac2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ac2005/)
 * (@ac2005)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226855)
 * I see = I definitely didn’t get the 4 folders when I unzipped. I’ll give it another
   go.
    Thanks for the tip. a
 *  [ac2005](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ac2005/)
 * (@ac2005)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226856)
 * You beauty -it is sorted.
 *  I can’t believe that the way it unzipped was the problem all along.
 * THANK YOU for your advice.
 * a xx
 *  [dorks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorks/)
 * (@dorks)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226875)
 * Maybe this has been my problem…
 *  [dorks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorks/)
 * (@dorks)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-does-not-work/page/2/#post-226877)
 * on my desktop, the wp-config file is 4k but after i upload it, it’s only 0k, 
   i’ve contacted my webhost but are there any thoughts? I’ve tried and retried,
   and this seems to be the main problem…

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