Did everything upload as one huge number of files, or as 4 folders and a couple of dozen files ?
One huge file. Perhaps I should try uploading as 4 folders and change.
When you unzip, there should be an option to preserve file/folder structure – this needs doing else you will get these error.
I don’t think that’s it. The file structure is good, I just had the four folders and change inside another folder. Same error still…
What else you got for me?
The parse error is a little disconcerting, too, and seems indicative of an error in syntax for when you were trying to put in your database parameters in wp-config.php. That’s the file that contains the definition of ABSPATH, so if you’ve borked that file you’ll get errors when you try to use ABSPATH.
I’m pretty sure I haven’t borked it. And I’ve tried editing it a few times, from scratch using the original sample file each time. Tried clearing the spaces between the ; and my username… The spaces don’t matter anyway, do they? I haven’t touched anything else in the file ‘cept the password and db name. I’m using a text editor, not Word or other word processor.
Here’s the config file as I have it, ‘cept I put **** where my password goes. See anything fishy?
<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); thatguyjeff_db
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘username’); thatguyjeff
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password’); ******
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
// Change the prefix if you want to have multiple blogs in a single database.
$table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2’ or ‘mylogin_’
// Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
// For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’
// to enable German language support.
define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
/* Stop editing */
define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);
?>
Yes. You need to replace the text in singlequotes with what your database setup is. Like so:
<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘thatguyjeff_db’);
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘thatguyjeff’);
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘******’);
