Problem Logging Into Administration Area

  • Resolved BobRoberts123

    (@bobroberts123)


    14 years, 6 months ago

    The page called “First Steps With WordPress”, contain this: “Begin by logging into the “administration area” or the back end of your website. Visit your site’s login page by placing “wp-admin” after your domain name (e.g. http://example.com/wp-admin”

    I have a local install, and this address will run my WordPress site:

    http://localhost:81/newwordpressite

    However, when I type in the following address, IE9 says, “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage”:

    http://localhost:81/newwordpressite/wp-admin

    I’m using Wamp, and the actual directory on my PC is:

    C:\wamp\www\newwordpresssite\wp-admin

    First of all, I’m puzzled by how calling up the administration site in this way can even work at all – all the files in the “wp-admin” directory have .PHP extensions, and I don’t think they will work if you run them directly in a browser, at least this won’t run:

    http://localhost:81/newwordpressite/wp-admin/admin.php

    So, as usual, I’m “WordPressed” for an answer that makes sense.

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    The issue is with your server – not WordPress. Most servers are configured to automatically look for an index.php or index.html file when the url request simply points to a folder. In the case of wp-admin, it’s index.php. Try researching how to set up DirectoreyIndex in your server’s config.

    Thread Starter BobRoberts123

    (@bobroberts123)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    I’m not sure what happened – I rebooted and now it’s finding the WordPress login screen. The problem is that I don’t know what username and password it wants. The documentation appears to be no help, it just says, “log in” without telling you how to get a login.

    I’m trying to username and password to the database in wp-config.php, and it doesn’t like those. I’m trying the username and password I use to login to this forum, and it rejects those. When I try to have my password emailed to me, it says that email address is not found, even though it’s the one associated with my forum account. Then I went to wordpress.com and signed up for a “blog”, putting in a username, password, and email. I’m able to log in to my “blog” administrative page, but when I try to use that username and password to log in to my local site, it thinks the username and passwords are invalid, and when I try to reset the password, it claims that, “ERROR: There is no user registered with that email address.”

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    I’m trying to username and password to the database in wp-config.php

    No. Your admin login details are completely different. They were set up (and displayed to you) when you were installing WordPress. You will probably need to reset your password. See:
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Login_Trouble
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
    Video: http://www.francescolanza.com/2007/10/24/password-admin-reset/

    Thread Starter BobRoberts123

    (@bobroberts123)

    14 years, 6 months ago

    Part of my problem is that I didn’t “install” WordPress – I just unzipped a file containing an already-existing WordPress site. The “Edit Users Table” in the Login Trouble site is what directed me to reset the password, which let me log on – thanks!

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