Your local site is the local server that MAMP creates for you to run your files on. When you go to MAMP and ‘Open Start Page’ you can tell what your localhost address is by the url that opens in the browser. i.e. it’s either localhost/ or localhost:888 or localhost:8889 or whatever (those are the port numbers). So it’s basically just the address of the folder your wordpress files are in.
If you go to localhost/folder/wp-login.php (where ‘folder’ is the folder location you copied your WP files into, whatever the proper address for your setup is), you should get the installation page and it will ask you for the info above.
Thanks for the info. I have a feeling this is a simple answer, but I can’t see it at this point.
I now understand the local site address. Mine is:
http://localhost:8888/MAMP/?language=English
I can’t figure out your second paragraph though:
“If you go to localhost/folder/wp-login.php (where ‘folder’ is the folder location you copied your WP files into, whatever the proper address for your setup is), you should get the installation page and it will ask you for the info above.”
My document root is:
/Applications/MAMP/htdocs
So I tried:
http://localhost:8888/applications/mamp/htdocs/admin_leslie.php
This gives me a 404 error. I tried several combinations and nothing works. I’m not sure what my “wp-login” is. I have “admin_leslie” from another installation of WordPress, but it was with a hosting company, Host Gator. I also have my full name, from my login for WP forums support.
Would very much appreciate help clarifying this.
Thanks.
Close! Actually, htdocs is the root folder of the server that MAMP creates for you, so the ‘Applications’ and MAMP part aren’t included in your localhost address.
If your WordPress files have all been copied into htdocs, then the address for the login page is:
http://localhost:8888/wp-login.php
If you put a folder called /wordpress/ in htdocs and then copied all your WordPress files there instead (for tidiness, or so you could have multiple installs for testing, etc), the address would be:
http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-login.php
Try that and let us know how it goes!
I’m having the same problem.
Tried using the http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-login.php on two different browsers: Chrome and Safari. Still keep getting a 404 error
Here are my current settings:
Running OS X (10.7.5)
MAMP:
Apache port is 8888
MySQL port is 8889
PHP 5.3.5
Document root: /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wordpress
Database: wordpress
I’ve tried entering the above address after changing the wp-config-sample.php and saving to the same folder as wp-config.php:
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’);
/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’);
/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘root’);
/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost:8889’);
@oddeggdesign: As per the Forum Welcome, please post your own topic.Posting in an existing topic prevents us from being able to track issues by topic. Added to which, your problem – despite any similarity in symptoms – is likely to be completely different.
So Sorry. Don’t know how to delete my post above.
Whew, that worked, thanks! Sorry for the delay in posting, I got the install up and running last week, but didn’t have a chance to make sure it was really working.
Thanks so much for your help!
Excellent. Glad all is working well.
