Uploaded but cannot access install

  • 839984

    17 years, 8 months ago

    HELP! Newbie is totally lost and frustrated.

    I have uploaded all the files to my server.
    I have edited the wp-config file.
    I have accessed by host MySQL file and added myself as a user.

    The instruction say the next step is to
    “Open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser”

    I don’t know what that means, or how to do it.
    If I just click on the link I get:


    ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’

    ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘);} switch($step) { case 0: case 1: // in case people are directly linking to this display_header(); ?>

    ReadMe documentation at your leisure. Otherwise, just fill in the information below and you\’ll be on your way to using the most extendable and powerful personal publishing platform in the world.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>

    followed by two boxes

    WHAT GOES IN THE TWO BOXES?
    SHOULD I BE ACCESSING /wp-admin/install.php from my hard
    drive, or from the hosting service???
    If I open the link from my hard drive, nothing happens.
    I don’t know how to direct the browser to my uploaded version
    of the config file
    I do NOT see any “admin install” file

    TOTALLY LOST! HELP!

    Oh, and who is the fellow who calls this a “5-minute install”??
    <He asked after 6 hours of trying!>

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  • whooami

    (@whooami)

    17 years, 8 months ago

    SHOULD I BE ACCESSING /wp-admin/install.php from my hard drive, or from the hosting service???

    you uploaded it to your hosting service, so, of course, that is where you need to open that file at.

    you installed wordpress at your site — pretend your site is google, then you go here:

    http://www.google.com/wp-admin/install.php

    If you uploaded it to a subdirectory named ugh, and your domain was google.com, then you would go here:

    http://www.google.com/ugh/wp-admin/install.php

    Thread Starter 839984

    17 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks, Whooami, that helped a LOT, but I am still not there.

    Yes, the WP program is in a subdomain folder:

    http://www.maindomin.com/subdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php

    but when I access it I get:

    Error establishing a database connection

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.
    * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    * Are you sure that the database server is running?

    The Problem:
    Those files are password protected, the real URL is

    host login, then:
    public_html/subdomain//wp-admin/install.php

    It doesn’t seem to make sense that anyone could just plug that
    URL in get access to my files.

    Something I am still missing.
    Still don’t know how to open that URL in my browser.
    I can access it via FTP, and add files etc. but how to
    open a file in my private, pass-word protected hosting service??

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