Title: WP installation
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WP installation

 *  [markbartman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markbartman/)
 * (@markbartman)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-installation/)
 * Tried for hours to load wordpress on mac. No Luck. Followed several dirrerent
   installation steps. Error says Safari can’t connect to the server “localhost”
   when putting localhost/wordpress (which is what i name my folder in htdocs with
   wordpress downloaded file in). Help. Help. Help.

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 *  [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * (@senff)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-installation/#post-5546162)
 * Do you have a local webserver running?
 *  Thread Starter [markbartman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markbartman/)
 * (@markbartman)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-installation/#post-5546164)
 * Not sure what that means
 *  Thread Starter [markbartman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markbartman/)
 * (@markbartman)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-installation/#post-5546168)
 * Are you referring to MAMP? Which I installed and set-up and have running
 *  [Senff – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/senff/)
 * (@senff)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-installation/#post-5546323)
 * Yes, that is what I meant. If MAMP is running, but [http://localhost](http://localhost)
   gives you an error, then there’s most likely an issue with your MAMP configuration
   or your Mac. Probably not a WordPress issue.
 *  [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * (@lylechamney)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-installation/#post-5546328)
 * IF you used the default MAMP settings when you installed it (that is, you didn’t
   change the ports or document root) then:
 * – at the database info screen when running the install, this is what you need
   to enter:
 * –database name: whatever YOU named it when you created it in phpMyAdmin (from
   the MAMP Menu > Tools)
 * –user name: root <this is the MAMP default DATABASE user name>
 * –password: root <this is the MAMP deafault DATABASE USER password>
 * –database host: localhost
 * –table prefix: wp_ <leave as-is>
 * Note too that with the default MAMP settings, the URL for the root of the local
   web server is `http://localhost:8888` where `:8888` is the Apache port number.
 * So, if you have all the WP files and folders from the WP package in a folder 
   within Applications/MAMP/htdocs named `wordpress`, then to start the install,
   you would enter into your browser:
 * `http://localhost:8888/wordpress`

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
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