celticshaman
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Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: % minutes installation took me 2 hours to NOT understandI’m dyslexic and I also had problems understanding the install instructions. Say if you’re still having problems and I’ll try to simplify them for you.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: cgi scripting problemsI’m getting the same error message in my activity log. I’ve been searching for an explanation but I’ve been unable to come up with any answers. If I find a solution I’ll let you know.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install/config must have gone wrongI’ve done it, I’ve got wordpress installed at last and it’s all thanks to my memory stick!!! I downloaded xampplite to my memeory stick as I said I would. I read through the instrutions while the file was unzipping and reached a part where it said all wordpress software files were to be placed in the htdocs folder. I had read a lot conflicting information concerning the placement of wordpress when I was installing it on my laptop, but I’m following this present tutorial exactly. I decided to see what would happen if I moved the files on my laptop from C drive to the htdocs folder. I typed in http://localhost/etc and there it was, wordpress, waiting for me to add a blog name and email address.
This has taken so long and it’s only just the start of things. I’ve still got to learn how to uce wordpress and install the ecommerce plugin. I think I’ve earned a break in the garden for now before I start again.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install/config must have gone wrongI’m with 9internet. I’ve got a free account at the moment. I didn’t want to start paying for one until I was sure I was happy with it. I’m working on an eshop and I’ll be upgrading when I’m ready to go live. It’s got Xtend, which I’ve not used before. I’ve just noticed they have WordPress Blog cgi script.
I’ve had a couple of ideas to try. I’ve found a tutorial about running wordpress on a memory stick, using XAMPP Lite. I had already installed apache, php, mysql, phpmyadmin on my laptop, otherwise I would have used something like xampp on my laptop. I’ve also thought of getting wordpress up and running on my webhost, but I would much rather do all my experimenting on localhost first.
It doesn’t look as though anyone here is able to help me, so I’m definately going to have to try something new
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install/config must have gone wrongThe new username is added to the database with all privileges. I thought for one wonderful moment I had found the problem, when I checked out the username it had % instead of localhost, but I’ve put this right and it made no difference. This is all so silly.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Install/config must have gone wrongYes I did. I created the database in phpmyadmin. As this was the first time I used phpmyadmin I followed the instructions very carefully.
Your reply did make me wonder about one thing. When I created the new database I used a new username and password. I wondered if I should have added this new username to mysql. I don’t know enough to know if that was done automatically, so I opened the mysql client and added the new username and password. It made no difference so I’m back to square one.
I know what you mean about that one little detail. I couldn’t understand why my test.php file returned a could not connect to mysql. After a lot of studying my file I realised that I had “” for the password when I had set one. I entered the password and bingo, there was the congratulations message. I’m hoping my current problem will be just as easy to solve – even if it leaves me redface!!