Vesajohn

Finally got going again after getting stuck with the wp-install.php

Thanks for your time, advise and ideas.
Cheers.

P.s. i contacted my web host last Friday (18.3), then again on Monday (21.3). They had gone in and installed the wp.3.1 for me. No idea where the fault was, and not looking for it either.

Problem solved.

I was give two codes:

IP: *******************.
Mysql:********************.

And specifially told over the phone that the DB HOST’, is the code-IP:

“This is a good error.

“You are close”.

“Information in wp-config.php is wrong”.

O.K. i will try changing the LOG IN DETAILS .Part of the db_mysql:

e.g. IP. *********** to a Mysql: ********** .

In case the information given by my host for the:

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”); – password for your username.

Is not the IP:************ but rather the Mysql:************

Tell me if i can make the change siply as:

a). Open C: wordpress-config.php

b). Make the change, save the wordpad file.

c) Open FileZilla, remote host.

d). Click on the wp-config.php file and upload the changes.

Would that procedure be technically correct, or would it add something unwanted/distraction?

Reply to Basslion.
Thanks for the tip, yes i have made sure that the file package is left alone just as they come from the wp-download.

The nightmare is that the “Instructions” are so haphazard to read, and for anybody without previous knowledge and experience, following those Instructions is confusing, misleading, distracting and crazy.

There is the:

Famous 5 Minute Install.

And the: Detailed Instructions.

When i do as the “Famous 5 Minute” instructions, i get to the point 6. The browser replies:

“Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file from your WordPress installation”.

That’s it right there, the broken link.

To Arkgroup.

True, i don’t have much experience in building web sites. I disagree that i have “confused my self”, no on the contrary, the “Instructions” are confusing, they don’t have a single line of thought. It is most likely put together by some 50 heads combined, all contributing some ideas or thoughts/wordings. It is not singular. If i ask a simple question re the installation, i can’t get a simple answer. You say it is easy/simple, and the “Famous 5 Minute Install” S.I.M.P.L.E, But there is no singular basic instructions to support the claim.

For example:

Take me through the basic steps.
a). Download, extract the folder files, D&D to the C:
b). Open the WordPress file.
c). Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php.
d). Open wp-config.php in a text editor and fill in your database details as explained in Editing wp-config.php to generate and use your secret key password.
e). Place the WordPress files in the desired location on your web server:
f). Run the WordPress installation script by accessing wp-admin/install.php in a web browser.

Simple.. right…?

Reply: “Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file from your WordPress installation”.

By the way, extending good will and willingness to help is great. But allowing access to a personal computer is a “Potential Risk” that i don’t want to take. There are no rewards for being foolish, and i have learned that the hard way.
So to your Arkgroup offer of “Chat-tech”, thank’s, but no thank’s. I don’t mean it to be personal.

I would gladly receive take the “step by step” instructions.

I got two steps further, then it stalled again.

#1. Welcome to WordPress.

#2. Let’s Go!

After entering the db data, user name, pass word and the host, it went no further. It could not locate the wp-config.php

I checked the file and made the manual changes.

Is there specific instruction as “how to”, and in “what sequence”,the changes need to be made: If the automatic installation is not working?
e.g. Make no changes to the downloaded wp-3.1file Mysql settings “until”……

Also at what point does the “Sample” file need to be renamed?

Because the general instructions seem to rely on the automatic installation.

Obviously it is not working in this instance.

Here is one more question, if it makes any sense to anybody?

The local file list on the FileZip, has changed to reverse order from what it was yesterday? The Admin was up on the top, and the xmlrpc.pfp was last on the bottom. Today the order is in reverse: Xmlrpc.pfp up on the top after the folder.. and the Admin is on the bottom of the 25 files? Does that affect the function of the wp.3.1 file?

Yes, right you are, this has turned out much more complicated than i ever imagined. Also my knowledge of data bases is very limited, i don’t even know how limited that is.
I have a question about the above 1-6 steps.
Is it really necessary to upload the “sample” to the server first (step 4), followed by the rename (step 5)on my computer.
Is it not the same as:

a) download.

b) expand files.

c) drag and drop to C: drive.

d) Open Filezip fpt.

e) Select C: wordpress folder.

f) Select the remote host site htdocs, click open.

f) Shift and down scroll all of the wordpress files.

g) Drag and drop the files to the remote site: htdocs.

h) Uploading begins; 25 files and 3 directories.

I did all that, it should be clean as a whistle.

To Argroup. Thanks for stopping to help, , and for sharing your ideas and knowledge.

I deleted the wp-config.php file, from the remote server, and the wp-config/sample/.. from my computer.

Added the SQL data details, and the security password.
I received a note from my web host, saying that i need to use Ip-address: for the “define (DB_HOST’, and not the “local host”.

Q. 1. Is it correct that a database name is the same as the domain name without the .com ?

define(‘DB_NAME’, ”); – is a database name
define(‘DB_USER’, ”); – username for your database
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”); – password for your username
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); – database server name (usually localhost)

After all that, said and done, the browser still can’t find my site? Any other suggestions ?

Maybe if i lived in the Silicon Valley, then i could expect to get reply from The Local Host on the same day, as when requesting answer/information to a Web Site Setup problem?