Nov 13
Installing WordPress Locally
This is the first chapter of the Complete WordPress Theme Guide series. In this chapter, you will learn how to install WordPress on a local computer. By doing so, it will save you time from updating and previewing files (so, you don’t have to frequently upload files on every change). You can also use the local version to test new plugins, themes, and upgrades. This tutorial is intended for beginners who want to learn how to run WordPress locally.
Quick Summary
If you have some technical background, you can skip the detailed steps in this tutorial. Here are the simplified steps on how to install WordPress on a local computer:
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Create a new database.
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Download WordPress from wordpress.org and extract the files to a new folder under the htdocs folder.
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Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php and update the database details according to your local server.
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Run wp-admin/install.php and follow the instructions to install WordPress.
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Done!
Let’s Begin…
Before you start, let’s look at the requirements to run WordPress:
- PHP 4.3+
- MySQL 4+ Database Server
1. Install a Local Server
In order to run any PHP/database application on a local computer, you need a local host (ie. Apache + MySQL). For Mac, use MAMP. For PC, use XAMPP or WAMP.
I’m using Mac here, so I’m going to install MAMP. Go to mamp.info, download and install MAMP.
2. Create a New Database
After you’ve installed MAMP, run it and it should take you to the start page. Now click on phpMyAdmin. In the phpMyAdmin page, create a new database (eg. wordpress).
3. Download WordPress
Go to wordpress.org and download the latest build of WordPress. Go to the htdocs folder (where you installed the MAMP), extract the wordpress.zip to a new folder (eg. mysite).
4. Update wp-config.php File
In the folder, rename the wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php. Open wp-config.php and update the database details (db_name, user, password, host) according to your local server.
5. Run install.php
With your browser, go to http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/install.php and follow the instructions to install WordPress.
What’s Next…
In the next chapter, I’m going to show you how to create a custom WordPress theme in designer way (no PHP skill is required).
Complete WordPress Theme Guide Building Custom WordPress Theme
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1 mee http://www.wasabi.li
November 13th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Wow, that’s Cool.
I didn’t thought of that. But they idea is brilliant. Now I can’t change the theme without worrying about the live status …
Great ThanX
2 Winmac http://www.mobilephonevibes.com
November 13th, 2008 at 2:13 am
Great! A tutorial with Mac and MAMP installed on it! I’m fated to found this place. Hahaha. Thanks man. Waiting for your next chapter.
3 Josh
November 13th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Alright Nick. That took 5 minutes. On to the next step..lets go!!! Hurry up!
4 DKumar M. http://www.instantshift.com
November 13th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Nice Idea!!
Quite impressive and easy to setup.
Thanks
5 Aris
November 13th, 2008 at 2:45 am
I just wanted to say that YOU RULE!!!
6 Sam http://www.strictlyphp.com/blog/
November 13th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Nicely written tutorial!
In case someone is trying this on Windows, WAMP (http://www.wampserver.com/en/index.php) is a nice alternative to XAMPP. I personally like it better since it has straightforward menu’s.
7 Sothy http://www.pixelstoprose.com
November 13th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Just a note, the latest beta of Wordpress is pretty cool, I have it running and haven’t run into show stopping problems. But you’re probably correct to reference a stable release
Good tutorial.
8 David Hellmann http://www.davidhellmann.com
November 13th, 2008 at 3:11 am
interesting! the next step is good to sea how make a designer a wordpress theme.
9 rafal http://www.14th.pl
November 13th, 2008 at 3:24 am
Good joob!!! I wait to the next chapters!
10 Kym http://kymle.com/
November 13th, 2008 at 3:54 am
I’ve done this in the past, but I don’t do it any longer. For some reason, the local server programs I install are always prone to bugs, breaking down, etc.
Nevertheless, installing WordPress locally is beneficial as you can test your themes beforehand and keep a working copy of your website, replete with its posts.
11 Anton Shevchuk http://anton.shevchuk.name
November 13th, 2008 at 4:29 am
Alternative of XAMPP is Denwer (now only russian)
12 Danh ba web 2.0 http://www.danhbaweb20.com/
November 13th, 2008 at 4:44 am
The post is very useful for newbie. Anyway, thanks a lot !
Keep up the good work
13 Ana Paula Meyer http://www.pixana.net
November 13th, 2008 at 4:52 am
Nice tutorial! Another alternative is EasyPHP (PHP - Apache - MySQL - PhpMyAdmin for Windows) in english or french. Very easy to install and an administration page with all your local web projects.
14 ffranz http://www.ffranz.com
November 13th, 2008 at 5:47 am
I can install two Wordpress on a single database, for instance for a preview? If so, can I how do?
15 Brtk
November 13th, 2008 at 5:54 am
anyone else having trouble running the XAMPP ? I’m getting libsql.dll errors running mad all over my screen when I start the admin tool….
16 Søren Hugger Møller http://spiri.dk
November 13th, 2008 at 6:07 am
I agree with Sam. WAMP is very nice. I haven’t tried XAMPP, but I would really recommend WAMP.
17 abdulaziz
November 13th, 2008 at 6:40 am
THANK YOU MAN !!!
18 Permana Jayanta http://www.permanaj.com
November 13th, 2008 at 7:01 am
clear explanation. I Hope the next chapter will be published as so on as possible. I really wait for that ..
19 Petolo
November 13th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Your tutorial on the subject will definitely tilt the scales in favour of WP.
I have been trying to decide between many CMSs for simple sites and what you have achieve with your site gives me the confidence that it can be themed away from the existing templates out there.
I am a designer so if the amount of PHP is kept to a minimum even better
Regards,
Petolo
20 anestesya http://tadeuluis.wordpress.com
November 13th, 2008 at 7:33 am
great Guide!
very good, was expecting a practical guide so
21 Luis Neng http://www.spirituc.com/en
November 13th, 2008 at 7:36 am
I do an extra step when I install WP locally, I like to configure the virtual host in Apache with a fully qualified domain name and then edit my host file to point that domain to localhost.
The advantage of this setup is to save you the step of replacing all your non-qualified domain names in your code and in the database before migrating your website to a production server.
22 louisa http://weedworks.com.au
November 13th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Thanks, have always wanted to know to do stuff locally.
23 Steve Ambielli http://www.steveambielli.com
November 13th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Fantastic tutorial. Now I can run a local server!
24 Todd Smith http://www.toddsmithphotography.com
November 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am
quick and easy, thank you!
25 Corey Dutson http://www.wallofscribbles.com
November 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Gahhh where were you 2 weeks ago? I figured this out on my own and it took HOURS. All the tutorials I tried to use were years old.
In any case thank you for posting this.
26 TheFrosty http://thefrosty.com
November 13th, 2008 at 10:13 am
Sweet!!
27 Efraim S http://www.f-ram.net
November 13th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I hope you won’t forget the hold ups of transfering your local database to a your online one.
The many many many hold ups.
Especially if you use security plugins. (Quick Pro Tip on that: Don’t install the Security Plugins on your local and just have them running on your live)
Love your site my fellow Torontonian. If only I had friends like YOU in this city eh? lol
28 Mike Brisk http://www.briskpro.com
November 13th, 2008 at 11:17 am
So sweet, and easy. Thanks for posting this article.
29 weblizzer http://www.aldrinponce.com
November 13th, 2008 at 11:31 am
great tutorials for the beginners, i can’t wait to see the next series…
30 greg owen
November 13th, 2008 at 11:31 am
excellent stuff! just what i needed. & so easy! thanks a million.
roll on chapter 2!
cheers
31 Brian Okken http://variedthoughts.com
November 13th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I’ll second Sam’s comment.
I’ve used both XAMPP and WAMP (WampServer).
For uses such as this, I think WAMP is easier to use.
Thanks for the series.
I’m looking forward to the following articles.
Regards,
Brian
32 ansel http://mediahacker.org
November 13th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Thanks for this post! Looking forward to the next installment.
33 george http://georgebutler.com
November 13th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Finally, someone will do this right. I read the “small potato” tutorials to learn wordpress. I wish you would have been available back then. You’re much easier to follow.
34 Eliot
November 13th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I use MAMP on my Mac, but I think there’s a better alternative to XAMPP for Windows. It is called USB Web Server. There’s no installation required so you can just drop it anywere you want, even on a USB-stick! Check it out.
35 Michael http://www.holidatips.com.au
November 13th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
This is one of the most useful articles I have read on any blog anywhere - thanks!
36 Dainis Graveris http://www.1stwebdesigner.com
November 13th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Finally, installing is too easy.. I think
Cann’t wait to other parts..:)
37 printers brisbane http://www.twosocks.com.au
November 13th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Hey great simple instructions. Thanks a heap!
38 daniel
November 13th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
looking forward your next post
39 Jon Williams http://jonwilliamsdesign.com
November 13th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Any chance for a textpattern article?
40 Adam
November 14th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Great stuff. Never used MAMP before.
41 Chris Barnett
November 14th, 2008 at 2:14 am
Thanks for a great post. Really came at a critical time. Looking forward to some more frequent entries. Amazed at how progressive your features on the blog are getting. Great stuff, keep up the great work..
Cheers
42 davide http://www.digitalgare.com
November 14th, 2008 at 8:12 am
very usefull, but nothing special. you have gained 5 days simply posting the summary eheheh
43 Wardell http://blog.wardelldesign.com/
November 14th, 2008 at 8:32 am
I’ve been working with XAMPP for a few years now but the MAPP knowledge will be useful if I ever need to setup a testing server on a Mac.
44 James http://digg.com/health/Free_Acai_Berry_Review
November 14th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Nice one, should be useful to me at some point! Bookmarked.
45 John http://www.smple.com
November 14th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Am I the only idiot who found XAMPP impossible to install? I don’t really need a solution, I’ll just get someone more technologically inclined to handle that part. Any “here, here’s” would make me feel better though.
46 mark http://marksayers.com
November 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Mamp rocks!
I use this process myself and definitely could not have written it better.
Great job as usual.
47 carrie Drazin
November 14th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Extremely helpful!
Thank you.
48 gummisig http://gummisig.wordpress.com
November 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Love this Nick, you are a true guru. This is particulrly helpfull since I´m starting work on a new site with wordpress as the backend.
49 Helen
November 14th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Great stuff. Looking forwards to reading the complete tutorial. (Especially as I am struggling with my own at the moment)
50 Christopher Ueda http://www.twitter.com/ckueda
November 14th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
very cool. I’ve been updating my site and then checking it live. This is so much easier. Thanks! Definitely looking forward to the rest of the tutorial.
51 David Hage http://davidhage.com
November 14th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Thanks very much for the tutorial! Looking forward to the remaining two. Your clear instructions are great, I’ve been meaning to give WordPress a try for a while now.
52 Alvaris Falcon http://www.falconhive.com
November 14th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
A simple yet useful and excellent tutorial, your article always make me feel impressed!
53 Danne
November 14th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Looking forward to part 2!!
54 teddY http://www.teddy-o-ted.com
November 15th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Hey Nick, thank you so much for the tutorial. I’ve been wanting to install WP locally so that testing WP won’t be eating my all the bandwidth of my hosting plan. I’ve tried combing through online tutorials but some of them are horribly overcomplicated and makes it sound very cumbersome to get WP installed.
Thank God your tutorial came at the right time! Now I can test WP2.7 beta locally without messing with the online and active version of my WP
However, I’d prefer to use WAMP because it uses phpmyadmin. Very handy and simple. Oh, and I can’t wait for the next part to be released!
55 Ariyo http://www.ariyoshahry.net
November 15th, 2008 at 2:07 am
Thanks Nick, can’t wait for the actual meat.
56 abdulaziz
November 15th, 2008 at 8:37 am
WE ARE WATING YOU
57 sol http://solmaldonado.blogspot.com
November 15th, 2008 at 8:51 am
buenisimooooooooooooo!!
58 Tim
November 15th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Curious - on this tutorial, you show your wp-config file and at the localhost part - you have ‘localhost:8889′ — why is it 8889 instead of 8888 ? (which is what MAMP sets it up as). I admit, I’m new to this, so maybe there’s a perfectly good explanation for this, I just thought I’d ask. Does it make a difference?
59 Chris O'Donnell http://chrisodonnell.name/
November 16th, 2008 at 1:04 am
@Tim
I’ve got it set up and working with localhost:8888, I’m not sure if that’s just a typo or if there’s a better explanation, but I wouldn’t worry about it…
60 Dan http://minute44.com
November 16th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Yes, yes, yes! Super-handy mate.
This will save me a lot of time methinks.
61 Mads http://madebymads.com
November 16th, 2008 at 7:06 am
The reson that it’s set to 8889 it that it’s MySQL port and the 8888 is the apache port!
62 Allen http://allenchan.com.cn
November 16th, 2008 at 10:32 am
That’s very cool tutorial! Love it
63 paskal http://paskal.my
November 16th, 2008 at 10:59 am
hello
hurm i’ve done this since Xampp 1.5. very easy to me. i use it to test my wordpress theme offline, since it won’t eat away my server bandwith.
very nice and detailed tutorial indeed. keep it up!
64 Surfer http://surfer.extra.hu
November 16th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Good guide.
I’m waiting for the next chapters.
65 Jorge I. Zaruma
November 16th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
this was a very helpful tutorial for me. Thank You!….waiting for the next tut:)
66 Simon http://www.pixelghetto.com
November 17th, 2008 at 4:28 am
It might also be worth covering how you switch on mod_rewrite in apache as its turned off by default. Once its switched on then you can test various perma link structures locally.
As that was the one problem I had when running Wordpress locally. =)
67 insicdesigns http://blog.insicdesigns.com
November 17th, 2008 at 6:31 am
very cool tutorial. very usefull to beginners in wordpress.
68 Amilcar Tavares http://www.amilcartavares.com
November 17th, 2008 at 8:28 am
That’s cool. But the hard part is to pass it your server on the internet.
69 Luis Neng http://www.spirituc.com/en
November 17th, 2008 at 9:53 am
@Amilcar
I wrote an article that might save you some time
You should be able to migrate your blog to a production server without any hassles if you use my solution. Installing WordPress Locally and Migrating to a Production Server Hassle-Free
70 ophy http://www.nelshael.com
November 17th, 2008 at 11:55 am
I have XP64bit and don’t work
71 Bastian http://misterbastian.com
November 17th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
If XAMPP doesn’t work for you (it sadly didn;t work for me either), try another one (first uninstall the other server!) : wamp server and usb webserver (dutch site, but english software available) worked fine for me.
Greetz,
Bastian
72 giles
November 17th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
i’m really struggling with step 5!!
when i go to http://localhost:8889/mysite/wp-admin/install.php in my browser, firefox tries to open the file with dreamweaver?!?
what am i doing wrong?
73 Mitchel http://www.miitch.com
November 17th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
You should try usbwebserver 7 you unpack it, and it works.
I always have wordpress running in less then 5 minutes.
Also mod_rewrite is on bij default.
74 Magnus http://www.srface.com
November 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
@giles
I had some trouble with this too, until I realized I had extracted the wordpress zip-folder into a new directory inside ‘mysite’. When I moved the wordpress-files out of ‘wordpress-folder’ into ‘mysite’ it worked just fine.
75 dev(Www.iHaCK.ASIA) http://www.ihack.asia
November 19th, 2008 at 3:22 am
really useful tutorial,save many time to edit theme and perview the result
76 Saman http://scroll.blogfa.com
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 am
Thanks..
77 bweb http://www.nyczaj.eu
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
Thanks man.
78 Matthew Hodder http://matthodder.com
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:14 pm
I’ve had WAMPP set up for a while (for testing php) and never even thought of installing wordpress locally to test changes to my (few) wordpress sites. Nice post!
79 paluh http://www.deprowebs.com
November 24th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
sweet, thanks a lot
80 Arian http://www.nationaleconomy.net
November 24th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
It does not find where I installed wordpress.
http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/install.php
I get the message below and it’s not caused by a firewall or anything like that.
Failed to Connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost:8888.
Though the site seems valid, the browser was unable to establish a connection.
* Could the site be temporarily unavailable? Try again later.
* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer’s network connection.
* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.
81 ocube http://ocube.co.uk/
November 25th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Hey giles
Not sure if its the same problem I faced but try placing your site in (the whole shebang) in applications/mamp/htdocs/
workked for me. I use a G5 at work and could only get it to work that way. Funny thing is I use an intel Imac at home and it didnt have that problem. let me if that helps.
ocube
82 luke http://www.esty.mobi
November 26th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Giles, make sure that you changed the wp-config-sample file and make sure that you only have a (1) parent folder under htdocs structure should be like this:
mamp>htdocs>mytestsite>then all the extracted WP files
83 SC
November 26th, 2008 at 6:06 am
with WP 2.6.x “Update wp-config.php File” as a option, the install guide will do it.
84 rik
November 27th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Hi thx for the great tutorial. Anybody got any ideas how to acces the site from a PC in my LAN to check how IE works with my freshly created theme?
85 Rodrigo http://fotologando.blogspot.com/
November 28th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
humm não é muito dificil estou tentando seguir as dicas acima veremos se consigo
86 WP Cult http://wpcult.com
November 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Working on rebuilding my web store locally right now! Thanks!
87 PcSaudavel.com http://www.pcsaudavel.com
November 29th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Very goo Website.
Thank you
Roberto
88 Julynell http://www.julynell.com
November 30th, 2008 at 3:40 am
This was a great help! Thanks so much. I love your site, keep up the good work
89 aris http://organizedkuhnfyoozhuhn.wordpress.com
November 30th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I already have a wordpress blog. how do i log into that? It seems that its creating a new site. im lost please help.
90 fahad
November 30th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
hey,
im trying to install wordpress locally but im having some problems. When i get part 5 where it says :
With your browser, go to http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/install.php and follow the instructions to install WordPress.
i get an error message. Can you tell me where im going wrong?
Thank you
91 aris http://organizedkuhnfyoozhuhn.wordpress.com
November 30th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Fahad make sure that the contents from the wordpress folder are directly in the mysite folder. applications/mamp/htdocs/mysite/(the contents from inside the wordpress folder). if you place the the whole wordpress folder inside it wont work. Hope that helps.
92 fahad
December 1st, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Thanks Aris:) it works now.
Does anyone know where i can download a plugin which allow users to rate a product and review my posts or products?
by the way this site is great!
thank you for you help guys
93 grek
December 5th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Hey,
I use Windows and istalled WAMPServer. The problem I have is with step 3: where actually should I unzip the Wordpress content? The only ‘htdocs’ folder I have is inside ‘apache’ folder (wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.2.10\htdocs\).
Please help me.
94 joyce
December 8th, 2008 at 5:30 am
Hi,
Thank you for the tutorial, it is great!
I have successfully set up WordPress on localhost, however I don’t know how to login to the admin panal of WordPress. I am a newbie, please pardon me if this sounds like a silly question. Thanks in advance!
95 alysync http://m4more.com
December 8th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I am totally in the dark…so grateful this site exists!
The “newbie” tutorial for installing WordPress locally was too complicated for me…but since the blog is already up…(hosted with Hostazar…I managed to get THAT accomplished)…my dilemma now is “Themes”…I desperately need help in uploading/installing themes.
I am very ashamed because I AM a (graphic) designer…but not technical enough for Web design…my expertise is marketing/branding/imaging and PR…I’ve taken a hiatus from all that to engage in Internet marketing…so my inability to make my sites look fabulous is embarrassing to say the least. Please help!
I just discovered this blog and I’m reading all the other posts here now…in the meantime, additional hand holding is highly appreciated.
Thanks ahead of time.
AlysynC
96 Rikin http://rikinontheweb.wordpress.com
December 8th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I’m a complete noob and didn’t know to turn web sharing on in order for MAMP to work properly. Hope this helps anyone else as incompetent as I am! Thanks for this post so much…
97 someone that got frustrated
December 10th, 2008 at 5:18 am
for those trying to install wordpress and use xampp (mac or PC) when editing the code DO NOT put in a password. above says root for username and root for password. dont put in a password. you might have to remove whatevers there first. you can keep your localhost as just localhost as well.
98 Desirae http://www.nightlightinteractive.com
December 11th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
I’m stuck on Step 5. I tried that URL: http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/install.php and I get a “Failed to connect” error. I don’t know where I went wrong. I’m using WAMP server. I opened the HTML file in the wordpress htdocs folder and clicked the 5 minute install link which takes me to a page saying I already have wordpress installed. I never saw the install.php page. There were 2 blank text fields. There, I tried to name it and put my email address associated with the server. I don’t know what’s happening.
Also, What does the number 8888 and 8889 mean after “localhost:”? How do I know if I used the right number or if I need one at all?
99 steve
December 12th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
MAMP saves me soooo much time. Amazed it’s free.
100 Outlet http://outletyvcr.cz/
December 12th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Super list. Thank you very much
101 Okeif_Obd http://www.okeifbydesign.com
December 15th, 2008 at 11:14 am
For anyone using WAMP (and possibly XAMPP, have not tested) who has any issues related to Step 3-5, here is your solution:
With WAMP installed (or XAMPP) your Step 3, 4 and 5 will look different then, our gracious host has suggested, with a MAMP install.
Step 3.) Go to wamp / www, in whatever directory or location that wamp was installed. Extract latest (or any version) of wordpress-X.X.zip to a folder (mysite) with only the content of the wordpress folder dumped directly into (mysite). New file structure will be wamp / www / mysite / etc..
Step4.)Unless you’ve changed the db username, password or host name then the db_name is whatever you created in Step 2, the username is root, enter nothing between the ‘..’, and host is localhost.
Step5.)With your browser go to http://localhost/mysite/wp-admin-install.php.
Hope that helps!
Thanks again, Nick!
PS. If you’re having a problem getting your WAMP or XAMPP server online, that’s a whole ‘nother issue, but check to make sure you’re not using IIS; infact disable IIS if possible.
102 Redd Seider
December 20th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Okeif,
Having endless problems with the install and have tried both Nicks and your directions. Using XAMPP. No luck on either front, as constant “The requested URL was not found on this server” errors.
Have tried all combos:
http://localhost/xampp/www/wordpress/wp-admin-install.php.
http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin-install.php.
http://localhost:8889/wordpress/wp-admin-install.php. (get “IE cannot display this webpage” error on this one. wp-config localhost changed)
http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-admin-install.php. (get “IE cannot display this webpage” error on this one. wp-config localhost changed)
Some questions about your post:
1. In “Step 3″, you say ” Go to wamp / www”… This directory does not exist. Do you have to create it?
2. In “Step 4″, you say “…… the username is root, enter nothing between the ‘..’, and host……” What is the “enter nothing between the ‘…’ referring to? The password?
3. In “Step 5″, you say “With your browser go to http://localhost/mysite/wp-admin-install.php”
Should this be:http://localhost/wamp/www/mysite/wp-admin-install.php?
Thanks so much for your assistance!
103 Tom http://www.tkenny.co.uk
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:32 am
I’ve finally got a local WordPress install setup on my Mac thanks to your tutorial. Great for testing new versions and making changes to existing sites without editing live content. Thanks.
104 probablepossible http://probablepossible.com
December 24th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Wow, what a difference this makes!
105 asramnath
December 29th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Excellent. works well. Thankyou!
106 Emily La Porte http://none
December 30th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Hello,
I am pretty new to all of this, but eager to learn how to set up my own blog. What is the advantage of installing WordPress locally?
107 steve b
January 5th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
I’d like to thank Okeif who posted the life-saving tips (comment 101) that are needed to get the install working on a PC. Moved the whole thing from super-frustrating to super-satisfying. Whew…
108 Georgina
January 6th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Brilliant, thank you!
What a great idea for working on your design without constant ftping.
109 infopathologist
January 7th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Really useful, thanks. In fact, I substituted IIS for Apache on Windows XP, because that’s my usual development environment. All works a treat with PHP and mySQL.
110 2Clicks http://todopor2clicks.com.ar
January 8th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
AWESOME! Thank you! This will be VERY VERY usseful from now on. thanks a lot.
111 pankaj
January 9th, 2009 at 3:13 am
Wow, thank you!
112 nathan
January 11th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
IS this lesson inteded for a Paid Wordpress account? or this can also apply to a free Wordpress Acount.. ?????
113 Daisy http://krullturnbull.com
January 12th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Hi, i keep getting 404 Not found for http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/install.php
114 Tomas Lonnberg http://www.tomaslonnberg.com
January 14th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Hi, Brilliant site, brilliant post!!!
I had mega problems getting the XAMPP Server working locally [Windows XP], so I decided to try the WAMP. It works a treat.
This is how I did it - and it has been commented here before so this really is following on the instructions of other users on this post, [Okeif and otheres], anyways… This is for Windows XP,
Download and Instal WAMP,
then
1) create a folder, say ‘mysite’ to your c:\wamp/www/ folder. 2) download WP and unzip it to c:wamp/www /mysite, alternatively just unzip it to your desk top and then copy all of the wp files to c:wamp/www/mysite Make sure you do not a)copy the ‘wordpress’ file in there, just the content and b)don’t copy the wp file content into http://www. It needs to go to c:wamp/www/mysite !
3) go to phpmyadmin, which can be found on the little icon at the right bottom of the desktop. Create a data base for e.g mysitelocal or what ever.. Just make a note of it.
4)Go to your wp-config-sample file and rename it to wp-config , also set your DB_name as ‘mysitelocal’ or whatever else you chose, DB_user as ‘root DB_password as ” or if you have set a password then use it, and finally DB_host as ‘localhost’ - then save it!
5) next type in http://localhost/mysite or alternatively just write http://localhost and then choose from ‘Your Projects’ the mysite folder and you should be on your way. I hope this helps..
Again Brilliant resource site!! Thanks for all of your help past, present and future.
115 Andrew http://www.trainermade.com
January 15th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
JUST AS A HEADS UP!!! Sometimes the password is not root at all for a local host! In my case it was supposed to be left blank. Caused me hours of issues! Silly me.
116 Danilo http://www.kmagma.it
January 20th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Sorry,
do you think is possible keep both IIS on local (window 2003 server) and apache…
In this way I can test my sites that working in ASP and my sites that working in php…
Thank you very much
#danilo
117 Philomena
January 29th, 2009 at 9:21 am
Thanks! Fantastic site! And thanks Tomas L. who saved me from giving up with your tips for the Windows installation. It works on Vista too. Yeh!
118 Prakash
February 11th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Thanks for sharing it, Its so easy !!
Thanks again
119 Mark
February 11th, 2009 at 3:04 am
There is also a good article on how to install wordpress at http://www.madanrevoor.com/?p=9
Do check it out.
120 Ruchi Parikh http://choosyinfo.com
February 15th, 2009 at 12:33 am
Thanks Alot .. it helped me in setting it up locally, only problem is of simulating .htacess file in the windows xp machine, it would be great help if that could be provided.
121 Ashley
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
When I go to /wp-admin/install.php, all I get is a blank page. For some reason it’s not prompting me to install. Can anyone help me fix this issue please?
122 jlee http://cemilebora.com
March 4th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Thank you very much for this helpful tutorial.
123 K-Nine http://www.skylinedesign.co.ke
March 24th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Ashley, are you by any chance running on a 64 bit Operating system? I am, and I just discovered recently that XAMPP still hasn’t released a 64-bit version… but there are workarounds… if you are interested (an running on 64-bit)
124 kkerney
March 25th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Great tutorial! For those of you on a mac and still struggling with MAMP here is another great video tutorial on setting MAMP up on your mac http://www.freemacblog.com/mac-server-series-install-wordpress-on-your-mac-using-mamp/
125 PAUL
March 26th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
HI - can someone help please
I Get to the very last page and it reads
The requested URL /mysite/wp-admin/install.php was not found on this server.
Apache/2.0.59 (Unix) PHP/5.2.6 DAV/2 Server at localhost Port 8888
Ive tried this 3 times with no joy, can anyone recommend what i might be doing wrong?
Thanks
PAUL
126 Andyrw80
April 1st, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Hey, Great tutorial.
This is for Paul and anyone else having probs installing Wordpress, I think there is a typo where it says “http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/install.php” I think it should be 8889. Worked for me! Hope it helps.
127 Andyrw80
April 1st, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Oooopppps, not a typo, scratch my previous comment. I just forgot to put my Wordpress dos in the htdocs folder within MAMP. Now it’s working.
128 Enzo
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Hello everybody,
I thought I had done everything right, but I was wrong. For some odd reason when I click the instal file dreamweaver launches and no install takes place.
Following the instructions on the tutorial this is what I did:
1 Created datebase
2 Downloaded wp files, placed them inside a folder named mysite, and subsequently I placed the mysite folder inside the htdocs of mamp.
3) I removed “sample” to rename the wp-config.php
4) I launched dreamweaver and I entered the info inside wp-config.php file (database name, user, password)
5) I went to http://localhost:8889/mysite/wp-admin/install.php and downloaded the instal to my desktop.
6) I click the instal file. Dreamweaver launches showing the istal file, and no instal takes place.
I’m stuck here. I don’t know what to do. What did I do wrong? Can somebody help, please?
Thank you in advance.
For some odd reason, after I download from “http://localhost:8889/mysite/wp-admin/install.php”
129 MyClubTees http://www.MyClubTees.com
April 12th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Wonderful! My dilema: Running IIS and Apache on the same PC. I didn’t want to disable IIS. After a bit of struggling I managed to install WAMPServer on my PC. Now I have both servers IIS and Apache running on the same machine. I just changed “Listen 80″ to “Listen 777″ and “ServerName localhost:80″ to “ServerName localhost:777″ on httpd.conf - After the change I had to “Restart All Services”. From now on when I want to access Apache server I just have to change the URL to http://localhost:777/YourSite - Great article! Thx!
130 Hansraj
April 16th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Im trying to install the wordpress on a rails application.
+ Can wordpress be installed on rails application?
131 Steavedtugtap http://70studio.ru/
April 16th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
nice, really nice!
132 Keith D http://www.wmwebdesign.co.uk/
April 17th, 2009 at 7:25 am
I’ve just bought a copy of “Wordpress theme design”, cost me nearly £25.00.
Pity I didn’t find this article first!!
Question - for windows vista, which is best XAMPP or WAMP?
Thanks for the articles.
Keith D
133 Bonny Stohlquist
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
I am using wamp for a pc. I am having trouble with installing wordpress when I type in http://localhost/mysite/wp-admin/install.php I get this error message:
URL /mysite/wp-admin/install.php was not found on this server.
I can get to localhost/mysite and I can see the wordpress folder but cannot access it. I get the error message above.
I put my SQL hostname as “localhost could this be my problem.
If anyone can help me I would appreciate you emailing me at bonny@amigo.net.
Thanks
134 Katy
April 25th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
First of all, thanks for yet another great tutorial. I love this site!
I’m running on Windows Vista. I personally couldn’t get XAMPP to work at all, but after some trial and error here’s what worked for me:
1. Download WAMP (http://www.wampserver.com/en/)
2. Follow the tutorial at the following site to get the server and wordpress up and running — http://wordpressgarage.com/good-blogging-practice/how-to-set-up-wordpress-on-a-wampserver/
Hope this helps.
135 akteruzzaman http://computerclinic-banglamedia.blogspot.com
April 27th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
computerclinic-banglamedia.blogspot.com
136 iconz113
May 5th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Since leopard comes with PHP and apache preinstalled I just wanted to install mysql instead of installing mamp, also because I can use the mac as a webserver If i chose and from what i understand this would be impossible to do with mamp, it can only be used for testing locally and could not be viewed by anyone else. I understand the security issues but I would like the ability to do so. My question is how can I install wordpress using the apache php and mysql installed on the computer and not through mamp?
137 ghan http://www.g-han.co.uk
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I followed the tut.through each step, but developed a problem when trying to run ‘install’. I copied “http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/install.php” into my browser, but it comes up an blank white page,nothing happened.
when I change the address to “http://localhost:8889/mysite/wp-admin/install.php”,it asked me to save the install file. I did, but when open it,Adobe GoLive launched with these random codes “4???
5.0.41?)???@uQsmJjU?,¢??????????????Nc,L{J=1{=\7???ÿBad handshake”….I’m stuck….
I did put wordpress docs in the right folder(htdocs).
Please help me,thanks.
138 Celtu http://celtu.com
June 29th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Hi,
All I could express after seeing your wordpress blog’s design and beauty was this ” Oh my God, I have never seen such a beautiful design and blog”.
Well Anyway I do know Photoshop and Fireworks but I do not know how these flowers are made and even if these are made in these two or something else, I wish I could create design or flowers like this page has. Wow what is it did you develop yourself I write and preview is showing up of text I am typewriting that’s very new for me.
Any hint will be appreciated.
Oh yeah actually so far I only add entries for short tutorials or hints in my blog for technical programming or gadget or software related.
Thank you for reading my comments.
139 amarie
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 am
hi… i’m confused. i bought a host plan and installed my wordpress on it. does this mean installing it on my computer is much more better?
140 lella
July 3rd, 2009 at 3:01 am
Could someone give me some advice?
So I downloaded wordpress and installed in sucessfully on localserver –does this mean that the blog is only visible from my computer? I don’t have a web host. can I make one myself? if that is possible I’d like to try and figure it out. thanks!
141 James P http://www.funkandsoul.f2s.com
July 7th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Following along with the Wordpress tutorial here I’m running xampp 1.7.1 on vista sp1 but since I tried to start mysql with it I just get the 1067 error code every time I try to launch phpMyAddmin with it. Thing is I used to be able to run phpmyadmin just fine in previous releases but not anymore.
I’ve Googled the error on a few sites now and I’m not getting any solution yet. Please help as I ‘m banging my head against the wall here!
142 James P
July 7th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Solved my problem by switching to my home PC setup
works a charm.
143 Lish
July 10th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Hi, My wordpress installation stalls at the last stage after I key in my blog title and email. I am not getting the “Success” page with the generated login and password. Which step am I missing?
Please help! Thanks in advance!
144 saç ekimi http://sac.ekimi.net
July 14th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Thank you very clear
145 jez stevens
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 am
hi love the tutorial so far - very clear, but when I try to run the wp-install php file I get some gobbldygook and “bad handshake” can you help please.
I’m running os x10.4.11 with the latest version of wordpress and mamp.
146 cennetevi http://www.cennetevi.gen.tr
August 8th, 2009 at 6:12 am
these are awesome!
thanks for putting in the effort to get this list together http://www.cennet.gen.tr
147 Kathy
August 8th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Great Info! Had to tweak a few things for Windows Xammp, but very easy process. I love your site. Its one of the most beautiful I have come across and it is full of useful info for an aspiring designer. Thank you for all your work.
148 subcorpus http://www.subcorpus.net/blog/
August 8th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
helpful article …
was looking for something like this …
thanks for sharing …
am gonna try local wordpress intallation now …
149 nathan
August 26th, 2009 at 6:04 am
Mac people, can’t get to the install bit?
You need to move the wordpress folder (that you unstuffed) into the htdocs folder found in the MAMP directory (should be installed in your applications folder).
Than go to the localhost URL described in step 5.
150 Aoobi http://fashionow.net
September 4th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Great Info! Had to tweak a few things for Windows Xammp, but very easy process. I love your site.
151 harga emas http://harga-emas.com/
September 7th, 2009 at 11:30 am
I like this post and the lesson, thanks for making it.
Great..
152 Keya Lea http://synergyindesign.com
September 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Hey Jez, I got the same thing, but when go you to install, take out the /mysite and it will take you to the install page - assuming all other things have been done.
Thank you to the writer of this post! It walked me through and got me up and running.
153 bagsin http://handbagsurf.com
September 10th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Thank you very clear steps
154 serhan http://www.goynukoren.com
September 13th, 2009 at 10:51 am
thank you very much ..
155 DGS http://www.daysgrowshort.com
September 20th, 2009 at 7:11 am
nice and clear - thank you!
156 Learning WP
September 21st, 2009 at 12:33 am
In case anyone (Mac users) is having problems with all graphics and pics showing up I figured out why. Another popular tutorial said that you can install wp in any folder on your computer inside a htdocs and I did under my username. But I looked for weeks why the themes and WP icons wouldn’t show up. After reading here I read that wp needs to be installed into the “htdocs” folder inside of MAMP, inside of the apps folder. I also changed my Preferences inside of MAMP to “Reset MAMP ports” and it changed the Apache Port to 80 and they MySQL Port to 3306 and in my browser I put in “http://localhost/wordpress” and everything works perfect. I am new at this so don’t know if it’s the right way but it works to work locally.
I love the design of this site! Thanks for all the great info here.
157 Cyrus
September 21st, 2009 at 9:36 am
Great , Installing WordPress Locally
Great article. CSS saved web design
Cyrus
Visit http://www.psdtoxhtmlcoder.com
158 Chetan
September 25th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Hi, Thanks! this is very helpful article.
159 Stuart
October 15th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Thanks for the article and I’ve managed to install MAMP with no problems, along with getting a WP install up and running.
However, I cannot get my local install to see any new themes I copy into teh theme directory - any ideas?
160 Jave http://ctrl1337.blogspot.com
October 27th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Hi ^^
The information is pretty clear, but i think im doing something wrong and i need help to solve it. When i go to the link you mention to install.php i get this error that says the page was unable to reach… im pretty sure i did something wrong on my wp-config.php doc and actually i dont know the actual account and password for MySql, so please someone contact me and help me i need this thing up o.o I know im missunderstanding some information but i need you to guide me on this ^^
Tnx for all the tutorials and information ^^
161 Himanshu http://www.blogtechnika.com
October 29th, 2009 at 1:15 am
Thanks for this detailed tutorial. It clears all my doubts, bookmarked this post.
162 Mike http://www.comastore.com
October 31st, 2009 at 5:08 am
Thank you to the writer of this post!
163 Filip Jakobsen http://www.filipsdesign.dk/
November 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
This is brilliant! THANK YOU SO MUCH for making this tutorial
:-) 
164 rarmbeabs http://www.clickshappen.com/postafreepressrelease/pressrelease.cfm?ID=63580
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Outstanding Article , I thought it was tremendous
I look ahead to more great postings like this one. Do you have a RSS I can subscribe to for updates?
165 amanda http://qq2009.j4r.net
December 6th, 2009 at 5:31 am
your site so beautiful !
166 Abrar http://swine-flue-virus.blogspot.com
December 7th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Excellent tutorial. Thank you very much
167 ethiodelight http://www.ethiodelight.com
December 11th, 2009 at 5:37 am
it’s very good post
168 509 Media http://www.509media.com
December 17th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Nice write up. Saved me a little time explaining it to someone. I use WAMP on my pc for working on Wordpress pages. I have had no issue with it. I recommend it as well.
169 Paul Wozney http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/pwozney
December 17th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Hi there,
I used your instructions to set up a local beta site for the school I worked for last year, and it worked flawlessly. I moved to a new school this year, and wanted to start fresh. I deleted the old site, created a new database in myphpAdmin for the new site, and now I can’t get it to work at all. I keep getting the same error message about already having installed wordpress despite having deleted the old database in phpmyadmin.
Any ideas? I have a screenshot of the error message if that would help. Any assistance would be brilliant. Thanks!
170 Jeff http://www.bestwebsitesdesigner.com
January 4th, 2010 at 1:11 am
Check these video…it explains how to install wordpress on local computer..
Please place these video in your blog so it will help your visitors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnd3u0bWJv8
Thanks
171 vincentdresses http://www.hibridal.com
January 6th, 2010 at 1:42 am
喜欢你们的设计与技术，常来看看
172 SE7E Design http://www.se7endesign.com
January 6th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Excellent Tutorial! Spent hours trying to figure this out but once I found this tutorial I had WordPress running locally in half a minute!
173 Victoria cooke http://sweetnfree.wordpress.com/
January 25th, 2010 at 5:48 am
thank you so much @ Tomas Lonnberg because i couldnt get mine to even give me the page to bring up wordpress until i read your guide. and i went through 13pages of comments and guide trying until i came to yours ^-^ thanks again=)<3
174 Alvin Tan http://www.undeniableprofits.com
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:27 pm
I’ve just installed WP 2.9.1 locally with XAMPP Windows 1.7.3 in my Vista PC.
How To Install WordPress Locally With XAMPP
175 Peter
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Thank you for the clear guide. I had been battling for a week to get Wordpress installed - you gave me that one bit of information I was missing from other instructions and I got it done in half an hour.
176 LouienatoR
February 24th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Nice tutorial mr…. but my problem is that, i’m stuck in 5. Run install.php “Warning: require_once(../wp-load.php)” i need help really badly…. thank you…..
177 Emily
March 24th, 2010 at 11:11 am
I’m stuck on step 5, please help!
I’m using a mac and MAMP. I’ve tried every way of trying to get that setup page and have had no success. What am I doing wrong?
178 number8
March 25th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
hi,
Thanks for this but i have a problem with steps 4 & 5.
I inserted the ‘database name’ no problem. (very impressive i know).
- where do i find the username and password to insert in step 4?
- when you say ‘localhost:8889′? what do you mean?
Sorry if this is all newbie questions but im genuinely stuck.
and assuming i fill in the info in step 4 correctly, then running /install.php should work?
thanks in advance
n8
179 Kyle King http://www.highergroundstudio.com
April 2nd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
You might want to add the Microsoft Web Platform Installer as a possible way to install wordpress locally. It is a really easy install for windows users (about 10 minutes).
http://www.microsoft.com/web/gallery/wordpress.aspx
180 Kyle King http://www.highergroundstudio.com
April 2nd, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I would be willing to do a guest post for web designer wall detailing how to use the Microsoft Web Platform. Contact me if you are interested at kyle{at}highergroundstudio{dot}com
181 Jodi Henderson
April 6th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
This was a fantastic help! Thanks very much!
182 Web Design http://exmmedia.com
April 28th, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Great info !! THANKS!!!!
183 San Diego Mobile Notary http://www.melissasmobilenotary.com
May 13th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Great tutorial. I was always looking for ways to install Wordpress and work with a theme locally. There are many steps, but all are laid out very well. Thanks for taking the time to help everyone.
Kurt
San Diego Mobile Notary
184 Graham Armfield http://www.coolfields.co.uk
May 24th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Thanks for the clear instructions and easy to follow layout. This article was very informative.
185 Gray
May 25th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Brilliant tutorial and have used it before. I updated my MAMP Pro, and now it won’t work!!! So annoying… it cant connect and I keep getting this msg-
Not Found
The requested URL /mysite/wp-admin/install.php was not found on this server.
Please help, I need to get this sorted. I’ve done everything that is required so really dont know whats going on! Thanks
186 Alex http://www.ajdf.co.uk
May 27th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Things are slightly different for WAMP: Here’s what I did:
1. Install WAMP into c:/. When done, run WAMP then click on WAMP icon in icon tray> select ’start all services’ from menu.
2. Go to your browser address bar: http://localhost… (if you see nothing, try closing ‘SKYPE!!!!’), click on phpmyadmin link at bottom (this just takes you to localhost/phpmyadmin)…
3.You now ‘create new database’, give name ‘wordpress’… leave all other dropdown boxes.
4.When it has created that, go to tab towards top right called ‘Privilages’… click ‘add new user’, enter a username and password twice, ignore everything else and click GO on bottom right to save this user.
5. Now you can continue from STEP 3 in Nick (webdesignerwall’s)
tutorial, but note your folder will not be called ‘htdocs’ it is call ‘www’ found at c:/wamp/www/’folder-name-you-created-for-your-local-wordpress’…
187 arvee marie http://www.flutterhappy.com
June 6th, 2010 at 11:39 am
i used xampp and it was great. i used it before making my site go live. ♥
188 Conny http://www.swisswebwork.com
June 15th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Never ever came to my mind LOL to do it localy tzzz, now i can work even when im without net
10 thumbs up
189 Irwin Ramón
July 29th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Thanks so much. Steps were nicely presented and easy to understand to a beginner like me. I am trying to create an e-commerce site and even though I read that drupal is the best way to go. I will try to do it with wordpress because I read is possible. I saw a template that I really liked that was supposed to be used with drupal, but I was not able to handle it. I was able to install drupal on a local server, but I was not able to do anything with the template that I chose. I know drupal is a more powerful CMS, but for someone like me it doesn’t add to anything if I can’t understand how it works. I hope that Wordpress is as easy as I read. Again, thank you for the tutorial it was clear and useful enough for beginners like me.
190 Eki
July 31st, 2010 at 4:57 am
When I go to
http://localhost:8888/mysite/wp-admin/install.php
I get
Not Found
The requested URL /mysite/wp-admin/install.php was not found on this server.
Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) PHP/5.3.2 DAV/2 Server at localhost Port 8888
Any ideas what I am doing wrong. Much appreciate a response
191 Akash http://www.tatvaa.com
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Brother, you’re awesome! I mean knowing something is one and actually taking out time to help others is a mere demonstration of passion. Thanks a ton!
192 Chandra or Ibukerte http://timikaunique.blogspot.com
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:27 pm
@ ALEX..thanks you give me a solution since I am using wamp server. The wordpress already installed on my PC. Hug from Timika, Papua, Indonesia.
193 Janneke
August 4th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
I’m a total noob at this (a) So when I try to install wordpress, it says Error: PHP is not running. I downloaded everything above, I even downloaded php seperately and after that I downloaded the WIX to manually install php, that totally didn’t work
I do have another program called eclipse. I can open the php files and edit them, but I can’t view them. When I try that there comes a black window and it disappears, seconds after… Can someone help me??
194 Abida Sultana
August 8th, 2010 at 2:19 am
Thanks .
195 arif wachyudin http://pondokbaca.com
August 8th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
nice posting!
thanx a lot bro…
196 Adam
August 28th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Thanks so much for this guide. I was a bit daunted about all of this and you have really helped. I don’t usually show my gratitude on posts like this, but i felt i needed to on this one…