Can’t see install.php on child site installation

  • Resolved dantesgame

    (@dantesgame)


    15 years, 11 months ago

    Hello,

    I just installed a copy of WordPress (successfully) on my primary website/domain without a hitch (hosted on a Windows platform).

    I have a second site (a child site) underneath my “primary” website, (with its own domain name) that I wanted to install a 2nd copy of WP to.

    I modified the wp-config.php file to reflect the name of the blog and changed the prefix (I only have 1 MySQL database on the primary account).

    When I pointed my browser to the install.php file on the 2nd install, it came up with a blank white page. This happened on Firefox 3.0 and IE 7.0.

    Any clues as to why the install page won’t show up? (pointing to the same database, using the same UID & PW for the DB…).

    Thanks for your help.

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    Thread Starter dantesgame

    (@dantesgame)

    OK–I think I got it figured out to a certain degree… I was not able to install to the root directory of the child site but I was able to install to a subdirectory off of the root in the child site.

    Not sure why I can’t install to the root but I sure could use some feedback as to how to work around this and get this installation in the root of the child site.

    Anybody? Thanks in advance!

    To make WordPress available at https://mydomain.com just change in Settings->General, the Blog address (URL) to https://mydomain.com and put this index.php file in your web-root folder (it is the same folder that contains the blog folder)

    <?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./blog/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

    Then update your permalinks in Settings->Permalinks.

    Thread Starter dantesgame

    (@dantesgame)

    OK–I got the root directory install problem fixed. Deleted the child site and re-created it then re-uploaded the WP files into the root of the child site. Was able to see the install.php and get the blog installed.

    Now the problem is that the blog itself isn’t showing up–just a blank white page. Same thing for the admin page–blank white page. However, when I refresh the admin page I can eventually see it to login.

    Can’t see the index.php page though (blank white page). Getting closer… I think. ??

    Any ideas on why the index.php would show up as a blank white page? (round two… ding!)

    Files not uploaded correctly. Try reuploading.

    Resource:
    Uploading WordPress to a remote host (make sure you are using ASCII mode (or Auto mode in FileZilla)

    Thread Starter dantesgame

    (@dantesgame)

    I used WS_FTP Pro on Auto mode as I always do. At any rate, I deleted my DB entries and re-uploaded everything from scratch–in ASCII mode this time instead of auto.

    Same problem. The installation worked but the front page is a blank white page.

    Thread Starter dantesgame

    (@dantesgame)

    Got this issue fixed. I wound up using the Multiblog installation.
    Please close this thread.

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