Stuck on Step 1

  • This being the second time I’ve tried installing wp 1.5, I’m still encountering pretty much the same problems as the other times. Here’s what my install.php says when I run it:

    <?php
    $_wp_installing = 1;
    if (file_exists(‘../wp-config.php’))
    die(“The file ‘wp-config.php’ already exists. If you need to reset any of the configuration items in this file, please delete it first.”);

    if (!file_exists(‘../wp-config-sample.php’))
    die(‘Sorry, I need a wp-config-sample.php file to work from. Please re-upload this file from your WordPress installation.’);

    if (!is_writable(‘../’)) die(“Sorry, I can’t write to the directory. You’ll have to either change the permissions on your WordPress directory or create your wp-config.php manually.”);

    [Moderated: Long code posting removed.]

    I changed the wp-config.php properly. My server is one of those 1% that actually places the database at a different address, but I took care of that. As well as filling in the proper database name, username and password.

    I have not a clue what is wrong and could use any help someone could give to me….

    Thanks…

    Lisa

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  • And what happens when you run the install?

    That is raw code.
    1 of 2 things is happening:

    – you do not have PHP on the server. Who are you hosted with ?
    – you have incorrectly uploaded the file. What ftp client do you use ?

    You mean this is what you see if you try to run the install.php in your browser… like in:
    https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/install.php
    If the answer is YES, then PHP is not running on your server.

    Thread Starter drex

    (@drex)

    But PHP 4.XX is running on my server as well as Apache 1.3 and UNIX FreeBSD plattform. I’ve installed a database–viewed said database from phpMyAdmin panel.

    My host is infinology.com, and I used WS-FTP Pro to load my files.

    And yes, when I run the install, all I see is pure code…no webpage. The first time I installed WP 1.5, I could get a webpage from IE 6.0, but only saw code in Firefox 1.01. Now, its the same with both browsers.

    Lisa

    Thread Starter drex

    (@drex)

    Hello, is anyone out there? Still stuck, and definitely could use some help….

    Lisa

    Would the fact that your host is using FreeBSD have something to do with this, I wonder? Have you consulted with them on this problem?

    infinology.com

    I find it hard that they would use this for their os

    they seem to be well known

    Thread Starter drex

    (@drex)

    I don’t know…I haven’t asked them anything yet. I wanted to make sure that it wasn’t something I wasn’t doing right first before I contacted them. But, I did specifically ask what platform and server technology they were using before I even began the installation process, and what they told me was they were using UNIX Free BSD platform with Apache 1.3.

    So, should I talk to them? What’s the problem with that platform? Will Free BSD make it impossible for me to use any type of PHP programming?

    Lisa

    Textdrive uses FreeBSD for it’s web server. If I recall correctly, this site is hosted on Textdrive, so I doubt that this is an issue.

    That said, I would still contact them if you haven’t already, and explain that you are seeing raw PHP code instead of having the code parsed and run through the PHP module in the server.

    Thread Starter drex

    (@drex)

    All right, I’ll do that. Thank you…

    Let us know how you make out. If everything seems fine from your host, then we’ll have to tackle this another way.

    FreeBSD is a very stable flavor of Unix; I’ve got several blogs on FreeBSD servers, so that isn’t the problem.

    i found it very hard to install the wordpress can any one send me a step by step direction with examples if possible

    my email [email protected]

    I don’t think you will find an easier install process than the one in the codex, this site, or in your readme file. I would recommend contacting your hosting provider.

    There is one other solution: If your host is running Cpanel, there is a module called Fantastico. You should be able to install the program through this interface. You might need to create a database first which is also in Cpanel. I know that Plesk has the same thing.

    Hope this helps ??

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