404 error upon wordpress installation

  • Resolved Ryan

    (@tombellmemorial)


    9 years, 4 months ago

    I am working on a site for someone and trying to install a copy of wordpress using FTP. I have done this successfully before but am not sure what my problem is this time.

    I have changed the settings in the config.php file to connect the files to the database & have added the security keys. Even when I try to pull the config.php file up I am unable to.

    The site is https://www.blpcpa.com.

    I am trying to go to https://www.blpcpa.com/wp-admin/install.php but am receiving a 404 error.

    I think the files are in the right location, because when I place a sample index.html file in the same location I can view it on the home url of the site.

    Any help would be appreciated.

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  • Thread Starter Ryan

    (@tombellmemorial)

    I am not sure the IIS had the php module, but I know the Linux / Apache / PHP 5.6 will read my files. Not sure how long it should take for the server to make the changes so the files will be readable though?

    Also I am not able to restart the server.

    Thanks so much for all your help.

    Thread Starter Ryan

    (@tombellmemorial)

    Also I am not sure what you mean by “templates”

    Also I thought the wp-config file was required to make wordpress work properly?

    MMM, I’m sure you can add PHP/MySQL to IIS webserver, it’s just free now for years – and now quite efficient.

    But now if you changed to a Linux/PHP/MySQL webserver,

    If it works alright, at for example https://www.mysite.com, just upload all latest wordpress files at your site.

    From there, use : https://www.mysite.com

    And you should see the “5 min installer”, it will create the file for you asking questions, database, site name, so on.

    Addtional notes
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    Wp-config.php is a file that defines where are:

    1) database: url, login and password
    2) site root: like https://www.mysite.com

    A template in WordPress defines the visual appearance of your site, it can be very different according to your needs, without changing text. Actually, every WordPress site is a template that you define in a folder. But, I let you check it a bit.

    Thread Starter Ryan

    (@tombellmemorial)

    I appreciate all your help.

    You’re welcome, I hope you have a working setup now. If so, now you will work with templates, every WordPress site can be changed from A to Z with templates it’s highly flexible.

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