Can't get to the file to change paths

  • After I download the package & installer files, he says (on the tutorial) “we are going to browse to this installer file that we just installed at a completely different location . . .” . . . going to click on the installer file, get the current path, get another name, etc. My question is how do you get that file? I don’t have that coming up. Since I can’t find how to get to it, I can’t change the paths, etc. in the installer. Please help as I am about to pull my hair out!!

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  • Hi SSAruthie,

    Not sure I totally understand your question.

    Were you able to successfully create a package? After hte package is created you should see the package download button and the install button. The package button points to a zip archive that you can download to any location. The second one is a PHP file that you download the exact same location.

    Then you open up a browser and browse to the install.php to run the installer.

    Thread Starter SSAruthie

    (@ssaruthie)

    It is when I click the installer to download. It asks me to open or save. I have savied it to my folder and I also try to open it. It say windows cannot open this file. I can’t find anything on the web that it suggests that has me open it so I can go to another tab and open it in a browers. This is where I am stuck. Is there an actual encoder (I think that is the right term???) that I already have to choose from or do I need to download something else?

    I understand that everything is actually backed up in my pkg that I created in my main folder, but not in a separate area that you suggest on the tutorial.

    The install.php file has to be placed on a web server that can read php files. So both the package and install file must be on a Web server in the same directory.

    You then browse to the install.php file from a web browser such as https://localhost/mywordpressroot/install.php

    Make sure the directory mywordpressroot is empty except for install.php and the package (.zip file) At this point fill in the values on the install.php form (opened in your browser) and it will then deploy the package to the “mywordpressroot” directory.

    Hope this helps!

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