Old, Retired, Programmer, having issues getting WP to work.

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    (@herohog)


    1 month, 3 weeks ago

    I’m an old man suffering brain fade and can’t grock the issue in getting my WordPress install to work enough to START figuring out what to do.
    MySQL Host: {MyRoot}.mysql.guardedhost.com
    MySQL Port: 3306
    MySQL Version: 10.10.6-MariaDB-1:10.10.6+maria~deb11
    Installed WordPress Version: 6.7.1
    PHP Version: 8.2
    wp-config.php modified as per instructions in ReadMe.html and wp-config-sample.php
    hosted on omnis.com on my https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz domain.

    https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/index.php bombs out with: “Forbidden
    You don’t have permission to access this resource.” Absolutely no help/clue beyond that.

    I’m suspecting a pathing issue possibly as https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/wp-admin/index.php gets me to a good login screen, I enter a perfectly cromulant username and password then get the exact same error as above whereas https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/wp-admin/ just gets me the error without the nifty Login screen before it pukes.

    I DID look at the Debugging suggestions BUT, don’t have an offline sandbox to play in, just what it is out there online.

    Help? Suggestions, foul language, derision, all perfectly fine If it gets this bird off the ground.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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    (@herohog)

    Update, it IS a pathing issue! I put “DirectoryIndex /WordPress/index.php” in my webroot .htaccess file and WordPress Fired right up! Still struggling with https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/wp-admin/index.php
    though…

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    (@herohog)

    Update 2: getting this error “This page isn’t working
    https://www.dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz?redirected you too many times.
    Try deleting your cookies.
    ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

    Flusing and restarting Brave browser…

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    (@herohog)

    Ok, it sorta works but I still have pathing issues. My folder structure is:

    {WebRoot}/WordPress <– yes, it is camel case.

    So, what do I need to get so WordPress is “happy” cause what I have tried does not work right at all.

    Please, sir, can I get a clue?

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    (@herohog)

    Well, CARP! It’s back to just throwing errors.

    “Forbidden
    You don’t have permission to access this resource.”

    when using a redirect in an index.html file in the root that redirects it to:

    https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/index.php

    AND, using https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/wp-admin/index.php directly results in a login screen and gets the same error on submit now! AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!

    In which directory did you store the WordPress files? In other words, where you have stored the wp-config.php.

    Why did you create the wp-config.php manually and did not use the usual setup in the browser? Simply unpacking the files and calling them up in the browser is sufficient.

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    (@herohog)

    Thanks for your response!

    I used an installer app on my web hosting provider’s site in their management portal that used to be pretty dependable. It was installed into /WordPress on my webserver. The wp-config.php file, in that folder, was not populated with all the needed data and I put it in following all the instructions I had/could find. The program came with a wp-config-sample.php file that was well commented as to what was need and where to get it going, supposedly, that you were to edit and save as wp-config.php in the install directory.

    Looking at the config file, I notice, at the very end, this:

    /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

    /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
    if ( ! defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) ) {
    define( ‘ABSPATH’, DIR . ‘/’ );
    }

    /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
    require_once ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’;

    I wonder if that shouldn’t be:

    /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

    /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
    if ( ! defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) ) {
    define( ‘ABSPATH’, DIR . ‘/WordPress’ );
    }

    /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
    require_once ABSPATH . ‘/WordPress/wp-settings.php’;

    Your thoughts? Thanks again for responding.

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    (@herohog)

    As a test, I made my web root .htaccess file like this:

    DirectoryIndex /WordPress/index.php

    and the webroot index.html like this:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
    	<title>Don't Sweat The Small Stuff!</title>
    	<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL=/WordPress/index.php">
    	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
    	<meta name=keywords content=""/>
    	<meta name=description content=""/>
    	<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
    </head>
    <body>
    <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="/WordPress/index.php" />
    </body>
    </html>

    It sorta works but NOT as it should! You can open https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz and get the WP page I was messing around with to learn how it all works BUT, if you click the link https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/wp-admin/index.php you get the login BUT, after grinding for a good bit, you are rewarded with:

    This page isn’t working
    https://www.dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz?redirected you too many times.
    Try deleting your cookies.
    ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

    and it eventually quits grinding. THEN, if you fire off: https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/index.php
    while the https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz/WordPress/wp-admin/index.php tab is still up, you get the site page WITH THE EDITING LINKS AT THE TOP!

    Now, If you just open https://dontsweatthesmallstuff.biz, the short one, not fully pathed, you get the WP page I was messing around with to learn how it all works WITHOUT the admin links at the top.

    Confused now? I sure am! %-p

    That sounds totally confusing. However, the starting point is the tool from your hoster that you used for the installation. This obviously complicates everything – normally such a WordPress installation is done in 5 minutes. I would therefore recommend that you contact your hoster’s support team, who will provide you with this tool.

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    (@herohog)

    As you can see, I’ve tried several things to make it work, most of which I THINK were reasonable and all easily rolled back, nothing “radical.”

    {SIGH!} Ok, I’ll just uninstall this installation, download the package from here, install it using the directions provided, and see what happens, I guess.

    Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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    (@herohog)

    Screw this, I give up. This is SO not intuitive nor does it work “out of the box” with a “5 minute setup.” I’ve deleted EVERYTHING, purged my DB of this foul demon and moved back to good, old, SHTML and straight, simple, PHP.

    So long and ya can keep yer spoiled fish.

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