Uploaded website does not work, (also not locally anymore)

  • Hi, I am new to WP so I expect I made some beginners mistake but even when I search the web I can not find it.

    I built a basic website locally (in Mamp) and everything worked well.
    To upload it to the external provider I edited the wp.config.php, changing the localhost data, DB, User etc. into what the external hosting party provided me with to get the site live on the web.
    After I uploaded the site using Filezilla (including uploading the mysql data to the database) and I activated the internal link, I expected everything to work.
    But it doesn’t.
    According to the Strato helpdesk, (the hosting company) the fields I entered into the wp.config.php are correct.
    1. What could be wrong and what can I do to make the site work?

    Then, when I changed the wp.config.php data back to the original localhost data, I expected at least my local site to work again. But after doing that it does not work locally any longer either!
    2. What can I do to correct this?

    Thanks.

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  • Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    1. Is it wp.config.php or wp-config.php ?

    2. Is it just a blank white screen? Does anything load?

    3. Have you read/checked any/all error logs?

    Thread Starter Bakdek

    (@bakdek)

    Hi Jose,
    Sorry, it’s wp-config.php
    2. It’s just a blank screen. Nothing appears to load.
    3. No I have not checked any error logs. I don’t know where to find those logs.

    Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    What happens if you rename the config file? Is there a setup screen?

    Thread Starter Bakdek

    (@bakdek)

    I’m afraid a simple question like this could bring more harm so just to make certain, what do you mean exactly with renaming the config file?

    Do you mean opening mamp and just changing the word config in wp-config.php into anything I would like or do you mean something more specific?
    Should I duplicate the original file or just overwrite the name?

    Thanks

    Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    On your local setup, try renaming the wp-config.php file to something else like wp-config.php.backup and if when you go to {site}/wp-admin/ you don’t see a setup screen then it means you may have to re-install WP to see if that clear it up.

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