Neal

I hear you. I think screen shots would be helpful. Can you upload them via dropbox or google drive and share the link here?

I’m glad that worked out! It looks like this is currently a WordPress site? If thats the case you could just copy the files/folders from an FTP and paste them into your localhost!

Happy to help!

@bobferg

You can’t directly upload a picture on the forum, and would have to upload the images to a site or photo service and provide the link here.

I think you’re right. Moving the folders around MAMP is confused. It might be worth it to wipe clean and do a reinstall.

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@timknapp

Usually, when this happens it means there is a bug in one of your plugins. Try going into your plugins page and deactivate only one at a time, then each time check back to your widget page. When/if your widget page displays, you’ll know who the culprit is based on which plugin you deactivated.

Let me know if this helps!
Aniello

Okay, that could still be a username/database name/password issue. Since MAMP acts as a server on your computer, as soon as you turn MAMP on, your on the “server”. I would double check the names of the databases both on the back end and on the WordPress set up page. Do you have any screen shots?

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Hi @timknapp!

Did you recently update a plugin or do any kind of other updating?

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Could be the server. What port settings are you using? Try…

Apache Port: 80
Nginx Port: 7888
MySQL Port: 3306

But usually, that error message is because the username and password don’t match.

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Sorry, forgot to address the FTP client question. You’ll need to download an FTP client like Filezilla. If your working for a company they may already have one set up. If not, there are several out there to choose from. Then you’ll need to log into your site directory.

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Thats strange. Root is the username and password by default. What error or message is it giving you?

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@rackwareinc

Thanks for providing that information!

First. I noticed WordPress is prompting you to upgrade. I’d do that first! I’m a huge proponent of keeping up to date on the latest versions, that way you can always rule out pervious bugs with older versions when your problem solving.

I would try using another browser first. But since you have images with broken links (I’m going to assume they were working before) I’m guessing your file permissions changed. You’ll need to log in with an FTP client and navigate to the WordPress content folder, in there you’ll see another folder called uploads. Right-click on that, and select File Permissions. When the box pops up, check and make sure the Numeric value is set to either 744 or 755. Underneath that option make sure the box is checked for “Recurse into subdirectories”, and underneath that check the radio button next to “Apply to all files and directories”, then click ok.

I hope this helps!
Aniello

• This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Neal.

I think you’re missing a step. Before you can move on from this page you actually need to create the database. Go to your browser type in the following…

localhost/php/MyAdmin

This will take you to the PHP admin page for MAMP.

Click on the Databases tab at the top of the page. It will take you to page where you will see an area at to top of the page that says Create database. In the text field type in “wordpress” for the name, then click on the create button.

Now you can go back to the wordpress page and enter the following…

Database Name: wordpress
User Name: root
Password: root
Database Host: localhost
Table Prefix: wp_

Then click on submit!

Hope this helps!
Aniello

Messiguo,

It really sounds like your file permissions have changed.

Did you check the numeric value is set to 744 or 755?

Thank you!
Aniello Cristo

• This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Neal.

Hi Parker!

I have a couple questions.
– What browser are you using? and have you tried to use a different browser to upload? It could be a compatibility issue.
– Are images you successfully uploaded before showing up in your media library? If they aren’t, or are showing up a broken links, it means file permissions changed. If thats the case, you’ll need to access your FTP client to change permissions on the upload folder. Usually you’ll get a message on the side of the screen stating, “unable to create directory…” when this is the case.

Can you provide a screen shot?

Thanks!
Aniello