Getting Wordpress up on the server via mysql

[William O'Higgins Witteman]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 02:22:59PM -0400, I. Khider wrote:
>
>I ran the instructions to the letter and got a blank page for my efforts (five
>minutes my arse!):

It can be 5 minutes, but not usually the first time you do it.  On my
machines I can usually get a blog up in ~60 seconds.  We'll get you
there.

When I use PHP and get a blank page, it is usually because I have a PHP
error of some kind.  Check your errors.log for items of interest.

>I went the mysql route as I figured that was the easiest, not really.

Which route is that?  Last I looked (3 seconds ago) only MySQL can be
used with WP.

>When I run install.php, no tables are created.
>
>I asked tera-byte support and got
>
>"You already have a MySQL user (the username is the same as the site admin
>username). You set a password in the MySQL management section of the admin
>site (not in phpMyAdmin), you would create a database there as well (if you
>have not already)."

Well, did you set a password and create an empty database?  Did you put
that information in the wp-config.php file?

>Am I going the wrong direction here as this is suddenly getting more complex
>than the five minute install advertised. I am thinking the correct solution
>must be the simplest, and when things are getting complex, I am on the wrong
>path.

Not more complex, but the 5 minute install is predicated on having your
database sorted.  It is the equivalent of saying that it is a 6 step
process, after completing steps A through E.
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yours,

William

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