i am retarded when it comes to php and i tried to put wordpress on a site to see if i could do it but i have had no luck.

when i go to the page it is supposed to be on this is all i get..... http://futilesoul.coconia.net/blog/INDEX.PHP
can anyone tell me what to do please, or someone fix it for me?

thanks

the script cannot find the files wp-db.php and wp-settings.php.
Maybe you've a wrong path configuration(I don't know if there's such thing in the configuration file) or you've not uploaded correctly the required files.

It's 1 of 2 things...

If you can, goto:
http://futilesou.coconia.net/blog/wp...ns-general.php, the wordpress URI and/or Blog URL are wrong.

The other thing it could be is the INDEX.PHP and other files in UPPERCASE, wordpress internal links are set for lowercase filenames.

csmith

when i downloaded it, i left the files that were in uppercase as they were. i did what it said to do in the html readme file

"Installation: Famous 5-minute install
1.Unzip the package in an empty directory

2.Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details

3.Save the file as wp-config.php

4.Upload everything.

5.Launch /wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums with as much data as you can gather.

6.Note the password given to you.

7.The install script should then send you to the login page. Sign in with the username admin and the password generated during the installation. You can then click on 'Profile' to change the password. "

even after doing all of that it didn't work, so i have been trying to mess with the files but nothing is working.
could someone try to do it for me?
thanks

Are you sure you have a MySQL database with user and have entered the correct information to the correct places within the config file?

yes, i have checked that multiple times

Your problem is clearly obvious:
http://futilesoul.coconia.net/blog/

'nuff said...

csmith

as i said before i am retarded when it comes to php, so nothing is "clearly obvious" to me when looking at that, can someone explain what is "clearly obvious"
thanks

I think you'll find that for some reason some files and directories are all UPPERCASE. Wordpress looks for them in all lower case. I would re-ftp all files except for the config.php file and force file names to lower case. (Or rename all files to lower case individually - YUCK!). Some ftp programs have a setting to do this, and some do not.

Which ftp program are you using? Do you have cpanel access?

csmith

If you look at your error message: Warning: main(/home/www/futilesoul.coconia.net/blog/wp-includes/wp-db.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/futilesoul.coconia.net/blog/wp-settings.php on line 59

Compare that to the wp-includes/wp-db.php file in the wp-includes directory: you 'll find WP-DB.PHP .

So basically, wordpress (and the *.nix) server it's on use case specific file names. Bottom line, WP-DB.PHP does not equal wp-db.php on a unix server.

csmith

thanks, i hope that works, when i have time to do it ill let you know if that worked.

1. Delete all the files from /blog directory.
2. Download Wordpress again
3. Upload ALL the files using a FTP program.
4. Read the installation guide.
5. Do what it says.

If you do reinstall, don't forget to drop the tables in the database.

csmith

i finally got around to it and reinstalled everything it finally worked!!
http://futilesoul.coconia.net/blog

Looking good. Good luck with it.

thanks, what i think the problem was is that instead of putting in the address bar http://...........install.php i just clicked it in the file manager screen.