Comments on: How To Install WordPress Blog Locally On Your PC

By: Mike Thornley

Mike Thornley — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:25:51 +0000

Thank you Jeffry for the advice, appears Godaddy.com servers don’t make it a 5 min install after all. I had to set up a DB on my server but as of yet, stiull struggling. Working on it.

By: Jeffry Thurana

Jeffry Thurana — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:03:33 +0000

Hi Mike,

Since every machine is unique, I could only guess about the solution. But you may try to:
- use “localhost/” instead of “localhost:8888/”
- check the folder name, is it “wordpress”? If not, change it into “wordpress” or change the address according to the folder name –> “http://localhost:8888/folder_name/wp-admin/install.php” (sans quote)
- consult the local server’s (XAMPP, MAMP, etc.) documentation on where the local address is. Each might have a slightly different address.

Basically, you want to open the “install.php” file inside “wp-admin” folder. You just have to find out where it is.

I hope this answer would help.

By: Mike Thornley

Mike Thornley — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:19:43 +0000

I am having the same issues, reaching a broken link which i click for: http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

I have followed the steps carefully, yet get the same error message echoed by the group. Please help ‘us’

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used computers — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:32:54 +0000

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By: NirmaL

NirmaL — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:34:39 +0000

Hi there , I am still getting the error described by the guys above. What wrong am I doing while installing ?? Please help.

By: Ardin

Ardin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:36:47 +0000

I am getting an error

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By: chris

chris — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:39:53 +0000

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By: Jeffry

Jeffry — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:24:25 +0000

What kind of error did you get? (And the address should be: http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php – any chance you got the address wrong?)