[Tsukuyomi]

I got this error: Error: PHP is not running

WordPress requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.

I have xampp installed and everything is running because I created a php file and it was working. I even tried the phpinfo() to check. I don't if I'm doing this right but I download wordpress and extract the files and opened install.php on firefox. Is that the way to do? If not how?

[Martyr2]

Did you create a database table for wordpress and alter the config file as per the wordpress instructions?

Where are you installing this? Locally or do you have a web host?

[Tsukuyomi]

Martyr2, on 13 May 2012 - 11:29 AM, said:

Did you create a database table for wordpress and alter the config file as per the wordpress instructions?

Where are you installing this? Locally or do you have a web host?

I did not do that. I know how to create a table on the database but do I just create a table? I did not figure any files; I just extracted everything and opened the install.php file. I'm doing at localhost on my pc but I have a free webhost at x10hosting.com which have wordpress.

can you walk me through this or a link to a video or tutorial?

This post has been edited by Tsukuyomi: 13 May 2012 - 11:49 AM

[floppyspace]

Read this, it should help explain what to do.

This post has been edited by floppyspace: 14 May 2012 - 12:45 AM

[no2pencil]

** Topic moved to Webservers & Hosting **

[Tsukuyomi]

floppyspace, on 14 May 2012 - 12:42 AM, said:

Read this, it should help explain what to do.

Thank you. Now I know I can view my site in http://localhost/wordpress but what if I want other people to see my site. How can i do that? I signed up at wordpress and did some editing but the editing is not showing up in my site.

This post has been edited by Tsukuyomi: 14 May 2012 - 06:34 PM

[no2pencil]

You need to forward port 80 requests from your router.

Assuming your ISP doesn't block port 80 traffic.

[Tsukuyomi]

no2pencil, on 14 May 2012 - 06:04 PM, said:

You need to forward port 80 requests from your router.

Assuming your ISP doesn't block port 80 traffic.

How do I do that?

[no2pencil]

Every router is different, so you'll need to consult your documentation that came with your router, but for the most part :

Log onto your router.
Go to "ports".
Select port 80.
Input the ip address of your machine running wordpress.

[Tsukuyomi]

no2pencil, on 14 May 2012 - 06:56 PM, said:

Every router is different, so you'll need to consult your documentation that came with your router, but for the most part :

Log onto your router.
Go to "ports".
Select port 80.
Input the ip address of your machine running wordpress.

How do I log in to my router? And also on my wordpress I edited the url to a link instead of the localhost/wordpress how do I change it back? and do you know how i can change my heading?

This post has been edited by Tsukuyomi: 14 May 2012 - 07:30 PM

[no2pencil]

Tsukuyomi, on 14 May 2012 - 10:12 PM, said:

no2pencil, on 14 May 2012 - 06:56 PM, said:

Every router is different, so you'll need to consult your documentation that came with your router, but for the most part :

Log onto your router.
Go to "ports".
Select port 80.
Input the ip address of your machine running wordpress.

How do I log in to my router?

Please see above.