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WordPress

Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points
Posted by Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points

Blank screen appears when setting up Wordpress

Hi

I have ran through the steps as instructed in the video but when I come to the part where you click the install link, my browser opens up to a blank screen and that is all I see.

I have looked at other questions that people have asked but none of these solutions seem to help. I am running windows 10, in case anybody needs to know.

Thanks

Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points
Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points

what video ? what exactly have you done?

you need to provide more detail to allow people to help you

4 Answers

Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points
Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points

I had to stop windows from contacting IIS through the port being used.

I had help from Matthew Smart.

Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points
Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points

Apologies, I presumed that this comment would appear under the video in question.

The video in question is:

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-install-wordpress-on-your-computer/how-to-install-wordpress-on-your-computer/installing-wordpress-with-desktopserver

There is a point in the video where you are asked to click the install.php link that should bring up the Wordpress installation fields during the installation of desktop server, but all I get is a blank screen.

Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points
Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points

I wouldn't know this as ive never used Desktop server before, I use mamp/xamp or wamp. Do you have any experience at all with coding?

Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points
Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points

not a whole lot to be honest,not on the server site of things. I was just using DS as this is what the video was explaining.

Would you recommend running another server for running wordpress locally?

Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points
Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points

I would recommend Mamp for mac users and Wamp for windows users. Very simple to install both.

mamp = https://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress_Locally_on_Your_Mac_With_MAMP wamp = http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-install-wordpress-on-your-windows-computer-using-wamp/

Two guides, but there are a lot more out there.

Once these are set up, it is as simple as putting the wordpress folder into mamp/htdocs/ folder. Then going to localhost in your browser or localhost:8888 it will display the correct page.

Using mamp pro you make host names for each folder, so instead of localhost:8888 it might be mywebsite/

Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points
Austin McKenzie
Austin McKenzie
437 Points

Thanks

I have downloaded and installed WAMP and it installed without any issues.

The icon sits in my taskbar as orange and when i click it to go to the myPHP section as the tutorials instructs the screen appears blank.

Not sure what is going on.

Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points
Matthew Smart
Matthew Smart
12,567 Points

tell you what, go to laravel.io click onto "live chat" in the navigation menu, log in and i will speak to you on there and guide you through it for 5 minutes.

My name will be mattysmart , find me in the list and click message