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Posted by Ryan Jones
Ryan Jones
941 Points

Setting up WP to run on localhost

I'm having trouble getting the wp setup to connect to my local host. I followed the instruction on how to set up xampp on my p.c. It seems like it up. I'm able to connect to local host and select my files from the ht docs folder. I set up my wp_portfolio database. Wp still is giving me an connection error. Any ideas on how to fix?

3 Answers

Ryan Jones
Ryan Jones
941 Points

I figured it out. just left out the password and it worked. thanks though!

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

What does the error say?

Eliot Murton
Eliot Murton
7,315 Points
Eliot Murton
Eliot Murton
7,315 Points

I am currently running through these tutorials on my PC as well. I have got to the stage where it says I need to use MAMP, but MAMP was only mentioned in the instructions for a MAC. On the MAMP website it advises that MAMP for Windows is coming soon. I downloaded the MAMP that was available but my PC advised it did not know which programme to use to open it with. I have no idea. How did you over come this stage?