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Denise Limon
917 PointsThe phpMyAdmin configuration storage has been deactivated.
I set up Xampp and am in the process of trying to setup wordpress (on a PC).
I'm following theses instructions: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/i-need-a-step-by-step-of-how-to-install-wordpress-locally-on-a-pc-this-video-does-it-for-the-mac-confused
I'm now on #10. I set up a database called myproject
While trying to figure out why it wasn't working, I found: "The phpMyAdmin configuration storage has been deactivated. Find out why." in Operations
I click on Find Out Why and got: Please see the documentation on how to update your column_info table. Documentation
I clicked on that and got this page: http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/doc/html/config.html#cfg_Servers_column_info
I have NO idea what to do here.
The first instruction is: set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage which is Greek to me.
Please help.
13 Answers
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsCould you provide some screenshots perhaps so we can see what is going on in more detail?
Denise Limon
917 PointsCould you please tell me how to upload images? Sorry- brand new at this.
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsNo problem. Well there are several different image hosting websites you can use to upload. You can google for some or use this http://postimage.org/
Upload your screenshots then post the link for people to view them on here.
Denise Limon
917 PointsHere are some screen shots http://postimg.org/gallery/1vwqgy07u/
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsOk I think it's something in your wp-config.php folder. You may have accidently setup Wordpress using an incorrect user or pass. Check it out and if you can't figure it out then maybe screenshot the file and let me take a look.
Denise Limon
917 PointsOK, I'll let you know. Thanks
Denise Limon
917 PointsNo success. I checked and rechecked the username & password. I added another screenshot- tomcat error message. Could that be the problem?
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsLink to new screenshot?
Denise Limon
917 PointsIt's the same- just added it http://postimg.org/gallery/1vwqgy07u/
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsI don't see it there?
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsHmm, I'm not really sure :/ You might have setup XAMPP incorrectly.
Denise Limon
917 PointsDo you think i should uninstall and start over?
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsYes, that is what I would do.
Denise Limon
917 PointsOK, last ditch effort: I was looking in the Tomcat server.xml and found this: <Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN"> Could that be something?
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsFound what?
Denise Limon
917 Points<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
Denise Limon
917 Points<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsFixed it
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsNo I don't that is useful. Just reinstall XAMPP
Denise Limon
917 PointsOK, thank you very much for your time. I really appreciate it!
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsNo problem :)