I am trying to install MediaWiki on a windows machine (wamp) as a testing server. As near
as I can tell, all has gone right
with the download and installation of the wamp – php info comes up, for
example. But navigating to index.php gets me this:
"* If you are reading this in your web
browser, your server is probably not configured correctly to run PHP
applications! "
Then the install.php comments say:
"To run the install script, you'll need to temporarily make
the 'config' subdirectory writable by the web server. The simplest way to do
this on a Unix/Linux system is to make it world-writable:
chmod a+w config
Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki
directory."
Well, obviously I am not on unix or linux. Right
clicking on the config folder and going to properties tells me that this file
is read only, but if I uncheck the box it goes right back to being read only
anyway. I seem to remember that in Windows you have to go up to the highest
folder because all these properties are normally inherited downward. I did that
all the way up to my drive itself, and it still doesn't stop them from being
read only.
Your assistance, patience, and wisdom are greatly
appreciated. Thank you.