Monahon, Peter B. wrote:
- *linking steps and confirmation checks* when installing
- MediaWiki on
- Apache,
I downloaded the binaries for Windows and followed the instructions that came with Apache - the README, the install docs and the online manuals.
- PHP,
I downloaded the binaries for Windows and followed the instructions that came with PHP - the README, the install docs and the online manuals.
- MySQL,
I downloaded the binaries for Windows and followed the instructions that came with MySQL - the README, the install docs and the online manuals.
- MediaWiki
I downloaded the binaries for Windows and followed the instructions that came with Mediawiki - the README, the install docs and the online forums and both mediawiki.org and meta.wikimedia.org
- and PHPMyAdmin
Why? - use MySQL Administrator - get MySQL Query Browser while you're at it. PHPMyAdmin is only useful if you don't have the database on your own machine.
I've done this several times on a couple of machines. It pays to read the docs before attempting the installs and prepare in advance.
Maybe if you're having so many problems, you should hire someone to do it for you.
Mike