I’ve had some similar issues with 1and1.com, but adding this to my php.ini file did the trick:
AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
Thanks for the tip, micahcooksey, but it didn’t work.
I’m going to buy separate hosting for the blog. I’ve used this host before and I know for sure it will work there.
Any other ideas? I have the exact same problem. The first install page works fine, but after a long time the address bar says: http://127.0.0.1/wp-admin/setup-config.php?step=2
but the screen is blank.
Curiously, the file wp-config.php is not created, which it seems it should be at this point.
Mike here, answering my own question. The answer turned out to be in the hostname. I was using ‘localhost’ as the form suggested. The correct answer for my environment was ‘127.0.0.1’. I’m using EasyPHP on a Vista computer, if that means anything. Obviously, “localhost” and “127.0.0.1” should be equivalent, but they’re not on my system, and I’m not in a real hurry to find out why. Still, you’d think the install program would come up with an error instead of the mysterious blank screen.
