I think there is a package on Window called PHPtriad that installs Apache/MySQL/PHP all configured and everything for normal users (your case at this level). You should be able to find it trough download.com.
On Thursday 08 November 2001 04:26 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Noble X: > > > {I tried to email you but I failed, MISERABLY!! My AOL Screen Name, > Cyberbean, came with attachments, I hope this mail makes it through the > border of all that is good. Please Help! Thanks!} > > > I am lost. I am a very VERY green newbie, and I am struggling on just > how to begin. Basically, I have bought a book, entitled, "PHP and MYSQL > Web Development" . , I have downloaded mysql-3.23.43.tar.gz, the install > for windows document (yes I have not even made it passed the Install! Oh > I am PATHETIC!) says to use Setup.exe for windows. The problem is I can > not find that file anywhere. > > The bigger problem is, I do not know which 'platform' to enter any code > in, and once entered, how do you run it as a web site???. > > I have been using FrontPage for my website, mothermachine.com (which is > in a state of utter chaos) and found that I really do not like FrontPage. > My questionable quest began when I tried to authenticate my message base, > and I discovered, after a few wrong turns and dead ends, this whole new > world. > > Basically if any of you can help me out by pointing me in a direction for > beginners, I will be ecstatic and will return the favor if I can, maybe by, > once I learn, helping out another newbie. I tell you, this message is a > New Hope, if not a last resort. I have been hunched over my computer for > quite some time. > > I have Windows 98 on an older computer which I am using to experiment > with code. Can you help?. Thanks!!! > > Jason Mintel > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php