By napierdrama on

Last night I exited my site on my localhost. This morning I tried to get back into it to work on it but all I get it this -

Site off-line
The site is currently not available due to technical problems. Please try again later. Thank you for your understanding.

If you are the maintainer of this site, please check your database settings in the settings.php file and ensure that your hosting provider's database server is running. For more help, see the handbook, or contact your hosting provider.

I'm a complete newbie so going through the settings confuses me! ;)

I'm running a localhost using MAMP in OSX.

Any ideas?

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linwiz’s picture

linwiz commented

make sure that your database application (MySQL etc) is running, is a good place to start. im not one of the most experienced to help someone, but im trying ;)

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napierdrama commented

Would that just be through MAMP. I've got that running.

linwiz’s picture

linwiz commented

yeah but mysql could have failed to start, crashed, become unresponsive etc. it might not be a mysql problem at all but i think its a good place to start considering your environment and the fact that it was working at last run

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napierdrama commented

I'm not sure how to sort out a problem with mysql to be honest.

I don't think I'm ready to use Drupal. Think I may have to try something else.

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napierdrama commented

Ok, MAMP is running. Which means my localhost is running. I can access my local host>drupal but then it comes up with Site Offline Error.

My username/password/DB entry is correct in settings.php

I can't view my site, nor can I log in.

I'm a complete newbie so really need help! I'm almost ready to give up but I put so much work in so far.