wordpress- what am I doing wrong

I am installing wordpress for a friend on a host I am new to. They have one click install, so i did it, but now I am left with

Index of /betterdesign

What the heck am I doing wrong?

You're missing an Index.htm file?

it has index.php, doesn't that do the same thing?

Wordpress is being installed through the wp-config.php.
I just downloaded yours and its just an empty file?

Why dont you go to wordpress.org, download the latest WP, upload the wp-config (rename wp-config-sample) and then install WP?
Oh: you have to edit the wp-config and fill in your database details. They have some step-by-step "first time" tutorials at wordpress.org for this. If you know your database name, user and pw and you open the file you should be fine.
Plus insert your personal "secret key" which you get here:
https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/

If you have Fantastico in your cpanel you can install it with the click of a mouse too. It saves a few minutes.

thanks, that is the next step if I cannot figure this out.

the host is hostingon and it offers one click install, but this is what the one click install did.

Did you resolve your problem?

Your install seems to be fine. You need to configure your database on the wp-config.php file. The instructions are given on this file at your site.
WordPress › ReadMe

Once the database information is specified you can click on the following link to create all the tables.
http://execustaffing.com/betterdesig...in/install.php

If the above two steps are completed then you can use this link to configure wordpress.
Index of /betterdesign/wp-admin

Let me know if this works.

it does seem to be a database issue. You happened to check it while I was messing with the wp-config.php file. The setting seem to be correct. I installed it manually at Index of /test and got to the install screen, got a password and login prompt, but once I logged in I was taken to the file page and once again I am stuck.

could it be an .htaccess issue? IS it a db issue? I hate working with a new host.

thanks for the help all. I put in a ticket with hosting on, and apparently the issue is with the htaccess file that was created by the site studio software my friend is using. I was putting this up to get him to give that up. Will try another route.

I don't think it is a db issue, since wordpress was able to create all the tables. You can verify this by logging into your phpMyAdmin control panel. You should be able to see all the tables created by wordpress.

It can be .htaccess issue. You may not have an .htaccess file in your root directory and that may be the reason why directory browsing is allowed by your server. However I have never seen this problem and I have installed wordpress on several sites on 1and1 hosting.

If "hostingon" allows .htaccess file, then you can try to ftp in a .htaccess file with content such as this, then try to logon to wordpress admin page again.

You can also try to do a regular manual install of wordpress by FTP'ing the latest version of wordpress to your website root.

yup add a htaccess file in there with what winwin posted.

Every *.php file is interpreted by PHP and there won't be any output if you click on this file. Most *.php-files except the index.php are filled with variables and functions that have to be called by the index.php. If you don't execute the index.php it won't call any function and you won't get any output from the server.

it's a php issue. get php working first, is php installed? enabled?

thanks all, it was definitely the htaccess issue in regards to the site suite software he is using. I plugged it into a subdomain for now to prove the value.