FTP username and/or localhost

[ramiro27]

Dear all,

Sorry for the basic question, but I am just starting to work with xampp and wordpress.

I made all the installations and then updated the xampp security with passwords for the FTP and MySQL. Now I was trying to install a theme to wordpress and I am asked for three fields:

Host
FTP username
Password

However, when I changed my security details, I only changed password - so that is the only thing I am sure about.

i have tried localhost for HOST and xampp or nobody for USERNAME, but these don't work. Does anyone know what these should be?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Ramiro

[ramiro27]

Hi all,

I have figured this out:

host: the name of your map as in system preferences -> Sharing
username: your regular username on your laptop
password: your regular password on your laptop


after being able to get in, I was then getting an error for installing the themes, and the link below solved my problem.

http://www.dustinbolton.com/wordpress-xampp-on-mac-update-permissions-problem/