MAMP install

Hello all, I am what you call an idiot so please bear with me!

Goal: To install MAMP and be able to control wordpress locally (through dreamweaver) to edit my own theme.

Problem: I cant create a database as every time I hit phpMyAdmin it says this:

Error

MySQL said:

 

#2002 - The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)

I have installed MAMP on my mac and when I reach the local host page it says everything is fine...

Welcome to MAMP

 

If you can see this page, MAMP is installed

on your Mac and everything is working!

I have searched endlessly for a dummies guide to solve this but all I can find is terminal inputs which I have tried nervously as I don't know what I am executing! I have tried to uninstall MAMP etc but no change.

Not sure if you need any other details so please ask and ill try and find them...

p.s If you know another way of editing a theme away from my wordpress site (i.e changes wont be visible when editing and then can be uploaded) I am all ears.

Thanks in advance,

Jack