[BNM] Basic wordpress installation help needed.

[Chris Billett]

Hey Beth - you need to have a MySQL username and password (this is  
different to the hosting one) and a database on the server for  
WordPress to use. Do you have a hosting control panel that you can log  
into? You would normally make the database and account there.

Cheers,
Chris

On 3 Aug 2008, at 16:40, Beth Tilston wrote:

> I have a wordpress question that is no doubt a no brainer to the  
> more techie
> amongst you, but is becoming trying to me!  I'm trying to install  
> wordpress
> and have downloaded and unzipped it and have changed the wp-config- 
> sample
> name to wp-config.  You then have to change certain details - enter  
> the name
> of the database and enter a MySQL user name and password.  This is  
> where I'm
> coming a cropper, as I'm not really sure what this means...  I'm  
> using my
> friend's hosting and he has sent me some details that I know I can  
> use to
> transfer files via ftp, but are these the same details that I need  
> to enter
> into this wordpress file?  Or, can I create a new username and  
> password for
> this?
>
> I'd appreciate your help with this, or if anyone is at the Werks,  
> Thursday
> or Friday and would like to give me some face to face help, I'd be  
> very
> grateful.
>
> Beth
> 07818474712
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