[BNM] Basic wordpress installation help needed.

[Gillian Pearce]

Hi Beth

I'd be glad to pop over to The Werks and give you a hand. Send me an email
when get there and I'll come over :-)

Gillian

On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Hazlitt Eastman <heastman at i-zimbra.com>wrote:

> Hi Beth,
>
> You need a different MySQL username, MySQL password and a MySQL database
> name to put in the wp-config.php file.
>
> Most virtual servers/hosting comes with a control panel interface that
> you can log into to manage MySQL databases and other hosting features.
> If not then you need to ask the hosting company to create a database for
> you and provide you with a username and password for it.
>
> If you have a control panel you can log into you generally have to do
> the following: -
>
> -  create a new database and give it a name
> -  create a new MySQL user with a password
> -  give the MySQL user privileges to the database
>
> Then put these details into the wp-config.php file.
>
> I'll be at the werks on Thursday evening if you are still having
> trouble.
>
> Hazlitt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org
> [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Beth Tilston
> Sent: 03 August 2008 16:40
> To: bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org
> Subject: [BNM] Basic wordpress installation help needed.
>
> 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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