bereninga Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I am installing WP for the first time and I followed the instructions carefully and did everything right. I checked, double-checked, and then triple-checked my wp-config.php file. I tried to run the install file, but it didn't work. The only thing I can think of is that the db server is down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Hello and welcome to the forum, bereninga. In wp-config, did you enter the information as below, also did you rename it from wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php? define('DB_NAME', 'yourcpanelusername_databasename'); // The name of the databasedefine('DB_USER', 'yourcpanelusername_username'); // Your MySQL username define('DB_PASSWORD', 'your desired password'); // ...and password define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value Also, did you add the user to the database etc? For a great movie tutorial on how to set up a database, please click here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Rob Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Welcome to the forums bereninga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bereninga Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 (edited) Thanks for the welcome! Geez, I'm sorry. I made a mistake in the config file. I was actually replacing the variable names instead of the values. Whoops! I also checked the server status, and the servers were working fine. Thanks, though! Btw, I like this quick edit in the forums! Very Web 2.0. Heh.. Edited February 4, 2006 by bereninga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Bruce Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Welcome to the forums bereninga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Welcome to the forums bereninga Glad you got it working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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