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1. prosol12009
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   hi,

   hope someone can help me. followed instructions in readme. created the wp-config.php file. in it, i changed the following [between lines]:

   ------------------------

   // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
   /** The name of the database for WordPress */
   define('DB_NAME', 'prosoldb');

   /** MySQL database username */
   define('DB_USER', 'prosolblog2009');

   /** MySQL database password */
   define('DB_PASSWORD', 'psblog123');

   /** MySQL hostname */
   define('DB_HOST', 'http://www.prosol1.com/blog');

   /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
   define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

   /** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
   define('DB_COLLATE', '');

   --------------------------------------

   then i uploaded everything onto our server in directory called:

   /blog

   clicked on the login page in the readme.html file its listed as #7. got error message. i do know the html file is working because it loads:

   http://prosol1.com/blog/readme.html

   can someone tell me what i'm doing wrong?

   thanks.

2. ZGani
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   1st of all it is not wise to give out your databse details on an open forum or anywhere at all for that matter.

   As for the proble is on the line: define('DB_HOST', 'http://www.prosol1.com/blog'); - change that to localhost and you should be good to go.

3. prosol12009
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   hi Zgani - sorry about database details listing. i will remember not to do it next time.

   what does that mean - localhost? i really do not understand what that means because our server is in our closet. we are not renting space from another company like godaddy.

   can you tell me what i should put there instead of "localhost"? or is that what i'm supposed to put there?

   thanks - mike

4. ZGani
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Hi Mike - localhost works for most servers and is the norm.
   The only time you would need to put something else if your server is configured differently.

   It would be something like username.ipowermysql.com for ipower users. This will depend on your host. But since you are using your own server then localhost should work unless you configured you mysql with a diff host location.

   All it means is where the database is hosted - localhost mean its on the same server as your core files.

5. prosol12009
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   hi,

   ok i left everything as is the way it's listed above except i changed that one line back to "localhost" but it still does not work.

   here is the page:

   http://prosol1.com/blog/wp-login.php

   is there some other file in the WP files [perhaps mySQL] that i have to fix as well? just wondering...

   PS -- i really do appreciate your help on this. i need to get this working, and then i will have to make the WP blog look as close to our website as possible. i'm pretty good with HTML but it's all new to me with PHP.

6. ZGani
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Have you uploaded everything to the directory blog? I'm getting a virtual directory listing denied.

   If you uploaded the folder blog from your desktop then you will need to change its permission to 777. You can do this via your ftp or file manager in cpanel.

7. prosol12009
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   ok hmm, this is beyond me. i basically do websites and use dreamweaver - in other words, i try to avoid IT and tech stuff like this.

   i am going to ask the IT guy here and see if he can help. will re-post if i need further assistance.

8. batrachoid
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Don't forget to change your database details.

9. prosol12009
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   ok i went into the wp-config file and changed the settings from the ones listed above to new ones [for security].

   i did leave the DB HOST info to localhost.

   when i clicked on the install.php i'm still getting the error message.

   this works:

   http://prosol1.com/blog/readme.html

   this one does not:

   http://prosol1.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php

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