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1. extremehardware
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Hi.

   I've created a nickname and a blog (extremehardware.wordpress.com ) and i want to install WordPress on mine computer .. I've a domain/hosting and a FTP client. I've downloaded MySQL 5.0 but i dont know how to use it. I read the instructions and i saw a visual tutorial but i dont get it... How do i create a database ?

   Thanks in advance :)

   ExtremeHardware,
   Diogo Cardoso

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Having:
   a) a blog at wordpress.COM
   b) installed WP on your computer
   c) installed WP on your domain/hosting...

   those are 3 (three) different things! Do not mix them, please. They have NOTHING to do with each other - they are 3 independent installations and blogs.

   Now, which one are you asking about?

3. extremehardware
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Fist Part - b) I guess it's B .. I mean what I want is WP installed and be able to change index.html with dreamweaver for example and be able to choose a custom theme for WP...

   Second Part - And later, i would like to be able to use WP on my own domain/hosting ... like http://www.mydomain.com !!
   Is it too dificult to install ? :(

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Fist Part - b) I guess it's B .. I mean what I want is WP installed and be able to change index.html with dreamweaver for example

   Very bad "example".
   Don't ever open DreamWeaver when working with WordPress!
   WordPress doesn't have any .hmtl files, all files are .php.
   You do NOT have to edit anything in order to use a theme: you install and selecet it.

   I suggest you start reading:
   Getting_Started_with_WordPress
   Installing_WordPress - this one has a section even about local installs.

   As for difficulty... some people install it in 5 minutes.
   Others struggle with it for 5 days.

   The installation itself is not difficult. Trying to "customize" it without proper XHTML and CSS knowledge - it is difficult.

5. extremehardware
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I've just installed XAMPP but it gives me an error when I try to turn MySQL service on ... PHPmyadmin works and i've created a database but MySQL doesn't open ..

   I opened this http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
   and it says Error establishing a database connection...

   Arghhh..I hate MySQL ...

   I'll see those websites ...

   Thx

6. Vinnie_WP
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Did you set the correct MySQL database name?

7. extremehardware
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   IT FINALLY WORKS !!

   The problem was that i had MySQL and XAMPP installed at the same time.. Now it's working..

   I would invite you moshu to come to my website but it's in Portuguese ... Maybe later I put a translation for English...

   Thanks for your help !

   Diogo Cardoso

8. start33
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   You must fill in database name, database password and database username in the wp-config.php file.

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