I assumed I deleted username and password in the script and replaced them with the actual info. I tried it and got a message saying it was having trouble establishing a database connection. I double-checked to make sure the username and password were correct, and set the folder's CHMOD to 755. Any more help would really be appreciated.
<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'username'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value//