Unfortunately, not all GoDaddy accounts are suitable for a WordPress installation.
You will need to change/upgrade your account to Linux (with PHP) for WordPress to work. It’s free.
How to upgrade your existing hosting plan with GoDaddy.
1. Login to your account at http://www.godaddy.com
2. Hover over Hosting & Servers, click on My Hosting Account
3. Click on your domain name under the Hosting Account column
4. On the right, click on Upgrade/Downgrade Hosting Plan
5. Select the new plan. Any plan with PHP and Linux.
Also, please note WordPress does not work with accounts that Godaddy calls “Free with Domain”.
ok .. i changed over the linux and am still getting the same error message. my hosting is not free (although it’s their lowest cost plan) and i also paid for the domain name … so i’m at a loss. any other ideas out there? — because the blog godaddy offers really sux!
this is the error message btw:
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ‘\’ (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/content/m/a/r/marigoldg/html/wp-config.php on line 2
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/m/a/r/marigoldg/html/wp-config.php on line 2
you edited the wp-config.php file in word.
get a new unedited one out of the zip, and edit it in a plain text editor.
i didn’t use word but i did use wordpad and saved it as a rich text file. i’ve also tried saving it as text file and as a unicode file — none of these worked (arg) … could i use wordperfect and save it as an ascii? would that maybe work?
<banging head against desk>
here’s the error message i’m getting now:
Warning: require_once(/home/content/m/a/r/marigoldg/html/wp-includes/wp-db.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/m/a/r/marigoldg/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2004
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/content/m/a/r/marigoldg/html/wp-includes/wp-db.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php’) in /home/content/m/a/r/marigoldg/html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2004
i didn’t use word but i did use wordpad and saved it as a rich text file. i’ve also tried saving it as text file and as a unicode file — none of these worked (arg) … could i use wordperfect and save it as an ascii? would that maybe work?
<banging head against desk>
No.
None of those is a plain text editor. Notepad is.
here’s the error message i’m getting now:
that’s telling you it cannot find a file, specifically wp-includes/wp-db.php
As Whooami said, get the unedited config file out of the zip and then edit it in a plain text editor like notepad.
Godaddy doesn’t suck. I’ve installed WP numerous times on their servers without a problem. The problem is that you’re using the wrong program to edit the config file.
ok .. i’ve saved it in notepad (also discovered that several of the files didn’t FTP over when i thought they had and fixed that) and now i’m getting THIS message:
Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.
Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?
__________________________________________
i KNOW i am definitely using the correct username/password and the what i believe is the correct hostname.. so now what?? <hitting head again>
The host name isn’t localhost with Godaddy (if that’s what you’re using). Log into your account, go to databases, click to edit/view details of that database and it will tell you the host name. If you’ve already done that then there’s a 99% chance that the DB name, username, or password is wrong.
woohooooo! finally got it figured out .. i needed to completely start over again and delete the old file, but i got it to work!
ty everyone for the help!
