Title: Basic Installation Help
Last modified: August 19, 2016

---

# Basic Installation Help

 *  [notanerd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/notanerd/)
 * (@notanerd)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-installation-help/)
 * Word Press installation instructions assumes we are all computer nerds. I am 
   asked to put the ‘hostname’ of my database in the config.file. Where do I get
   the ‘hostname’ from and what syntax do I use? I tried ‘Localhost’ as shown in
   my php admin window but this does not work.
    Can the makers of Word Press put
   some syntax examples in the help file and tell users how to identify the ‘hostname’?

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-installation-help/#post-1207701)
 * If it is not “localhost”, your host has to tell you what it is.
 *  Thread Starter [notanerd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/notanerd/)
 * (@notanerd)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-installation-help/#post-1207708)
 * Thanks. The issue was not the hostname but the fact that I didn’t know other 
   names were case sensitive.
    I now have the control panel but can’t upload themes….
   this is going to be one very hard and long process…
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-installation-help/#post-1207709)
 * File permissions most likely, but I’d just use `FTP` to add themes.

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘Basic Installation Help’ is closed to new replies.

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-installation-help/#post-1207709)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics