Title: Complete Newbie
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Complete Newbie

 *  [djredhawk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/djredhawk/)
 * (@djredhawk)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-newbie/)
 * Having never done much with php on my site, I’m at a bit of a loss. According
   to the installation procedure, I need to change some things in the congfig-sample
   and resave as config. I did that (or at least I thought I did.) Then uploaded
   to my website. Unfortunately, going to the wp-admin/install, it tells me that
   there’s no config.php file to open.
    I’m pretty sure it’s a case of me not putting
   the information where it needs to be in the config file. Can someone SHOW me 
   what it would look like? Here’s the original sample: `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 Would someone make alterations
   to this sample (visual example for a complete programming novice) so I know exactly
   where the changes should be? Once I eliminate user error, I can go the next step
   and speak with my webhost. Thanks!

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-newbie/#post-80857)
 * This should help:
    [http://wiki.wordpress.org/5MinuteInstallation/wp-config.php](http://wiki.wordpress.org/5MinuteInstallation/wp-config.php)
 *  [tontamoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tontamoo/)
 * (@tontamoo)
 * [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-newbie/#post-80861)
 * Essentially, just replace wordpress, username, password, and localhost (the ones
   inside the apostrophes) with the corresponding values for your website. If you
   are unsure what your MySQL username or password are, try asking your webhost.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [tontamoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tontamoo/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/complete-newbie/#post-80861)
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