• Resolved corillo181

    (@corillo181)


    i’m new with this, but i’m sure i got it right.. i’m using the phpmyadmin blog database name, and the right password and user name.. but when i try to connect it brings that error and ask me if my password and or user name are correct..i check a few times and it is correct.. so can someone tell me whats going on?

    thanx..

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

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    Thread Starter corillo181

    (@corillo181)

    thanx, but i review that like 10 times.. i don’t know what i’m doing wrong..

    i uploaded the wordpress file to my website, in the phpmyadmin i used the blog1 data base..i got my name and password and localhost..

    i wrote all that in the wp-config.php

    and still nothing i get the same error.. 😐

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    Who is your host?

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    Did you add the user to the database?

    Thread Starter corillo181

    (@corillo181)

    i’m using yahoo as my webhst.. but in the host when i create a user name it says localhost..

    and yes in the data base i gave me al the priv to use the blog1, that the data base yahoo provide for wordpress..

    Thread Starter corillo181

    (@corillo181)

    i found the problem, just in case any one goes threw this
    the problem was not to use localhost, but mysql as the host..

    i kept it as localhost because wordpress said 99% change you dont have to change it.. i guess then Yahoo is that 1% left :)..

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