• Resolved kevinbastcomcastnet

    (@kevinbastcomcastnet)


    Hi there. As a novice to WordPress, I’m hoping to get some help in intalling.

    I have a 000webhost.com account

    FTP Settings are as follows:

    » Account Information
    Domain personaldestinytv.comli.com
    Username a9788422
    Password * hidden * (show)
    Disk Usage 0 / 1500.0 MB
    Bandwidth 100000 MB (100GB)
    Home Root /home/a9788422
    Server Name server23.000webhost.com
    IP Address 216.108.235.72
    Apache ver. 2.2.10 (Unix)
    PHP version 5.2.*
    MySQL ver. 5.0.51-community
    Activated On 2009-02-11 12:22
    Status Active

    Using FileZilla, successfully linking with the following settings:

    host: 216.108.235.72
    Server type: FTP
    Logontype: Normal
    User: a9788422
    password: same as above

    Took the following steps:

    1. Downloaded WordPress 2.7 to my desktop
    2. Unzipped to file named wordpress
    3. Modified the wp-config.php file with the following:


    // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘a9788422_pdtv’);

    /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘a9788422_pdtvuse’);

    /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘*********’);

    /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

    /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

    /** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

    4. Saved the changes
    5. Started FileZilla
    6. Located the WordPress folder with the modified wp-config.php file in the “LOCAL SITE” area of FileZilla and right clicked, selecting “UPLOAD”
    7. FileZilla took a couple of minutes while the files were transferred, and completed showing a screen with no errors and no files on queue.

    WordPress seems to be properly installed.

    I then take the following action:

    8. Open up Internet Explorer (version 7 running on Vista)
    9. type in http://personaldestinytv.comli.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
    10. And receive the following error:

    Error establishing a database connection. etc etc etc.

    I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. I’ve followed a number of instructions and deleted the account and retried multiple times with no luck.

    Funny thing is that I have another wordpress account on the same provider with no problems. Very odd – must be the forest for the trees.

    I would appreciate suggestions for correcting.

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  • 000webhost does not use localhost
    login to your oowebhost control panel and click the mysql icon
    next page should show what the connection is
    something similar to
    mysql5.000webhost.com

    Thread Starter kevinbastcomcastnet

    (@kevinbastcomcastnet)

    That worked like a charm. Thank you samboll.

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