Title: First WP installation attempt.  DB error.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# First WP installation attempt. DB error.

 *  [bellevegasj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bellevegasj/)
 * (@bellevegasj)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-wp-installation-attempt-db-error/)
 * Hello. I’m installing this for the first time on a GoDaddy account and I’m running
   into mysql issues. First Q; localhost. Do I need to change that to the website
   name or something? I’m pretty sure that it should be setup as localhost. I changed
   the utf8 to utf8_unicode_ci to match what GoDaddy is using.
 * Do I need to provide any other information?

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 *  [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-wp-installation-attempt-db-error/#post-1264657)
 * “Do I need to provide any other information?” – database name, user name, password
   need to be specified correctly in the wp-config.php file.
 * I’ve always been happier with the results of installing WordPress from [http://wordpress.org/download/](http://wordpress.org/download/)
   using the instructions here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress)
   
   Than with any web host’s install script, e.g. – Fantastico.
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-wp-installation-attempt-db-error/#post-1264709)
 * godaddy does not use ‘localhost’
    they use something similar to `p50.secureserver.
   net` and others look in your DB Manager at godaddy for correct info
 *  [diamonddread](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diamonddread/)
 * (@diamonddread)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-wp-installation-attempt-db-error/#post-1264745)
 * hi I RECENTLEY MOVED MY WEBSITE FROM ON HOST TO THE OTHER I HAVE A BACK UP OF
   MY DATABASE I USE GO DADDY HOSTING I REPLACED THE ALREADY INSTALLED WP FILES 
   WITH THE ONES FROM MY OLD PUBLIC HTML.
 * I AM GETTING ERROR CONNECTING TO DATA BASE I TRIED TO CHANGE THE URL STRINGS 
   BUT SOME HOW IT DOES’T SEEM TO WORK. nO I ACCENDIENTALLY CHANGED MY WP FILES 
   AND PUBLIC HTML TO NOTE PAD FILES. YES VERY FUSTRTAION INDEED WHEN i CAN’T FIGURE
   OUT HOW TO GET THEM BACK TO
    THE ORIGINALS.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [diamonddread](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diamonddread/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-wp-installation-attempt-db-error/#post-1264745)
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