• I have gone over this about a million times now. I have been messing with this for about 4 hours…. I have created a database on my server. i have added a user and given that user a password the data bassse is called idembroidery_com_blog . here is what my wp-config.php looks like
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    <?php

    // ** MySQL settings ** //

    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘idembroidery_com_blog’); // The name of the database

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

    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘********’); // …and password

    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

    // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix

    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

    // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the

    // chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.

    // For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’

    // to enable German language support.

    define (‘WPLANG’, ”);

    /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

    define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);

    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);

    ?>
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    when i go to http://idembroidery.com/peter/blog/wp-admin/install.php i get the error Forbidden
    You don’t have permission to access /peter/blog/wp-admin/install.php on this server.
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    when i go to http://idembroidery.com/peter/blog/
    I get the error

    Warning: Unknown(/home3/stitch3s/idembroidery-www/peter/blog/index.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

    Warning: Unknown(/home3/stitch3s/idembroidery-www/peter/blog/index.php): failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

    Warning: (null)(): Failed opening ‘/home3/stitch3s/idembroidery-www/peter/blog/index.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’./:/usr/local/lib/php’) in Unknown on line 0
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    i dont know how much more info i can give. the server software is called boundless i believe. I clicked on MySQL Database to create the database. i gave the user full permissions. I even tried useing the main database with the root password and user name. still no luck. I have read through tons and tons of the tutorials and I think i have everything right.

    thanks in advance for any help you can give.

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  • Hi,
    Your wp_config fille looks fine.
    Looks like your problem is linked to web server file permissions not SQL database/server permissions. Try to change the file permissions of your server.

    Thread Starter onesojourner

    (@onesojourner)

    here is what my options on my server are. any idea what setting i would need to change? http://onesojourner.com/server.jpg

    File manager
    Then look to Change File Permissions or CHMOD

    Folders should be 755
    Files should be 644

    If they are set and do not work, post back and tell us your host ?

    Thread Starter onesojourner

    (@onesojourner)

    ok here is the screen i get when i click that link/tool
    http://onesojourner.com/server2.jpg

    when i click on the permissions of the folder where the site and the blog will be i get this screen what do i need to enable?

    http://onesojourner.com/server3.jpg

    Thread Starter onesojourner

    (@onesojourner)

    well i finally made some progress (I had to manually change the permissoins to every single file and folder in the wordpress directory.)

    now i am finally sort of in word press. here is the error.
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    WordPress
    Error establishing a database connection

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

    * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    * Are you sure that the database server is running?

    If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.
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    all my password info is correct. the only other thing i can see that i could do with the database is that it gives me the option to create an ODBC connection (and i dont know what that is)

    Thread Starter onesojourner

    (@onesojourner)

    well I got it figured out. I had to change the “localhost” in the wp-config file to onesojourner.com (that would be a good thing to add to the how-to’s instead of just saying there is a 99% chance you dont need to change this)

    thank you all for the help.

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