Title: Help me!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Help me!

 *  [goseek12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goseek12/)
 * (@goseek12)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/)
 * Ugh im so frustrated. Im not sure what Im going wrong. I followed everything 
   step by step. I am at the Run the Install Script step but when I go to [http://le-sigh.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://le-sigh.com/wp-admin/install.php),
   I get a 404 error.
 *  I put the whole wordpress folder into my /public_html/ folder (root folder) 
   that part is right, no? Am I not supposed to put the whole folder in? If not,
   then which files?
 * Everything else is looking good. My wp-config.php looks like this:
 * <?php
    // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); // goseek12_wordpress
   define(‘DB_USER’, ‘username’); // goseek12_word define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password’);//
   press define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // localhost
 * // Change the prefix if you want to have multiple blogs in a single database.
   
   $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2’ or ‘mylogin_’
 * // 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’, ”);
 * /* Stop editing */
 * define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.
   php’); ?>
 * Im pretty sure my database is running. This is what it reads:
    goseek12_wordpress
   Users in wordpress goseek12_word (Privileges: ALL PRIVILEGES)
 * Connection Strings
    Perl $dbh = DBI->connect(“DBI:mysql:goseek12_wordpress:localhost”,”
   goseek12_word”,”<PASSWORD HERE>”); PHP $dbh=mysql_connect (“localhost”, “goseek12_word”,“
   <PASSWORD HERE>”) or die (‘I cannot connect to the database because: ‘ . mysql_error());
   mysql_select_db (“goseek12_wordpress”);
 * Is something wrong?
 * If someone can help me Id realllly realllly appreciate it. Get a hold of me on
   aim- ‘viciouspy’ or email me at [spybabygirl@yahoo.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/spybabygirl@yahoo.com?output_format=md)
 * Please, someone, ive been working on this all nite with no luck!
 * Thanx so much!

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 *  [rustindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustindy/)
 * (@rustindy)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/#post-288939)
 * OK, first of all, you uploaded WP into a folder named `/wordpress`, so the address
   for installation needs to be [http://le-sigh.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://le-sigh.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php).
   Second, you also need to rename the `wp-config-sample.php` file to `wp-config.
   php` and make sure it’s in that folder as well. If you go to [http://le-sigh.com/wordpress/](http://le-sigh.com/wordpress/)
   and see a link to `install.php`, then it’s fine. Currently, it’s complaining 
   that it can’t find `wp-config.php`.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/#post-288940)
 * Somewhere in the instructions it says clearly: if you want your blog at the root,
   upload all the files BUT the wordpress folder. Your blog is here:
    [http://le-sigh.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://le-sigh.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)
 *  [syrupcore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syrupcore/)
 * (@syrupcore)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/#post-288941)
 * all night is only 10 minutes in wordpress years. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [goseek12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goseek12/)
 * (@goseek12)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/#post-288942)
 * Ok, when I go to [http://le-sigh.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://le-sigh.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)
 * I get this:
    There doesn’t seem to be a wp-config.php file. I need this before
   we can get started. Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php
   file through a web interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The
   safest way is to manually create the file.
 * Should I just do it all over again the right way? I didnt know that directory
   meant the wordpress folder.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/#post-288943)
 * If you want it in the root –
    delete everything, MAKE A CONFIG FILE upload the
   files and folders in the tight place and start the install
 *  Thread Starter [goseek12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goseek12/)
 * (@goseek12)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/#post-288944)
 * Ok, well its working now but if I want it in the root will I have to do it all
   over the right way or can I just leave it like this since its working now?
 *  Thread Starter [goseek12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goseek12/)
 * (@goseek12)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-me-3/#post-288945)
 * Ok, I did it all over again but now Im getting this error:
    Error establishing
   a database connection This either means that the username and password
 * Im pretty sure everything is right so I have no clue what the problem is.

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