Title: wp-config (localhost???) Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # wp-config (localhost???) * [pmars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmars/) * (@pmars) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/) * Having trouble with setup. In wp-config.php, one of the parameters is ‘localhost’ is this where I put the ‘mydomain.com’, or ‘[http://www.mydomain.com/xyz/xyz/xyz/etc’](http://www.mydomain.com/xyz/xyz/xyz/etc’); * Also, when I create my database on hostgator, it puts the main “user name” in front of my “databasename” (username_databasename) My Previous install of WP had a database name of “wp_databasename”. * Plus the fact that HostGator cpanel will not let me create a database anywhere I want, so my new path is forced to be different than my old path. Old path was“ domain.com/diary/wp/” new path is forced to be “domain.com/diary” * Lastly, where is the data base located so I can check it on my domain (which folder?) and see if it is actually there. I am unable to connect via Sequel Pro, but cpanel shows I have successfully created a database using their tools. * Hostgator does have an automatic WP installer, and it works. But I need a different location (home dir.) because I am migrating files from another host, and the location should match… no?? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/) * (@michaelh) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/#post-1425129) * Where you install WordPress (web-root or a sub-folder of web-root) has nothing to do with where your database is located, or what the name of your database happens to be. Note: in many hosting situations you really have NO control WHERE the MySQL database is located. * You should review [Moving WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress), [Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL), [Installing WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress), [Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database), and [Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup](http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup). * Thread Starter [pmars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmars/) * (@pmars) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/#post-1425373) * Thanks for the info…. * I have edited this post 3 times in the last 30 minutes. Trying to explain my situation. * I am using the Fantastico install procedure. Problem is I do not have the old database. So I must keep the new database. Not sure how to modify the new database to suit. As of yet, I cannot get the blog to appear at all. * I realize the blog will not have my posts, but I would like to figure out how to get it running with all my tweaks, font changes, colors, header banner, etc. * I do have all the regular FTP saved files * Thanks * Thread Starter [pmars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmars/) * (@pmars) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/#post-1425377) * If I have an index.php page, shouldn’t it load? The address is domain.com/diary/ wp/index.php… I can’t even get a basic page to load * I cannot get anything to display in a browser at all. I have edited the database. sql file and changed to all the correct URL’s, emails, etc. * I cannot use the basic fantastico install location because my pages in Google already have an address and I would like to maintain that. So I change the url’s and it still does not work. I have double checked several times. I have even purged all rows in “wp-comments” after getting the SQL error about conflicting comments during database import. (I exported the default database, changed the info, then imported) * Themes are loaded, plugins loaded, content re-loaded. * Help! * [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/) * (@michaelh) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/#post-1425385) * > Problem is I do not have the old database. * If you don’t have the old database then what is the database.sql file? * You might ask your host for help in getting the initial Fantastico installed and running, then you can try importing that database. * Thread Starter [pmars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmars/) * (@pmars) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/#post-1425412) * I did get the Fantastico install to work. I wanted to use a different location url to match the original. Fantastico only does root + 1 level (domain.com/diary/) * I need root + 2 levels (domain.com/diary/wp/) and this causes it to not work. * Changing the site url in the database (exported from new Fantastico setup) does not work. * The Fantastico install does work, and if I upload my plugins and themes, I can get the appearance of the original site, but without all the extra pages I created. * I really wanted to keep the exact Google search url of the site. As it stands now, clicking on search results for my site leads no where. That’s the unfortunate part of all this. My pages were ranked, now they do not exist. Even the home page does not exist (as far as Google is concerned) 🙁 * I don’t understand why Fantastico Install will not allow a url like domain.com/ abc/def/ghi/jkl/….. or whatever I prefer. * I contend that if I were able to recreate the original sites exact url, basic functionality should be as simple as uploading my entire FTP backup folder. Content, themes, css tweaks, pages, all should just work. * Thread Starter [pmars](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmars/) * (@pmars) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/#post-1425415) * Originally I posted about the ‘localhost” parameter in wp-config. Instructions say to “stop modifications” at this point, but ‘localhost’ seems like it is begging to be changed to an actual url. I have tried it both ways with no success. * [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/) * (@michaelh) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/#post-1425430) * Since you know WordPress works, then make a copy of the wp-config.php for example, delete the Fantastico install, and then follow the instructions in [Installing WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress). Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘wp-config (localhost???)’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/) * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-config-localhost/#post-1425430) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics