Title: creativegal's Replies | WordPress.org --- # creativegal [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installation to 3 domains under 1 host](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-to-3-domains-under-1-host/) * Thread Starter [creativegal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/) * (@creativegal) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-to-3-domains-under-1-host/#post-1815452) * Nevermind, I finally found the info. In case anybody else is looking, it’s here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs](http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_Multiple_Blogs) * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installation to 3 domains under 1 host](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-to-3-domains-under-1-host/) * Thread Starter [creativegal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/) * (@creativegal) * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-to-3-domains-under-1-host/#post-1815451) * Actually, it looks like this is the problem: I already have WordPress in use on the one domain. In the instructions, I see this tidbit: * “If you have only one database and it is already in use, you can install WordPress in it – just make sure to have a distinctive prefix for your tables, to avoid over-writing any existing database table.” * Can someone please translate into non-techie language — what tables and how and where do I give them a prefix? * thanks! * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installation failed – aplus.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-aplusnet/) * Thread Starter [creativegal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/) * (@creativegal) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-aplusnet/#post-1810526) * Well, it’s finally up and running. Turns out aplus.net had given me the wrong MySQL hostname. Instead of sqlc40b.carrierzone.com it is sqlc40c.carrierzone. com. *sigh* * Thanks again for your help. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installation failed – aplus.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-aplusnet/) * Thread Starter [creativegal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/) * (@creativegal) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-aplusnet/#post-1810495) * [@rich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rich/), thanks, but my web hosts ( aplus.net) are idiots. When I sent a ticket to them today, they told me WordPress can’t be installed to /public and closed the ticket. When I reopened it and told them of course it can be installed to /public and that I have another domain with it installed to /public, then another tech person said things were now fixed and the autoinstall would work to install to /public. Of course, it did not, and I found that whatever tech “support” had been in there had screwed things up and URL was now giving all visitors to my web site a 403 Forbidden error. The next tech person on the phone supposedly fixed that, only for me to later find she was redirecting the URL to a wrong address. * In short, my web hosts are about the last people at this point that I’d want poking around under the hood. For everything they touch in an attempt to fix it, they break it and a few others. (Off topic, have a web host recommendation?) As stated, PHP is enabled and running. I’ll probably end up having to pay someone to do this, which is a shame since I’ve got everything uploaded and just can’t get the settings to work. * [@t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/) Unfortunately, I’ve already tried the steps you listed. I also searched the forum before taking the time to create an account. * Both of you, thank you for trying to help me get this working. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installation failed – aplus.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-aplusnet/) * Thread Starter [creativegal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/) * (@creativegal) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-aplusnet/#post-1810478) * The error I just mentioned (Error establishing a database connection) is the error I get when looking at my domain in a web browser. The other error is the one I am given when I attempt to follow the directions in the WordPress file that say to open wp-admin/install in a web browser. It’s still the same. * I entered the values in wp-config exactly as the instructions directed. Not sure what else to do at this point. The only value I wasn’t sure about was the MySql hostname. I thought that was mydomain.com . Would it be something different? * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installation failed – aplus.net](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-aplusnet/) * Thread Starter [creativegal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/creativegal/) * (@creativegal) * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-aplusnet/#post-1810470) * Ok, that is the directory it is in now, and the installation failed. When you say to test it with a simple php file and “see if it shows anything,” see if _what_ shows anything? * Under PHP management, aplus.net tells me PHP is enabled. * My web site gives the following error when I try to bring up the URL: Error establishing a database connection. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total)