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thanks mahalie but, still i am having the same problem. nothing is happening to my login screen. i tried to check if its reading the database by providing false login details and this works fine but when i entered correct id and password nothing happens.
Any suggestions??

Yes, JOOMLA. Life is too short to waste… or keeping banging your head against the wall. I’m thinking WordPress just does not work on some setups.

To clear the database tables, you would need PhpMyAdmin or MySQL admin tool given to you by your host. From there you can connect to the MySQL database and clear the tables, delete the database, or create a new one.

Another user claimed to have solved their login redirection problem via editing the .htaccess file, I’m going to try this out.

I don’t have a .htaccess file in my installation, I wonder if that is the missing piece of the puzzle.

http://mydomain.wp-admin/install.php You may want to check if you can get to it like http://mydomain/wp-admin/install.php

Did you put WordPress in the web server’s root director or in a folder??? You should double check. Trying to test that you can get to the readme.html first, will also help in terms of locating the files.

My understanding is that you could use PhPMyAdmin to grant privileges to the MySQL database. Maybe you want to double check.

I have direct access to my own MySQL database, so I can go to the command line or use GUI tools.

I was a bit confused, but got pass those steps.

Check your wp-config.php

/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘XYZ’);

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘user of your database’);

/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password.’);

/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

Warning- localhost (127.0.0.1) may not be the correct hostname for your database. Consult your host and ask them what the hostname should be if localhost or 127.0.0.1 does not work.

phpMyAdmin is what you use to create or delete a database. You can use it to create a user and password for the database you created.

—–“mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON databasename.* TO “wordpressusername”@”hostname”
-> IDENTIFIED BY “password”;——

mysql> is the COMMAND LINE. This would be IF you owned or had direct access to the computer. Since the server is on your host, you likely will NOT have command line access.

1. So you would use PhpMyAdmin to create the MySQL database, user, and user password.

2. You would then put that information into wp-config.php