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  • Godaddy has been hosing my site for 6 years although I’ve only hosted my WP blog since Aug 1st. So far no problems and I have found godaddys service great. I understand that some folks might have had real problems but I just thought I would let folks know at least person has had good luck with them

    Liberty

    Askimet
    and Stats.
    You will need a a WordPress account its free. Stats will show your page hits and where the referers are and Askimet is a well implimented spam management system both plugins are invisible to your visitors..

    Thread Starter spiritof76

    (@spiritof76)

    Thanks you guys are great! you enabled me to get a few hits and check out the stats plugin. I have to admit after using Blogger for so long I really appreciate WP asit is so easy and flexible!!

    Thread Starter spiritof76

    (@spiritof76)

    I appreciate your effort at trying to help.

    What do you see when you visit http://borgserver/borgserver/ without the /wp-admin? If WordPress isn’t installed (which it doesn’t sound like it is yet), it should walk you through the installation process.

    I get “Error establishing a database connection”

    I do have the file “http://borgserver/borgserver/wp-config.php”
    and it gives me the same “Error establishing a database connection” when I attempt to call it from my web browser.

    It looks like I never got a proper install. Is there a way I can restart the install, or configure wp-config?
    I could delete uninstall and start over.

    Thread Starter spiritof76

    (@spiritof76)

    somchy thanks for responding!!
    My problem is that I don’t even know where to look.
    I attempt to login at:
    http://borgserver/borgserver/wp-admin

    and I get :

    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.

    I think this means mysql isn’t working.
    I did a phpinfo.php and found this.

    mysql

    MySQL Support enabled
    Active Persistent Links 0
    Active Links 0
    Client API version 5.1.41
    MYSQL_MODULE_TYPE external
    MYSQL_SOCKET /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
    MYSQL_INCLUDE -I/usr/include/mysql
    MYSQL_LIBS -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient_r

    Directive Local Value Master Value
    mysql.allow_local_infile On On
    mysql.allow_persistent On On
    mysql.connect_timeout 60 60
    mysql.default_host no value no value
    mysql.default_password no value no value
    mysql.default_port no value no value
    mysql.default_socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
    mysql.default_user no value no value
    mysql.max_links Unlimited Unlimited
    mysql.max_persistent Unlimited Unlimited
    mysql.trace_mode Off Off

    It looks like mysql is running but not configured. I need to figure out how to configure.

    Thread Starter spiritof76

    (@spiritof76)

    No help to be found here. I heard that WordPress is the best, but without any support to help me get it running, I will have to use something else. This is the first time I’ve ever asked for help in the open Source community and and not even pulled a single response in 24 hours..

    It’s a shame that I am going to have to give up on what looks to be the best program to revive my comatose blog. Simply because there is the no support for an outsider that is a beginner. I don’t feel picked on, I have noticed that there it is not uncommon for request for help to go unanswered in this forum. It looks like there just isn’t anyone knowledgeable in installations that is willing or able to help.

    Thread Starter spiritof76

    (@spiritof76)

    I don’t think MYSQL is working, how can I check that?
    Is this beyond hope? Or is there another site where I can go and get some help? I am really stuck and don’t know what to do.

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