Title: Install help….
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Install help….

 *  [angrybob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angrybob/)
 * (@angrybob)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help-2/)
 * I created the wp-config file and uploaded everything to the server. When I installed,
   I got the following:
 * “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.”); require_once(‘../wp-config.php’); require_once(‘./upgrade-functions.
   php’); $guessurl = str_replace(‘/wp-admin/install.php?step=2’, ”, ‘[http://&#8217](http://&#8217);.
   $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’] . dirname($_SERVER[‘PHP_SELF’]) ); if (isset($_GET[‘step’]))
   $step = $_GET[‘step’]; else $step = 0; ?>
 * hide_errors(); $installed = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT * FROM $wpdb->users”);
   if ($installed) die(__(‘
    Already Installed You appear to have already installed
   WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.”
 * Hmmm…does this mean that my config file is not correct?
 * Second, the ‘already installed’ has me for a loop since its the first install.
   Any ideas?
 * Finally, do all the wpordpress files need to uploaded in the root directory?
 * Thanks – I really do appreciate your patience with a struggling newb!

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help-2/#post-155321)
 * Your file has been uploaded incorrectly.
    It must be uploaded in ascii mode, 
   though your ftp client should take care of this – what are you using ?
 * Also, only use WordPad or something like Notepad++ to edit files – do not use
   Dreamweaver / GoLive or anything else that costs money 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [angrybob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angrybob/)
 * (@angrybob)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help-2/#post-155367)
 * I am hosted through godaddy.com . I don’t know exactly what format the ftp is,
   but its provided by them as part of the hosting.
 * I did use Wordpad to make the changes to the config file.
 * Just to be sure, my db name is ‘mblogger’. Is this correct?
 * define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘mblogger’); // The name of the database

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 * Last reply from: [angrybob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angrybob/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help-2/#post-155367)
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