Title: Installation HELP – Beginner Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Installation HELP – Beginner * [dougyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougyd/) * (@dougyd) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/) * Hi guys, I know this is probably going to be a lot to ask for but I have tried looking all night and this morning trying to get a grasp on just exactly how to get wordpress operating on a website. I have really only been using Dreamweaver to piece together images and linking them around to make VERY rudamentary websites: check [http://www.24kgoldclothing.com](http://www.24kgoldclothing.com) for what I mean. So I don’t have a great knowledge of the database and coding stuff that is required to set something like this up. * -SO pretty much my situation is this: I have my domain name and hosting plan with godaddy.com. I upload all my files to the server thru Explorer using the ftp address for my website w/ the password etc.. – I can set up MySQL databases in my domain name control pannel thru the godaddy website. DB description, user name and pass and then I have no clue what to do with it. -I have tried the simple 5 minute install of wordpress, creating the wp-config.php file (which I probably did wrong) -I created a Mysql database – uploaded the WP files to my server and ran the install.php but I get the error “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.” -Completely lost is a great way to describe how I feel, so if anyone help me out, point me in the right direction or tell me that I’m too stupid to do this that would be awesome. I know this is a lot to ask for – but I truly have been pouring over tutorials and sites like this to figure it out. * Thanks in advance – Doug Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [openpundit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/openpundit/) * (@openpundit) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532516) * I too use GoDaddy… * How far exactly did you get on your install, and where is your website with WordPress located? That would give me a better idea of where to look, also I will upload a sample of how a wp-config file should look. * Most of the time, users don’t exactly know where to put the info they need to. It happens a lot, and it is not a stupid question. * [openpundit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/openpundit/) * (@openpundit) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532517) * ``` ``` * Thread Starter [dougyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougyd/) * (@dougyd) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532527) * Thanks for the reply – So my wordpress folder is uploaded to [http://www.24kgoldclothing.com/wordpress](http://www.24kgoldclothing.com/wordpress) * I went into the Hosting Manager for the 24kgoldclothing domain on Godaddy and created a MySQL database with the name of gold24 * I uploaded the wp-config.php file to correspond to DB NAME: gold24 DB USER: gold24 PASS: *thepassword* DB host: localhost (Where would I find the MySQL server name? – Im confused on this part) * After running the install.php i still get the same error. It seems like Im missing some glaring factor here, I dont know – after creating the MySQL database is there anything else I need to do to link it up to my site? It just seems like it exists unconnected to anything else. I hope this info gives you better idea of where im screwing up – I appreciate all the help. * [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/) * (@doodlebee) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532533) * How about contacting us at the [install4free](http://install4free.wordpress.com/) site? We do it for you. * [openpundit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/openpundit/) * (@openpundit) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532535) * You need to take out ‘localhost’ it doesn’t work with GoDaddy for some reason. * In your control panel, go to where your databases are, click on the name of the db you are using. Don’t go to ‘Open Manager’, that is your actual database. Look above, it should look something like this: * h4mysql.secureserver.net * That is your DB host. * Thread Starter [dougyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougyd/) * (@dougyd) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532557) * Openpundit: I followed your instructions and my wp-config.php is as follows: * > // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘gold24’); // The name > of the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘gold24’); // Your MySQL username define(‘ > DB_PASSWORD’, ‘********’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘mysql277.secureserver. > net’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value > // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique > prefix > $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please! > // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the > // chosen > language must be installed to wp-includes/languages. // For example, install > de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language > support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”); > /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ > define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’); > require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings. > php’); ?> * (password is not stars…) * And I still get the “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.” * Any other thoughts? * Doodlebee: I may take you up on that offer at some point – i feel like I should be able to get this right with some help, I would like to understand how to get this working so I can set up others in the future. * Could this have anything to do with DNS? I have it activated, should I remove? Blood pressure thru the roof….. * Once again thanks for all the help. * -Doug * [rudolf45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudolf45/) * (@rudolf45) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532562) * Are you on a Windows server? (I remember seeing this error around here when users were on godaddy’s win server.) Switch to *nix (unix, linux) server, I think you can do it for free. WP works better on nix servers. * Thread Starter [dougyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougyd/) * (@dougyd) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532565) * I am on a windows server – let me try to switch. * [openpundit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/openpundit/) * (@openpundit) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532570) * Oh yeah. Forgot to ask that. I don’t even use Windows servers anymore with WordPress. * Thread Starter [dougyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougyd/) * (@dougyd) * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532588) * IT WORKS. After switching to the linux server the install.php worked. Thank you very much openpundit and rudolf45 for walking my uninformed ass thru all of this. Much appreciated Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Installation HELP – Beginner’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [beginner](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/beginner/) * [godaddy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/godaddy/) * [Setup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/setup/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 10 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [dougyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dougyd/) * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-help-beginner/#post-532588) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics