Title: Installation Problems
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Installation Problems

 *  [gordonroque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gordonroque/)
 * (@gordonroque)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/)
 * I’ve been trying to upload wordpress into my music/portfolio site [http://www.gordonroque.com](http://www.gordonroque.com)(
   My domain host is 1and1.com)
 * I keep getting a wordpress error page when I do the whole admin install thing.
   There is nothing to indicate that my database server is down. The usernames and
   passwords are correct. I’ve put the web address (www.gordonroque.com) as the 
   host name in the wp-config file. Could that be it?
 * The ftp client is working fine. The wordpress file and the config php file are
   in the root directory.
 * I’ve tried everything I can think of. I’ve deleted any files in the root that
   are index.html. I’ve made sure the info in the wp-confg.php file is correct. 
   I’ve pointed the site to the new wordpress file in the root.
 * I have another wordpress file for my separate blog site ([http://www.wherepianosroam.com](http://www.wherepianosroam.com))
   in the root, and it is working fine. The installation for that site a couple 
   of weeks ago was super smooth and easy.
 * Please help! I really like wordpress, and I still have a lot of work to do to
   set up this site before I get started on a very pressing new project.
 * Thank you.
 * #Update:
 * When I try to go to the web address (www.gordonroque.com), it says error establishing
   database connection. So I guess it is a database problem. How do I fix this?

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 *  Thread Starter [gordonroque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gordonroque/)
 * (@gordonroque)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342262)
 * Ok, nevermind. Problem solved. Sigh.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342270)
 * how did you solve it? It might hrlp somebody else with similar issue.
 *  [quickedition](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quickedition/)
 * (@quickedition)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342304)
 * Yes Roque – let us know, my new site is “stuck” in “Future home..”
    Help us too.
   Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [gordonroque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gordonroque/)
 * (@gordonroque)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342364)
 * Well, it’s really kind of odd. I’ve set up two separate wordpress sites. One 
   is for my blog and one is for my music/art. I set up the blog site first as my
   trial run since it is intended to be a simpler site, and it went smoothly. Now
   two weeks later, I did everything exactly the same with the music site over the
   last two days, but could not get to the WP admin set-up which is the very last
   step in the installation.
 * I did everything as stated in the orginal post on this thread, but to no avail.
 * Finally, on a hunch, I did something different from what I did with the first
   blog site. In the wp-config.php file for the blog site, I originally put in the
   actual web address “www.wherepianosroam.com” in the field where it requires the
   MySQL Hostname (or DB_HOST). Since it worked for that, I did the exactly same
   thing for the music/art site by putting in the actual web address.
 * At my wit’s end after trying everything else, I decided to put in the hostname
   that my webhost company lists in my MySQL settings. After I did this, it worked!!
   The heavens in the sky opened up. A chorus of sweet angels started singing. A
   fresh bacon double cheeseburger fell into my hands. Blah Blah Blah . . .
 * I can now proceed with getting my site together. I hope this helps.
 * On a related note, I wonder if I should now do the same thing with the MySQL 
   hostname in the wp-config file for my blog site. It is currently working fine,
   and I don’t want to mess anything up. If someone has advice on this, please let
   me know.
 * Thanks.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342366)
 * > In the wp-config.php file for the blog site, I originally put in the actual
   > web address “www.wherepianosroam.com” in the field where it requires the MySQL
   > Hostname (or DB_HOST).
 * I’d advise using the correct db hostname in your blog site too. The fact that
   the site url worked with the first site is, I think, something of a fluke.
 *  Thread Starter [gordonroque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gordonroque/)
 * (@gordonroque)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342369)
 * I just changed it, and my blog is fine. Yay! What a weird fluke.
 * Thank you Ms. Theme Diva of Awesomeness. 🙂
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342371)
 * Glad I could help 🙂
 *  [susanoo14](https://wordpress.org/support/users/susanoo14/)
 * (@susanoo14)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342447)
 * hola, cuando quiero instalar este tema en wordpress themeforest-1264247-modernize-
   flexibility-of-wordpress me sale un error El tema no se encuentra el style.css
   hoja de estilos, que puedo hacer en esta situación para poder instalar el tema
   normalmente.
 * Gracias por la colaboración y pronta respuesta.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-problems-26/#post-3342447)
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