Trouble installing

This is exactly my problem. Using GoDaddy Linux servers and windows XP local PC. I have double checked the name of my SQL server and login credentials.

I saved the file (see end of message) in notepad with this name “wp-config.php” and ‘no file type’ then tried to run install with this file either in the ftp
1) route directory,
2) the blog folder (ie directory with all wordpress content as unzipped)
3) the word-press wp-admin folder.

Same error each time.

a long message from your support that starts: 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….

HELP!

wp-config.php file contents:
<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘WeHome’); // The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘WeHome’); // Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password’); // …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 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’);
?>

Im having the same problems on GD i changed the DB_HOST to mysql34.secureserver.net and i still get the “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress” error message.

JANET IF YOU COULD POST WHAT YOU DID TO FIX THIS THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

wendy:

Is your wp-config.php recognised as a php file? You can use yoru ftp tool to right-click on the file and look at the properties. Coz thats the only thing wrong I can think of.

warm regards,

SOLVED! by accident.

WRONG (what I did): once the wp-config file had accurate details and was loaded on ftp://domain.com I then navigated to the install file and double-clicked on it within the ftp:// space. Got error

RIGHT: open the public place (counter intuitive) http://www.domain.com and the WordPress set-up flow kicks off

After I’d discovered this set-up was a BREEZE, importing RSS feeds from a previous MSN Spaces Blog was a BREEZE, its all going splendidly. Thank you so much for writing wonderful free-ware and proactively supporting it

I want to MARRY all of you 🙂

Hi,

I am trying to install. I run the php install script and i get the step one screen– enter the name and email… it then goes to a step 2 screen that says it is going to install sample tables and data but it just stops dead there. no error, no completion message. any ideas?

I totally agree with Veena. Suggest WP install guidelines specify that the config file should be fun by opening the http:// domain. I was following the instructions and assuming that the file would behave like and .exe file. Who do we give this information to?

Baysider – you descirbe exactly the error I got when attempting to fun the Install from within my Browser fointing at the (ftp://webserverdomain, rather than pointing at the http://www.domain

Gerben1980
With my working set-up I see the name of the Database with the option to ‘open manager’ – this is where I see it

Login to GoDaddy account management pages. Click on
‘Hosting & Email’, select my hosting account, click on ‘open’, Scroll down until I see “Databases”, click on MySQL.