ugh! installed everything, page not found

And, is there an “install.php” file inside the “wp-admin” folder inside the “muse” folder at glitteringstew.com?

OK, chipping, chipping. sorry about this, really. Now the database login is not working , but at least a wp error page came up. YAY for anything at this point. Will check with my server to make sure all is well there, but in case you have a suggestion, here is the error message.
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.

* 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?
Thanks for any help.
David

This is all the information you need:

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.

* 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?

It’s not WP’s fault. What ever you put in wp-config.php is either wrong, or that database server just went offline.

i checked the database name, the login name, the host name, all are as set, i tried localhose as host name, no luck. i checked all privelages for the user, no luck.

i still get the error listed above. Any suggestions?

thank you,
David

username and the database name would be:

accountname_databasename
accountname_username

Are you sure you haven’t just filled the fields with the username/password and database without the accountname?

It sounds like the db settings aren’t correct, or your files are not in the right location. The whoel thing is case sensitive so be sure to be accourate.

You can also try dtopping the db and recreating it. you shouldn’t have to touch localhost settings, it should be as is for 99% of users.

// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', Goatlover_mywordpress'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'Goatlover_mywordpress'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', '1luv4goats'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

So it should be something like that. Make sure that you edited the congig-sample.php file and saved it as config.php (or whatever the file name is, but without the sample bit).

IT shoudl be fairly straightforward

I did everything as mentioned above.

By the way, I installed in a subdirectory. I ended up uploading the contents of the directory, because uploading the “renamed” directory itself, whether named “muse” or “glitteringstew.com/muse” didn’t work.

Since my database name is dhthoma_glitteringstew_muse, how do I set wp to find “muse” rather than wordpress? I think this may be the problem. I added this paragraph after writing all below, but I’ll lieave the info there incase something may be useful.

the database info is entered as this
define('DB_NAME', 'dhthoma_glitteringstew_muse'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'dhthoma_clarinet'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'mochi484493'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

the values which the database are set to are:

Host Name mysql3.hostexcellence.com (64.17.184.3)
Port number 3306
Database name dhthoma_glitteringstew_muse Click to remove
phpMyAdmin Built in phpMyAdmin control panel
you will need a properly configured dba user to log in (just add user with dba role if you don’t have one)
Quota Used 0.0 MB out of 1000 MB Change quota
Database users dhthoma_clarinet Edit user’s privileges Change password Click to delete
dhthoma_garnet Edit user’s privileges Change password Click to delete

I’m able to login to the database manually with this information.

I tried setting the host name to “mysql3.hostexcellence” but the same error page came up as with “localhost”

The database is working. i chatted with an administrator at HostExcellence.

In the database settings I set all permissions allowed to make sure there wasn’t any limitation.

The MySQL version is 4.o.20. PHP version 4.3.4

What else can I try?
Thanks for any help.
David

The install file cannot locate the config file. But wp-config.php is listed. It’s not inside the admin folder, but that’s the way it came with the download.

David

what if you try using the IP address of the database rather than localhost or the dns name? i had to use the IP to get mine to connect properly…

I tried that and got a weird error code, but I give it another shot.

Also, I looked at the install file and it said it couldn’t locate the config file, but it’s there. it’s not in the same folder, but in the same location it was originally, by itself.

YAYYYYYYY, YES, I’M SHOUTING. IT WORKED!!!!

Can you please post to confirm what you did to get it to work so that others may benefit from your experience. thx!

I was having this very same issue, and using the IP of the machine worked for me. Before I tried localhost and the machine name but no, IP seems the only way.

I was pretty much in the same situation as David, and solved it with a bit of tinkering. If you are having the same kind of diffs, here’s what I did.

(using Hostexcellence, btw – they’re a great host, and this prob wasn’t their fault!)

When you edit the config.php file, you need to enter the IP address as Alex mentioned, and make sure it looks like this –
<?php
// ** MySQL settings ** //
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘JackieB_examplewordpress’); // The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘JackieB_exampleTonyS’); // Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘exampletop99banana’); // …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘69.136.981.3’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

You don’t need https:// or www. or anything in front of the IP address. This was what caused my errors!!!

Hope this helps out someone…