I had this same issue and finally realized something simple: I needed to have the install.php and the big folder in the same dir as where my website would go. THe first time I installed I had to go to localhost/install.php which is a clue. You don’t do that on a live server.
-The directions say in your ‘home’ directory and I took that to mean anywhere under web root. Nope. (I have several sites on that server and initially put a folder next to them to hold the install.php etc. Wrong.)
-I was also confused by the database host field being ‘localhost’. That is ok and correct and did not cause the ‘localhost’ word in my image paths, etc.
I hope this helps someone, too.
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This reply was modified 8 years ago by joeuxdesigner. Reason: more specific
