• Resolved vtonight

    (@vtonight)


    Hey all,

    I just registered my domain name, hosting, etc today and have had confirmation that everthing is in order. I’ve the changed the config file and added all the word press files to my website at vtonight.com/wordpress but I can’t get the directory to show up, much less the wp-install.php file that I need to load. I can’t seem to figure out why I keep getting the same “page not found” error. I’m new at this, so any help is greatly appreciated.

    Thanks

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  • Your domain is registered with Godaddy, are you hosting it with them too?

    If not then I take it you have just changed the DNS settings to point to your hosting account. In that case you will have to wait untill they propagate through the net before you can see your site. Normally it takes between 24 and 78 hours to propagate, sometimes less depending on your host and your location.

    Thread Starter vtonight

    (@vtonight)

    I’m hosting with lunarpages.com but the domain is registered to godaddy.com. Do I have to do anything special on either site other than tell lunarpages that I have a domain registered to another site? I hope you are right on the propagate, because this has been frustrating.

    Thread Starter vtonight

    (@vtonight)

    Can anyone help? The godaddy stuff is showing up when i go to my page. Do i need to do something in order to switch everything over to my hosting site?

    you will need to find out the name servers at lunar pages – likely in control panel somewhere
    then go to godaddy and enter the name servers
    then wait generally 24-48 hours for dns to propagate

    Thread Starter vtonight

    (@vtonight)

    I have the nameservers situated now and I uploaded everything to a directory called blog, yet when i go to vtonight.com/blog or vtonight.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php the link is broken. I uploaded to a simple text html homepage and that works fine. I feel like an idiot doing this, it seems so simple in the instructions haha. Anyone have an idea of what I’m doing wrong?

    Simple? I was pretty confused the first time I installed WordPress (total newbie, but still). Maybe go back and make sure you followed each step exactly.

    Thread Starter vtonight

    (@vtonight)

    I have a different problem now. I finally got wordpress up(https://vtonight.com/wp-admin/install.php) but I’m getting a different error message that says it can’t connect to wp-config. Is there something wrong with my config file?(I edited out my database details for privacy.)

    <?php
    /**
    * The base configurations of the WordPress.
    *
    * This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,
    * Secret Keys, WordPress Language, and ABSPATH. You can find more information by
    * visiting {@link https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Editing_wp-config.php Editing
    * wp-config.php} Codex page. You can get the MySQL settings from your web host.
    *
    * This file is used by the wp-config.php creation script during the
    * installation. You don’t have to use the web site, you can just copy this file
    * to “wp-config.php” and fill in the values.
    *
    * @package WordPress
    */

    // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘edited’);

    /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘edited’);

    /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘edited’);

    /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

    /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

    /** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

    edited out

    /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
    require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’);

    Thread Starter vtonight

    (@vtonight)

    How can I find out if “localhost” should be something different? If the error message is correct, that must be the problem since the other info is 100% correct.

    My error says “error establishing connection to database”. I tried searching some old posts, but none have been able to help.

    Check your MySQL settings at your web host. I use FutureQuest and there is a “preferred host name” recommended instead of localhost.

    vtonight,

    lunarpages has cpanel. inside cpanel you can get that info.

    Thread Starter vtonight

    (@vtonight)

    Whooami,

    I’m in cpanel and can’t find where it’s located. Can you walk me through it?

    I already looked up the info for you, lunarpages uses localhost.

    here, btw,

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_cPanel

    is the walkthrough you requested.

    Thread Starter vtonight

    (@vtonight)

    After doing some research, it seems like ‘localhost’ is what lunarpages uses and I’m certain I have the other information correct, I just don’t understand why there’s an error connecting to the database.

    Thread Starter vtonight

    (@vtonight)

    Whoops, I was typing that as you responded. Any idea what might be causing my error? I’ve gone through the database creation, user creation over 10 times and have re-download and re-uploaded the files multiple times. I’m seriously at a loss here haha

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_cPanel

    have you followed those instructions? ??

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