womanwithmanyhats

Ok, figured this one out, too. It’s the $$$.

I think one of the first things I’m going to do is write a short tutorial for complete, rank beginners on EXACTLY where on Godaddy’s screens you have to go to get the right info!

Ok, here’s this morning’s status. I completely deleted all WP files, changed the config file as directed (I think), and then uploaded everything again 2.0.6 version. When I then went to my site, it did not display the “looks like you need to install” ; just the basic categories etc. without any theme. When I tried to click Meta it told me I didn’t have permission. While I’ve talked to a couple of great tech support guys there yesterday, the person I talked to today tried to get me to reinstall 2.0.5 on top of my install without uninstalling!

I just deleted that database and created a new one.

***My big question–how do I find the host name?? I read in the other thread that it’s not localhost, but mysql(numbers).secureserver.net . I don’t know where to find those numbers in the parentheses. On the database I just deleted, in my URL bar it was mysql#.secureserver.net/$$$. Should I be using the # or the $ numbers?

Thanks VERY much. I think I’m almost there!

I have figured out that I can delete files through their FTP client, so I did that. I also found out that the name servers weren’t pointing where they needed to be, so I changed that.

It looks like I don’t need to mess with the MySQL database at all, which is a BIG relief!

This part of my problem is solved. Thanks for the response! I hope I can handle the rest of it.