Doesn't Play Well with Others
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Hello All,
I have setup a localhost on my computer. I am planning on migrating from wordpress.com and moving to a registered domain, and before I start shelling out the $$$, I would like to be somewhat familiar with what I am doing.
After installing PWS, I added WordPress software. Everything is working great, and I am loving what I see. Now I tried installing bbPress, so I can have a forum, and it is hairballing on me!
I am strongly suspicious that the problem lies somewhere with MySQL. I fill out the setup info, and it responds with:
There was a problem connecting to the database you specified.
Please check the settings, then try again.
Where do I find MySQL on my computer? Can I not have separate databases?
:sigh:
I am not a cyber-guru, and I am hoping that I don’t have to become one!
Any help you can provide would be great!
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Land Sakes! I get one problem fixed and it still gives grief.
I did as you said, and you were right. It wasn’t my username and password as much as it was the name of the MySQL database, which is ‘wordpress’.
I entered the name of the database, username, and password. It now responds, “Great, saved bb-config.php. Let’s go to Step 2.”
Then I try to move onto Step 2 and it says, “You are missing bb-config.php. This means you are setting things up for the first time.”
The result? It loops me back to where I was!
… long delay… John has a brainstorm….
I figured out what to do!
I basically lied to it, and said the config file was generated properly. Actually, I snagged the bb-config-sample.php, changed the parameters in there (database name, username, password), and saved it as bb-config.php.
The little bugger is now behaving properly!
Bah! If I survive this, I am going to be a monster guru!
Thanks ashfame for your help! Your advice is priceless.
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