open cpanel
look for the database section
click on MySQL databases
Create New Database
enter a name for your db and click on create database
then
MySQL Users ( must create a db user)
Add New User
enter the name of the user, then the password (twice)
click on create user
Add User To Database
now you need to assign a user to the database
select the database from the dropdown
select the user from the dropdown
click on the ADD button (you now will assign permissions for the user to the DB)
check on ALL PRIVILEGES
then click on make changes
your database is now created, a user is now created, the user is assigned to the DB and the user has all prviledges
now start your installation of joomla, when you get to the database setup section, on most webhosts your address is localhost (if your using godaddy, that will be a whole different story)
then enter your db user, db name, the password you wrote down and click next
if all goes well it will now connect to the mysql database.
if your are using a quickstart package, after your enter your site name, email address and admin password, you will see under that section
install sample data
then will install all of the demo items for the quickstart.
thats it, delete the installation folder and you should be good to go.
i may have missed a step as I did this off the top of my head.
good luck
greenedit 16 years, 3 months ago.
