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[tysonbravo Friend tysonbravoJoin date: August 2008Posts: 6Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#132738

I uploaded quickstart to a subfolder of my root. Went to the URL and began the installation. Got to the Database Configuration and I can’t get past it. It won’t log me into the site. I keep getting the following…

“Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL”

I’m using the same Username and password and Hostname that get me logged into the site using http://FTP... However, I don’t know what goes into the “Database Name” field. This may be a question for my host, Netfirms.com.

[Sherlock Friend SherlockJoin date: September 2014Posts: 11453Downloads:0Uploads:88 Thanks: 221 Thanked: 2478 times in 2162 posts]

#267918

Hi tysonbravo !
Please open configuration.php file in root folder , find host , username, pass in it and enter it to new intallation .

[mj1256 Friend mj1256Join date: June 2007Posts: 1473Downloads:10Uploads:35 Thanks: 84 Thanked: 225 times in 118 posts]

#267960

tyson, did you create an empty database before you start the quickstart install

[tysonbravo Friend tysonbravoJoin date: August 2008Posts: 6Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#268030

<em>@mj1256 76672 wrote:</em><blockquote>tyson, did you create an empty database before you start the quickstart install</blockquote>
No, I wasn’t aware that I had to… sorry, I’m kind of a novice when it comes to higher-end web languages/db’s etc… I’ll give it a shot using PHPMyadmin. Thank You!

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#268383

Hi tysonbravo !
Have you solved the problem ?

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#268548

Yes, I had to buy some tutorials and really do my homework. I thought it was easier than that, but Joomla is pretty difficult to be honest. Anyways, I got it working. JA Mesolite is a pretty cool template, but there are too many things that I can’t figure out how to change, so I’m probably gonna go with another option for a shopping cart rather than Joomla. It’s great for content management though. Anyways, thanks very much!

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