Connect MySQL to WordPress | Tutorial #7
We are almost finished. Our next step is to create a MySQL database and then connect it to your WordPress files. I know that probably sounds challenging. You are probably saying to yourself, “Create a database? I don’t know the first thing about creating a database. That sounds difficult.”
Let me ask you three questions:
- Do you trust me?
- Haven’t the videos up to this point been easy to follow and understand?
- Then why do you think this task will be any different?
Creating a MySQL database will be one of the easiest tasks in this entire series. Once you have completed this task, there should be nothing else standing in your way from completing everything else. It’s down hill from here.
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March 17th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
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March 19th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Otis, what advantage does this give you. i have several blogs on this webhost already and they seem to work fine, without having done this.
March 19th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Bobbi,
I am showing people how to connect their WordPress blog manually because the automatic way often is one or two versions behind what is already out.
If you install your Wordpress blog through the cPanel, I have also found it difficult to get the files hosted on the main directory. I did do a video with a work around.
Basically, if you are going to install WordPress manually, you will need to know how to connect your MySQL database.
I am teaching how to do it manually as well because if you want different templates or plugins then you will need to know how to use ftp anyway so I just figured this would give the user the full over all experience.
I hope that answers your question.