When I tries setting up my wordpress blog, i comes to this error Error establishing a database connection This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down. Are you sure you have the correct username and password? Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname? Are you sure that the database server is running? Now ith the wp-config file I have to enter some things database name mysql name password what values do I use for these because they sont seem to be working Thanks
First, you need a host with php and mysql support and phpmyadmin. You go in cPanel or phpmyadmin and create a database and a username for it. Usually the database will get the name [host username]_[the name you gave to it] and so gets the mysql name. After that you assign the mysql name to the database you created ( only if created it from cPanel ); You go to wp-config and put these values. After that everything should be ok If you have fantastico use it to install wordpress automatically, after you delete the wordpress uploaded files.