How to create a database for WordPress on my web server?

Question

I want to make a blog for my business and I found a theme fits my need. Can anyone give me some help with install the wordpress? Thank you very much!

There is the "famous 5-minute installation" on wordpress website. Six steps in total, I don't how to do the second one. the second one is "Create a database for WordPress on your web server, as well as a MySQL user who has all privileges for accessing and modifying it."

Here is the link page for the six steps:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Famous_5-Minute_Install

It must be easy for people who knows what's MySQL, but I don't know anything about web design or create a database. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Can you access cPanel on your website?

Email sent to you with information.

Answer 2

First you login to your cPanel, which you can access using this address

yourwebsite.com/cpanel or yourwebsite.com:2082

Then go to "Databases -> MySQL Databases" to create a new database.

Now you'll a user to access it, so slightly under the list of database, you'll see add new user. Create one and then add that user to database.

Now come back to wordpress installation, you already have "Database Name, User Name, Password", leave the Database Host as "localhost" and table prefix as "wp_". Give you blog a name and your email address and you're done.

IMPORTANT: note down the "admin" password after that. You'll need it to login.

If you still in doubt I can install the wordpress for you.