By Joe Kemple on

I recently decided to switch from WP to Drupal as my organization revamps its website, I am currently using GoDaddy.com for hosting and upgraded my php to 5 as is required. I am basically having trouble accessing Drupal after I install. I did both GoDaddy Installation and FTP Installation. When I did the GoDaddy installation, I notice the files do not appear in my FTP manager, and when I install using FTP the files appear but have trouble connecting to the database once I am prompted to enter such info at the install page (the username and password I have is correct as I am able to log into myPhp but don't work for drupal), I am guessing this might have something to do with the databases. Our site www.actorsloungela.com, what you see now is an index page, please help!

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charliecheney’s picture

charliecheney commented

Hey, in the "advanced" set up section of the initial Drupal7 install page there's a place to enter the host and it defaults to localhost.

You need to make this your database... so it might look something like this:
yourdatabasename.db.5512350.hostedresource.com

Also, you need to use your GoDaddy database user name (probably the name of your database itself) and not the view only user name.

Hope this helps. Don't be afraid to call GoDaddy tech support, I know everyone complains about them, but they've always helped me... and I call them A LOT.

chadwyck’s picture

chadwyck commented

Thanks, this worked. Is there a better place to find this than copying out the link to "Manage via phpMyAdmin"?

jomesili’s picture

jomesili commented

Thanks charliecheney,

Your Solution worked!