A total beginner is installing Drupal...

Hi,

I am a total beginner and installing Drupal. I only know html and css. I have zero knowledge in PHP. I have a domain name and a pay hosting service totally standard. (1 Base MySQL 4, Php4 , Php 5)

I have downloaded the drupal folder from the drupal site. It is now on my destop. (Windows xp home)
I am following the Drupal handbook instructions.

1. DOWNLOAD DRUPAL
well, its done. Yeah, that was easy.

2. CREATE AND PREPARE THE DRUPAL DATABASE

Before you proceed to the next step you should know:
- "username" - the username for connecting to the database
- "password" - the password for that username
- "databasename" - the name of the database.

Okay, I went on the managerV3 of my host and I created a database, just by pressing a button.
I see now the following:Between brackets is the translation in english of this funny language called french.

Gestion de MySQL (MySQL manager):
robocrowevo vide(empty) sql MySQL 4 Activer le mode développement (Activate the development mode)

A few minutes later, i received the ID/ password for my database by email. So I have now my "username", my "password" and my "database name". Good, I can process to next step!

Depending on the database of your choice, please read either
INSTALL.mysql.txt (for MySQL) or INSTALL.pgsql.txt (for PostgreSQL).
Ok, I guess I use mysql, so I read the explanation there.

All I know is when I connect myself to the Phpmyadmin of my host, I see the following:
"Database robocrowevo running on mysql4"

In the Mysql installation description, I have this:

First, you must create a new database for your Drupal site
(here, 'databasename' is the name of the new database):

mysqladmin -u dba_user -p create databasename

MySQL will prompt for the 'dba_user' database password and then create
the initial database files. Next you must login and set the access
database rights:

mysql -u dba_user -p

Again, you will be asked for the 'dba_user' database password.
At the MySQL prompt, enter following command:

GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX,
ALTER, CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES
ON databasename.*
TO 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"

Right ok , so I put the command in the box called:Run SQL query/queries on database
mysqladmin -u dba_user -p create robocrowevo.

I got an error message. I thought, maybe this database has already been already created, so no need to create it one more time.

I skipped the rest, although it is probably a mistake...

3. CONNECTING DRUPAL:

The moment of true...

The default configuration can be found in the
'sites/default/settings.php' file within your Drupal installation.
Before you can run Drupal, you must set the database URL. Open the
configuration file and edit the $db_url line to match the database
defined in the previous step:

$db_url = "mysql://username:password@localhost/databasename";

Ok, this is easy, I just replace the words "username", "password" and "databasename" by this same info sent by my provider. I found the file in my drupal directory (still on my computer desktop) and did the changes.

Oki doki. I decided at that point to upload everything in the www folder of the host server, using filezilla. A few minutes later, that was done and I have a folder Drupal 4.7.3 on my remote site.

I skipped the explanation about hosting several site with one drupal configuration

4. CONFIGURE DRUPAL:

You should consider creating a "files" subdirectory in your Drupal
installation directory. This subdirectory stores files such as
custom logos, user avatars, and other media associated with your
new site.

Ok done, on the remote server, I created in the drupal folder a folder called "files". By right clicking on this new file (i think this is a filezilla option), I select "file attributes" then owner permission as well as public permission, and ticked "read" and " write". Why did I do that?

The sub-directory requires "read and write" permission
by the Drupal server process. You can change the name of this
subdirectory at "Administer > Settings > File system settings".

The thing is: I dont have a clue where to find this Administer...
I hope you had the patience to read all this. I will report all my progress in this installation.

This is exactly where I am...What do i do next?