I started a new project yesterday. The idea is good in my head, but I’m not sure what will come of it. Part of my project involves installing my own blogging software. I decided on WordPress. My host supports mysql and php, so I thought it would work well. The problem?
I don’t know mysql or php.
I guess since I used to work for Ol Bill, I’ve worked almost exclusively with MS products. I got stuck during the friggin install. Now, I KNOW what I named the db, and I know what I named the user. The only variable is the host name. I’m not a programmer though. My job in the past was to make sure the dad gum db didn’t go down – that’s it. Host name? Localhost of course. This remote shared server crap really put a kink in my feather. Hopefully, I’ll hear from them today with more information on the host name.
Thank goodness SK rescued me. We went to visit her nieces last night. Kidlets are always good for a smile. I also borrowed a few poker books from her brother-in-law. Oh! Which reminds me! While we were getting ready to sit down to dinner, he called SK’s dad my father-in-law. The look on his face as he caught himself was priceless!
I have class tonight, so even if I find out the host name, I won’t really be able to mess with it until this weekend. In the meantime, I’m off to Google my brains out. Mysql, here I come!
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http://www.devshed.com used to have some really great “entry level” tutorials for starting out with mysql and php. It’s how I first learned to to use the two of them when I started writing my own code. Might want to poke around there in the mysql and php sections of their articles to see if they are still around.
Comment by darke — March 31, 2005 @ 9:47 am
So weird you mention mysql. Another friend of mine was just talking yesterday about how she has to do this message board or something using it and she’s only ever touched it twice in her life ha. Good luck!
Have a good class tonight
Comment by mustangtali — March 31, 2005 @ 10:38 am
“google my brains out”
Is that what SK is calling it now?
Comment by maskedfencer — March 31, 2005 @ 10:39 am