[WP Install] Step 5. Preparing to install WordPress: Setting up the Database
Before attempting to install your first blog, you must activate and set up the MySQL database that will hold the data, i.e. the actual contents of all your blogs. This is simply done on pair.com through the ACC (Account Control Center) [ 1 ]:
A. Login to the ACC.
B. In the Main Menu, choose Advanced Features, then Database Administration.
C. In the Advanced Features - MySQL Database Administration panel, click the Create New Database button.
D. In the Add New Database panel,
Database Name field. You can give your database any name you like [ 2 ].
b. - Leave the pre-selected option for Access Level (Local Only).
c. - Leave or change the pre-selected option for Optimization Period.
d. - Click the Add Database button.
e. - Print out and file in a safe location the page that follows. Also write down in your Web book the full Database Name, the Database Server, and the Full-Access Username and Password. This information is vital for installing (and maintaining) your multiple WP blogs.
Notes:
[ 1 ] On pair.com, only the Basic and FTP hosting plans do not come with some free MySQL databases. If you are on one of these basic hosting plans, you’ll have to upgrade at least to the to Advanced account type if you want to install WordPress on the Web server(s) hosting your virtual domains with pair.com.
[ 2 ] The database name you will choose is not important for your WordPress installation to be succesful. You might consider giving the database a descriptive name if you have other databases, used by some other Web application.
[ 3 ] My Web book is an exercise book where I make notes of all the things I need to remember about the Web, including mailbox and site configuration details, username/password pairs, database details, and so on. I know there are “smarter” ways of storing personal and site information - however, I just like the security and reliability of pen and paper for this kind of data assets.