For the past few days, I have been trying to install SMF on a forum I wish to make for someone, but it has not gotten past step 0 yet.

From what I can tell, I am probably inputting incorrect information about my MYSQL settings... I have tried

Server Name: localhost
Username: nekaku
Password: ******


For that I receive the error

Cannot connect to the MySQL database server with the supplied data.

If you are not sure about what to type in, please contact your host.
Access denied for user 'nekaku'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

I have tried with nekaku.vndv.com as the server name

Cannot connect to the MySQL database server with the supplied data.

If you are not sure about what to type in, please contact your host.
Access denied for user 'nekaku'@'207.210.86.252' (using password: YES)



I have tried changing my database password, and I know I am putting it in right because I went to the extent of copying and pasting the password from elsewhere. The only thing that I change, apart from what I listed there, is the Forum Name...

I can not figure out what I am missing. I figured I would ask here first, before I ask at SMF because I feel I may be putting in the wrong information somewhere...


Any help would be appreciated.

whats your website url?

the username needs to be shorter.

the user should be like this:

yourwebsitename_username

Host: localhost
Username: nekaku_username
Database: nekaku_database
Password: you chose that

Have you created your database & username and added permisions to them?

Yes, that seems to be what I missed. Stupid me for not thinking of creating a database. Thank you Crown, and Spiral both for your help

Your welcome :]