Create a MySQL 5 Database
Update: March 21st, 2009
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WordPress also needs a place to store all of your blog posts. So, the next step is to create a MySQL 5 database to hold all of the data:
On the Domain Menu page, click the Database Manager icon.
On the Databases page, click the Add New button.
On the Add Database page, select MySQL 5 as the Database Type, enter in a Database Name, and then click the Save button. Note: for the database name, a good choice is your domain name. Do not use a generic name like “wordpress” or “myblog”.
On the Update Database page, note the server name—you will need this later to configure WordPress. Then, in the Database Users section, click the Add New button.
On the Add Database User page, enter in a username and password. Remember what you enter here because you will need it later on as well. Now click the Save button.- Next: Download and Upload
