I am attempting to manually install SMF (Simplemachine Forums) in the home directory.
Example: mysite.com instead of a subdomain like mysite.com/forums
The trouble is that once the files are installed by FTP, SMF needs a database name, usernam and passowrd password to install using their install.php script. These options are only available in cPanel when setting up a database using a subdomain, something like mysite.com/forums. There is no way to find the database name, username and password to set up my forums in the home directory.
Example that SMF requires:
Database type: MySQL
Only recommended for small, low volume and/or intranet-type forums
Multiple supported database types were detected – which do you wish to use.
Server name: localhost
This is nearly always localhost – so if you don’t know, try localhost.
Username: database_henry
Fill in the username you need to connect to your database here.
If you don’t know what it is, try the username of your ftp account, most of the time they are the same.
Password: Blablabla
Here, put the password you need to connect to your database.
If you don’t know this, you should try the password to your ftp account.
Database name: database_mysite
Fill in the name of the database you want to use for SMF to store its data in. If this database does not exist, this installer will try to create it.
Database filename:
This is the name of the file in which to store the SMF data. We recommend you use the randomly generated name for this and set the path of this file to be outside of the public area of your webserver.
Table prefix: smf
The prefix for every table in the database. Do not install two forums with the same prefix!
This value allows for multiple installations in one database.
Any help finding the database name, username and password to install into the home directory is much appreciated.