How to Install WordPress on Powweb

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November 20th, 2007

I am currently using Powweb hosting for this blog. I tried to install WordPress via Powweb’s InstallCentral, but it didn’t quite work. It did not give me any errors, but no user accounts were created in the WordPress database. In fact, both wp_users and wp_posts tables were completely missing. I searched and searched for a solution for this, but could not find any advice other than installing WordPress manually (which I probably should have done anyway). However, I finally did manage to get it working. Here is what I did:

1. Install WordPress through InstallCentral
2. Open the database in phpMyAdmin (Ops Control Panel -> Services -> MySQL -> Administer -> Databases)
3. Delete each of the existing table
4. Then go to your WordPress install admin url: www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php
5. Follow the quick install process (only a couple steps) and you are all set

Hope this helps someone that is going crazy like I was when this happened to me!