help please adding smf

[anthony151]

Hello staff i have just set up a website here and am trying to install a simple machine forum. i have extracted the files into the file manager from the smf .zip file.

then i visited my site url and it asked me to give them my MySQL username and password.

so i went and created a MySQL database and then i gave the smf site my MySQL username and password and it said they do not match my site.


how do i add my files from my file manager into my MySQL database account.

or please help me set up my forum somehow.

thanks

[UnlimitedMB]

Pleas explain what you mean by "it said they do not match my site".
What is the exact error message you get?

Please make sure that you use mysql server "mysql" not "locahost"

[anthony151]

will try thank you, i thought i posted this question in the right section sorry about that.