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• Hello Folks,

  I’m trying to do a “manual” install of WordPress on one of my sub.domains hosted on 1and1, Windows. I’ve followed all of the steps outlined in 1and1 support page and on other sites.

  I’ve tried to do the install twice. The first time I finally got through the installation steps, but when I tried to build a page, WP told me that it didn’t have permissions to write to the database. (I had installed WP in a subdirectory.)

  The second time I got the following message, “Error establishing a database connection” and can’t get past that. This time I installed WP in a directory at the root level of my 1and1 domain space.

  In both cases I pointed the domain name wp.deftfinn.com to the appropriate directory.

  I’m at my wits end. And 1and1’s policy is that they won’t support manual installations, even though they have a support page that gives you the instructions to install WP, even including some nice screen shots.

  Please help. The page I’ve linked to above, http://www.daftfinn.com, contains the config file and a screen shot of the error message.

  Thanks,
  Tom Sawyer

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• I noticed an extra character in the database username compared to almost the same string in the database name itself. Double check those credentials but…

  You’ve made that public by posting them so you’ll need to change those and the password once you get it working.

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• Trying to install on their shared hosting, and they say I can’t, I have to pay them for each site (up to £35 a year per site).

  I can’t get details of the “Home directory of your server (required)” from the control panel.

  Presumably, I have to create the (non) SSL directory first, which is easy??

  It looks like a great plugin!

  Thanks
  Steve

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• Hi,

  for IONOS shared Hosting SSL-certs will be centralized on the Webshield. The IONOS ControlPanel “Security Solutions” gives you the possibility to setup SSL-certs for your domain. The number of included SSL-certs is related to your Webhosting tariff.

  Best,
  Martin

  Hi Steve,

  that plugin would not work on IONOS SharedHosting.

  Best,
  Martin

  @stevepett: that plugin would not work as expected. As stated in my first answer, in IONOS the SSL is terminating on another technical layer and even NOT on the Webserver.
  But good news: as IONOS customer, you could buy SSL Unlimited. It costs € 10.
  I would have a screenshot for you, but I could not add that in that discussion.
  You send me a mail to martin@martin-wolfert.de and I would send you the screenshot.

  Best,
  Martin

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