Using your text editor, open the
control/connect.php file and perform the following actions:
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A] Edit database connection parameters to point to the database you wish to use. Contact your host if you aren`t sure. Prefix is required if you only have a single database. This might be something
with an underscore. Its fine to leave the prefix as is, so don`t change if you aren`t sure. See notes. Example:
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'joeblogs_admin');
define('DB_PASS', '12345XX');
define('DB_NAME', 'shop');
define('DB_PREFIX', 'mcn_');
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B] Specify character set for database. Can be left blank if preferred. Used for 'Set Character Set' and 'Set Names'. If you aren`t sure, utf8 should be fine. See notes:
define('DB_CHAR_SET', 'utf8');
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C] Specify locale for your database. Only really required to be changed if your language isn`t English. This will ensure text data in dates converted by MySQL is in your local language. For English, 'en_GB' should be fine for all. See notes:
define('DB_LOCALE', 'en_GB');
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D] Specify unique secret key (or salt). You can use the MSWorld secret key service to generate a unique key. See the connection file for more information.