A great number of modern scripts work in conjunction with MySQL databases – common content management systems and blogging platforms such as Joomla, drupal and WordPress are obvious examples but many other scripts also need a MySQL database in order to function.

This video takes you through the basic steps of creating a MySQL database using cpanel.

With many hosts providing Fantastico along with cpanel nowadays, the installation of many common scripts and their associated databases is a very simple point and click affair, but there may come a time when you will need to create a database yourself and this video shows you what is required. If you do not have cpanel and are using another control panel provided by your host, the look may be different but the basic steps will still be pretty much the same.

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