Mysql Database setup

On your brinkster account you are able to use a *single user mysql database as long as you are on a Level 2 type account or higher- Rookie/Level 1 do not.

*Single user means it is a single database that can use multiple sites, they each just need to have their own prefix to “split” them up. You can see the difference here for example with wordpress

From the brinkster homepage, select login or if you are already logged in select control panel. http://www.brinkster.com/ and http://controlpanel.brinkster.com/

Once on the control panel, select database manager and you should be given the option to select mysql database.

If you already see the Blue database there, it is already created.  Otherwise select the MySql button and hit ok (the database name is the same as your username).

To see which server you are on, select Acct Settings and look for the MySQL host portion.

This is your hostname.  The rest of the connection is:

Username: Your Brinkster username, IE Johnsmith

Password: Your Brinkster login password

Database name: Your Brinkster name, ie Johnsmith

If it is the first time you have created the database, please visit us in live chat and let us know it was just created as the password has to be synced to the database manually.  If you update your password later on, please also join us so it can be synced to the new password.

How you can manage it is with any Mysql program, two options are phpmyadmin or Mysqlworkbench.