# phpMyAdmin.. help getting started **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 14, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/phpmyadmin-help-getting-started/140764 "2005-03-14T10:01:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GOLGO\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@GOLGO\_13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GOLGO_13)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/phpmyadmin-help-getting-started/140764/1 "2005-03-14T10:01:04Z")
okay… so i’m pretty confused. i _“seem”_ to have phpmyadmin installed correctly, but i dont think i installed it in the right place. since i can only view php files locally from my “private” or “public” folders, i made a copy of the whole phpMyAdmin folder, and placed a copy of it in my “private” folder… something tells me thats not right… but at least i can view the phpMyAdmin web interface. if anybody could clear that up for me, i’d appreciate it… **but more importantly, now that its installed… how do i go about making a database?** could anybody list the steps of creating one using phpmyadmin? i saw a partial example in another thread… but it was for editing an existing db. **the SIMPLEST example would be appreciated…** right now, i’m so lost… and even though i really know NOTHING about databses (yet) - i get the impression using phpmyadmin is pretty simple… i know i need to create passwords, users, and tables and rows and stuff, “somewhere”… but right now, after hitting “create new database”, i just dont know what to do… :-/