I was installing Magento on one of my commercial sites just to try it out and ran into this installation problem:
SQLSTATE[28000] [1045] Access denied for user ......# 'root'@’localhost’ (using password: YES)
# Database connection error
...
The error message explains itself: there is a database connection issue and it's probably because either your username and / or password don't match or your account doesn't have the privilege for this execution.
My question was exactly about that, too. "Why does it try to access MySQL database using the 'root' account? "
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Quick links for CSS questions.
Definition & Advantages
Three ways to use CSS in HTML documents
Cascading Order (CSS Hierarchy, CSS Priority)
CSS Grouping
CSS ID and CSS Class (ID vs. Class)
CSS Nesting
Example - Boxes
These are some CSS tips for quick reference.
Definition & Advantages
CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) is a style language to define fonts, colors, background colors / images, height, width, margins, positions and many other things in HTML documents. HTML itself can be used to describe these properties, but CSS is more powerful, accurate and efficient. Also, CSS is cached and it will shorten the overall loading time once it's cached.
In HTML
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Helpful web resources and tools that you can use for search engine optimization.
- Forums
Forums can be very beneficial not only because you can find answers for web development questions but also because it may bring your site more traffic. Don't forget to be helpful as well by posting relevant articles or leaving answers and comments.
Here are some great webmaster forums.
Digital Point Forums
Very popular forum. Questions are generally answered promptly. The main categories this site covers are search engines, marketing, business, design & development, product and tools and so on.
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