Total Newby needs help

Hi I have just connected to modx installation it is the first time I have used a cms I have a data base set up with a positive data base connection, when I get to the next level where I give my data base name, table prefix, set character set or SET NAMES and collation imput what exactly do I need to do here? Would really appreciate some help here!!

Thanks

When you created your database you came up with some sort of name. That’s what gets entered for "database name." You can leave the table name as the default. And there was some sort of default collation scheme that got set (like utf-general, etc.) when you created the database. That’s what gets selected under collation input.
Matt

cheers Matt I will try that

Thank You very much
Dec

Be careful about that database name; if you are on shared hosting they will often add something to the database name automatically. For example, your database named "modx" may well end up being "domain_modx".

Be careful about that database name

Right! Forgot about that - thanks for the catch. (Same goes for the user name as I recall.)
MattC