Sheesh. It's always too good to be true. I always seem to get the big one. I know virtually nothing of the ways of UNIX so what I've read on this so far doesn't really help. However, I AM rather tenacious and want to make this WORK!
First error:
Failed to connect to your MySQL database server. MySQL reports the following message: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2).
Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct database hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?
For more help, see the Installation and upgrading handbook. If you are unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your hosting provider.
Since I was clueless about the above, I posted a trouble ticket with my server provider (no word yet).
Thinking perhaps it wasn't looking in the right place, I tried the database IP address in the advanced tab, which yielded the following:
Warning: fopen(./sites/default/default.settings.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /hsphere/local/home/mallett/mallette.org/includes/install.inc on line 187
(COMMENT) I checked and the directory structure is there as stated, and the file "default.settings.php" does not exist, as stated.