Please bear with this newbie!
I have a domain and host and the hosting is already configured with two SQL databases.
-> Assumption 1: since there already is a database created on the site, I shouldn't have to create one?
-> Assumption 2: Following some articles I read, I logged in with MySQL and can't see any way to add a user etc: is this step unnecessary for me since I already have a database? I would expect all I need to do is add in the database name, username and password when I go to my URL after installing drupal?
That aside, I have uploaded all the Drupal 7 files, and gone to my URL, and instead of the installation page, all I get is this:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@localhost and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) Server at www.xxxxxx.com Port 80
I am at a total loss as to what to do. I have searched here and found it may be due to permissions not being set on my sites/default/settings.php and sites/default/ folder.