*If* the manual installation fails for any reason, check the following:
-* Does "config/local.ini.php" exist? If not, edit config/local-sample.ini.php and change the system settings. Rename to config/local.ini.php
-* Is the database is populated? If not, import the contents of "database.sql" with phpmyadmin or the mysql command line.
+* Does "config/local.ini.php" exist? If not, edit config/local-sample.ini.php and change the system settings.
+* Rename to `config/local.ini.php`.
+* Is the database is populated? If not, import the contents of `database.sql` with phpmyadmin or the mysql command line.
At this point visit your website again, and register your personal account.
Registration errors should all be recoverable automatically.
If you get any *critical* failure at this point, it generally indicates the database was not installed correctly.
-You might wish to move/rename config/local.ini.php to another name and empty (called 'dropping') the database tables, so that you can start fresh.
+You might wish to move/rename `config/local.ini.php` to another name and empty (called 'dropping') the database tables, so that you can start fresh.
### Option B: Run the automatic install script
Let there be a hardware failure, a corrupted database or whatever you can think of.
So once the installation of your Friendica node is done, you should make yourself a backup plan.
-The most important file is the `config/local.ini.php` file in the base directory.
+The most important file is the `config/local.ini.php` file.
As it stores all your data, you should also have a recent dump of your Friendica database at hand, should you have to recover your node.
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