Editing the wp-config.php file is very simple.
This video was created to show beginners how to edit the WordPress config file for manually uploading WordPress to the host. While simple, it can be a bit intimidating for beginners to install WordPress. This video should give beginning bloggers confidence in editing the wp-config file.
Editing the wp-config.php file is really the second part of installing WordPress besides downloading the latest version of WordPress. I cover the first step, creating the WordPress MySQL database in the first video.
There are also some hints on working with the WordPress config file and installing WordPress in this post. There are several reasons for manually installing WordPress and I hope that this video will give you the confidence to do your first manual installation and help you do it correctly.