Hi.
The SQL connection is done trough config.php. But I guess that one is OK, as you don't get any errors right away when you go to your site.
The system is set up so that news.php is the opening page by default. Index.php simply redirects to news.php, so this is normal behaviour.
Your problem (network timeout) seems to be related to your host, but I might be mistaken. Are you running a localhost, or is this site on-line? If it's on-line, what is the URL?
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