phpMyAdmin not accepting new password

I can’t login to phpMyAdmin using my root password. I’ve just gone through the process of changing my root password as per these instructions:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/recover-mysql-root-password.html

but when I try to login to phpMyAdmin I get:

#1045 Cannot log in to the MySQL server

Help!

Looks like I inadvertently deleted the root login! Solved my own issue.