Not writeable?

[Francesica]

Hi.

My name is Francesica.. and first of all, I'll let you know, this is the first website I've ever really worked on.. and I'm coming accross an error message when installing CMS. I don't know how to even start, here.. but I've been working through cpanel, and this is the message I'm getting.

/home/fnoble/public_html/cms/tmp/templates_c is not writable, exiting

Thanks,

Francesica

[Nullig]

As per the installation manual...

You need to chmod the following directories to 777:

tmp
tmp/cache
tmp/templates_c
uploads
uploads/images

Note: if you want to use the module manager to install mods, the modules directory should also be changed to 777.

Nullig

[Francesica]

Hi!

Thanks. That helped a lot. Now, I've got some other messages I don't know how to deal with..

Checking write permission on /home/fnoble/public_html/cms/config.php

This file may not exist yet. If it does not, you should create an empty file with this name. Please also ensure that this file writable by the web server process.


I created that file like the installation tutorial said, I think.. but maybe I did something wrong?

Francesica

[Nullig]

You may need to CHMOD it to 666, to make it writeable.

Nullig

[Francesica]

Thank you so much! You've been awesome..  Just a couple more things.. and they seem to be minor things, guessing by how they're marked on the testing page..

1.
Checking max upload file size (min 2M, recommend 10M)
You will probably not be able to upload (larger) files using the included file management functions. Please be aware of this restriction.

2.
Checking if /home/fnoble/public_html/cms/uploads is writable
The uploads folder is not writable. You can still install the system, but you will not be able to upload files via the Admin Panel.

3.
Checking if session.save_path is writable
Your session.save_path is "". Not having this as writable may make logins to the Admin Panel not work. You may want to look into making this path writable if you have trouble logging into the Admin Panel. This test may fail if safe_mode is enabled (see below).

LoL sorry if I'm being a bother.. this is just my first time trying to run something like this.. you've been great help.

Francesica

[Nullig]

Re: 1 - not that much of a problem, unless you want to upload very large files. If so, you'll have to get your hosting provider to change this.

Re: 2 - as I said previously, the uploads and uploads/images directories should be CHMOD to 777.

Re: 3 - do you know if safe_mode is enabled? This could be the cause of this warning. It may or may not be a problem. If it is, you'll have to get your hosting provider to change it.

Nullig

[Francesica]

Thanks so much. You've been a great help.

Francesica

[Nullig]

You should add [solved] to the title of your first entry in this thread.

Nullig

[cubix]

Nullig: you seem to be so helpful in this thread.

I'm all for giving people the link to the wiki which tells people how to install, step by step..

[Pierre M.]

I'm all for giving people the link to the wiki which tells people how to install, step by step..

Yes. First I resist posting "RTFM" alone and rephrase it this way : "What is unclear in http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... stallation ?"

Let us direct people to the wiki : it makes less posts to answer (hence less unanswered questions) and hopefully more people will work on (improve) the documentation.

Pierre M.