Basic Skill Requirements for CMS Made Simple

[redturbo]

Hello Everyone,

I am new to this CMS and I have a basic question: what are the basic programming skills needed to install this application at a functional level.

I am a marketing web guy with average html /php skills. Is it required to have experience with "config.php" and database files? Is this CMS made simple for everyone?... or more experienced programmers with Db training.

I have the software installed on my server and I finally hit this snag and I am at a lost as to what to do: http://www.highwebsales.com/cmsmadesimple/index2.php

Any help or insight would be appreciated.

Mike, working on Turkey Day.

[Ted]

Working on Turkey day? Shame shame.

Really, this should be pretty straighforward to install. The INSTALL doc gives a step by step, but only assuming that you've installed mysql before hand. Since a large majority of the people this is targeting have one with their hosting provider, this shouldn't be a huge deal.

You shouldn't need to mess with config.php (though, there is an out-of-date sample included for some reason). The install script will create a new config.php and populate it with the proper variables. Once in awhile, you might have to tweak it, but it's a pretty rare case.

The only real difficult thing I could see with CMSMS is template creation, since there is only the 2 included templates to work with before you create your own.

As for your problem, I'm not quite sure. Maybe the path isn't set right in config.php for some reason or another? I could probably help you debug it, but I would need to see what is in config.php and compare it to the error that I'm seeing.

Thanks!

[redturbo]

Thanks Wishy!

Let me go though the install to see if I can get a working config.php file.

Thanks for your help!

Mike

[redturbo]

Hi all and Wishy,

I believe I have been able to get passed the first page of the install. I get resulting errors after I complete the second page. I believe I created my db ahead of time correctly, so I have a few questions about the second page:

1. Is "localhost" used as a default, or is it my IP or domain name. I have no idea.

2. I am guessing "3306" is a default number for database host port. I am not sure.

I made my best guesses and pressed the continue button, and recieved the resulting error:

"Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: 'redturbo_mike@localhost' (Using password: YES) in /home/redturbo/public_html/cmsmadesimple2/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 339 Connection failed"

I appreciate any comments or insights. I have given up at this point.

[redturbo]

Hi all!

I created a new db, then tried the install again. I no longer get the previous error, just a "Connection Failed" after the second page.

I feel like I have made progress, although there are still problems with the install. I will look in the forum to see if someone else had the same problem.

[redturbo]

Hi Wishy and Patricia,

I am sure I correctly setup my db, then assigned myself as a user to that database. I still get a "connection failed"

As much as I want to try this application, I will have to move on to another cms...

Thanks all!

Mike

[Ted]

The problem is that this is the minimum required for any database backed CMS.

Yes, the directions for setting up mysql should probably be more detailed, but I'm definatly not a doc writer by any means.

If we can detail out the instructions more in the wiki (or even write some Windows install docs), then please do. I've never actually installed this on windows, so I'm out.

Actually, this is one of the easiest ways to contribute to CMS. The wiki needs lots of love.

[redturbo]

Hello everyone,



On my install, I have just learned how to adjust my CHMOD on my files and folders.

Now... I get the following error: "Fatal error: You must have the mysqli extension installed. in /home/redturbo/public_html/cmsmadesimple5/adodb/drivers/adodb-mysqli.inc.php on line 52"

I deleted this "adodb-mysqli.inc.php" then replaced it, but the problem did not go away.

Funny. I find myself very optimistic about this CMS. I know I will get this worked out. Everyone is so nice here.

Mike

[xor]

Hello Redturbo and thanks for your PM... I answered you

I also had a look at the link you provide in your first post, and I was able to reproduce the same error on my own website simply with an empty config.php
I guess this is the case, your config.php wasn't writable for you?

I'm having this same problem. Just downloaded and tried to install. I get connection failed after Step 2. I have set my config.php file to 666 and something was written there by step 1. But nothing about the database config stuff has been written.

Anyone have any ideas what is going on and how I fix it?