Need help reviewing server requirements

[mwg]

Hi, i have a shared hosting package with hawkhost and i need you to look at their specs. I already have installed cms made simple there in the past version 1.5.2 but just to compare it to other cms, now i want to use it for real projects and i want to do things the correct way. That is why i have begun reading documentation and the first thing you find is requirements. You have most of the specs for hawkhost shared here

http://www.hawkhost.com/Shared/compare

I have read them myself but i am what you could name a poweruser not a programmer so server topics are in the limit of my knowledge i more or less know a bit of some things. M y opinion is that all are met except one and another one is not clear.

php working sessions and tokenizer. I read they use php 5 but do not know what those two specs mean or if they are available. If you cannot tell from the specs just tell me and i mail them.

webser is not

Apache 1.3
Apache 2
IIS 5+
LightTPD 1.4+

they use litespeed and after serching for it it may seem an alternative to lighttpd but i dont know if the change may cause cms made simple to return errors.


Those two are the ones i have noticed if you cant tell or you find others please tell me so i can write them asking.

[matterhornpat]

Looking at this from a non-programmer perspective....did you run the install?

If so, did you notice any warnings or errors in the process?

dont know if the change may cause cms made simple to return errors

Go through the process and let us know what you encounter.

[mwg]

i remember that it threw some non critical warnings but cannot remember them. I will install the las 1.6.4 and post the results.

[mwg]

Hi again. im about to install cms made simple as soon as i receive some feedback from my hosting company but i want to ask another thing here before installing.

My older installation is version 1.5.2 if i install over it (using cpanel installing way through file manager) last version 1.6.5 would every single file and folder be overwritten so no old unused files and folders are left mixed with new ones.

Or may i simply make a copy of the complete folder using ftp, then delete de entire folder (suposing that except for the mysql data there are no other files and folders anywhere are there) then make clean install of 1.6.5 and then just paste config.php and templates from the previously made local copy.


Or being more precise i suppose that im asking if file structure for version 1.6.5 have changed at all from 1.5.2 Would you anyway recommend me one of those two ways to upgrade my installation.

[replytomk3]

http://mkrd.info/software-discussions/cms-made-simple/backin-up-and-restoring-cmsms.html

[mwg]

i finally took the time for deleting my site and installing the new 1.6.5 from scratch and it installed with some recommendations

Install System
Thanks for installing CMS Made Simple
1.6.5 (Poya)

Please read the Installation Troubleshooting page in the CMS Made Simple Documentation Wiki.
Checking permissions and PHP settings
System Information
Server Software LiteSpeed
Server API litespeed
Server Operating System Linux 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5 On x86_64
Required settings
Test Result
You have 5.2.9 Checking for PHP version 4.3.0+
(minimum 4.3.0, recommend 5.0.4 or greater)
You have On Checking for md5 Function
You have 2 Checking for GD library
You have /home/putocomc/public_html/bloggloton.com/config.php Checking write permission on config.php
You have On Checking for tempnam Function
You have Off Magic quotes in runtime
You have mysqli,mysql,pgsql DB drivers
Checking if the httpd process can create a file inside of a directory it created.
Recommended settings
Test Result
You have 128M Checking PHP memory limit
(minimum 16M, recommend 24M or greater)
You have 30 Checking PHP time limit in second
(minimum 30, recommend 60 or greater)
Number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If this is reached, the script returns a fatal error. ?

You have Off Checking PHP register globals
You have On Checking output buffering
You have shell_exec, proc_open, proc_close, system Checking PHP disable functions
Warning: this is a list of functions disabled on your server. ?

You have Off Checking for safe mode
You have /home/putocomc/:/usr/lib/php:/usr/php4/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/php4/lib/php:/tmp Check for PHP Open Basedir
Open basedir restrictions are in effect. You may have difficulty with some addon functionality with this restriction. ?

Test for remote URL
fsockopen: Connection ok!
fopen: Connection ok!
You have On Checking file uploads
You have 8M Checking max post size
(minimum 2M, recommend 10M or greater)
You will probably not be able to submit (larger) data. Please be aware of this restriction. ?

You have 50M Checking max upload file size
(minimum 2M, recommend 10M or greater)
You have /home/putocomc/public_html/bloggloton.com/uploads Checking if /home/putocomc/public_html/bloggloton.com/uploads is writable
You have /home/putocomc/public_html/bloggloton.com/uploads/images Checking if /home/putocomc/public_html/bloggloton.com/uploads/images is writable
You have /home/putocomc/public_html/bloggloton.com/modules Checking if /home/putocomc/public_html/bloggloton.com/modules is writable
Checking if session.save_path is writable
Open basedir restrictions appear to be in effect. If you have SESSION problems and ini_set works, you can try to enable sessions with cookies adding: ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1); to top of config.php ?

You have On Checking for basic XML (expat) support
You have On Checking for file_get_contents
You have On Checking if ini_set works

do you see any problem i should take care of or can i begin working the layout. i told my hosting to review requirements and they said me there was no problem they are using litespeed but they say it does every single thing apache can do. I recommended them to add it to their cpanel cms supported menu but they told me to not be in their radar for now. They are hawkhost if anyone of the team is interested in promoting it.

[mwg]

bump for a little review 

[replytomk3]

What are the problems?