No short install!

[steve]

Hi,

I hope that someone can help.

I've just uploaded all the files and when i open up my site in the browser I get 'Site down for maintenance.' instead of the Install screen.

Any help is very much appreciated.

[Ted]

Very strange...

I would remove config.php.  If that doesn't help, then remove the tmp/cache/SITEDOWN file...

[Tom]

Did you open the right url? If I remember correctly, you have to go to siteurl/install/install.php, not just to siteurl, for install to happen.

[steve]

Thanks for the quick reply guys,

I removed the config.php file which when loading the site up in a browser gave me the message:

'Cannot create /home/sharpei/public_html/config.php, please change permissions to allow this'

This looks like it will be an easy fix, just change the permissions. But which file/folder? public_html?

whaduyathink

[Ted]

Either that, or make a blank config.php file and give that full permissions.

[Tom]

I think what wishy suggested should work. If you will be having further problems and need someone to look at it, feel free to send me PM (though I can't promise full success, being just a fellow user).

[steve]

I'm in!! You guys are great!
Thanks

Got another problem now :/

Step 3 of the installation, this is the info that I'm putting in:

Database Type:
Database host address: localhost
Database host port: 3306
Database name: sharpei_cms
Username:    sharpei_penski
Password:
Table prefix cms_
Create Tables (Warning: Deletes existing data)



and this is the error message:

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


This is the db info (i think!)

Users in cms
sharpei_penski (Privileges: ALL PRIVILEGES)
Connection Strings
Perl $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:sharpei_cms:localhost","sharpei_penski","");
PHP $dbh=mysql_connect ("localhost", "sharpei_penski", "") or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ("sharpei_cms");


I'm not sure what's going on, any ideas?

[Ted]

It looks right to me.  Are you positive the password is right?

[steve]

Doh!! How stupid do i feel!!

I did have the wrong password.

Thanks for all your help, I'll paypal some beer tokens over to you

[Ted]

Now that's my kind of donation. 

[Alex_Leipzig]

Another question: what if can't create new users in my mysql-db and not change the db's name?

[Ted]

Use the existing username and database.  If you use a obscure prefix (instead of cms_), you should have no worries of table overlap.

[Alex_Leipzig]

Use the existing username and database.  If you use a obscure prefix (instead of cms_), you should have no worries of table overlap.

Sorry, but: what is an obscure prefix?

[Ted]

Changing cms_ to myuniqueprefix_ on install.  So table names don't overwrite each other.

[rob]

I get a similar problem when I try to install....

"Cannot create d:\hosting\rv36116/config.php, please change permissions to allow this"

Which I have a shared IP hosted account, I'm guessing that it won't let things write on a shared account with the current server I have with Godaddy...

I wonder if it would allow this if I had a private IP?

damn I know this has to be easier... I'm banging my head on a wall here...