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Hi there, I got the 'install complete' message, but continue to get a 404.

I created an index.html with a redirect to index.php

still doesn't work

and I just noticed this on the install 'complete' page:

Thanks for installing CMS: CMS Made Simple.

Importing initial data...Invalid query: INSERT INTO cms_additional_htmlblob_users ( ADDITIONAL_HTMLBLOB_USERS_ID, USER_ID, HTMLBLOB_ID ) VALUES ( 6, 1, 5 );

Could this be why I can't see the index page yet?

Also, I have installed CMSMS just once before, over another website I had created in a web builder online.

I've looked at the files in the root level of that other install to see what's different, and the only thing I can see is an additional 3 files -  3 .htaccess files - I opened one and it mentioned the web builder I had previously used.

Being adventurous I copied these 3 files over and changed the url ... but nope, didn't work.

Any ideas?

I also tried to get into the Admin area and got this msg:

Not Found
The requested URL /admin/login.php was not found on this server.

Just checked permissions on 'admin' folder - 755.

login.php is 644.

Hmmm, I followed the install user manual and changed the chmod for folders specified.

Help!

Over the past 24 hrs I've read all the forum posts about 404, and install problems, but still can't solve this or get it to work.

You said that you have a htaccess file. Delete it and see if it works.
Worked for me.

Then make a new htaccess file and put the lines of code back one by one.

Here is an example how my htaccess file looks.

# Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

# Rewrites urls in the form of /parent/child/
# but only rewrites if the requested URL is not a file or directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA]

hope it helps.

Greetz ID2020

Hi there ID2020,

I was just logging back in to say I managed to get it to work!

I deleted all files, deleted the database, and started from scratch.

Except ... I left 3 htaccess files in the root directory, as that worked for my last successful install.

I proceeded with each of the steps and voila! it worked!

I've been adding content the past hour, very happy.

And thanks too for your tip on the htaccess file - I'll save that for next time, it might be better just to copy that than to have the 3 files I copied over this time.

WebGirl is happy!