1.11.9 installs fine but new site doesn't work

[RobertSF]

I'm doing a clean install of 1.11.9, English-only version. I'm running PHP 5.2.10 and MySQL 5.0.51a under Apache 2.2.11 on a Windows Vista desktop. It's not the latest but it passes the installation checks. I only get a warning that the curl library is not installed. The installation finishes fine, and when I go to the admin panel, it only complains that I haven't deleted the installation directory, which I do. So far so good.

However, when I go to the site itself, I get a page that looks like the CSS didn't load because it has no formatting. However, when I look at the source for the page, it's worse. The page starts with the HTML body tag. There's no head section, and the page ends without the body tag closing. It's as if whatever serves the page forgets to include the header and footer.

I've repeated the clean installation several times with the same results. Any ideas?

[Dr.CSS]

You need to be more specific on what you are running, xampp, wamp, etc...

[Jo Morg]

You need to be more specific on what you are running, xampp, wamp, etc...

Additionally check your php error logs for errors (I bet there are a few).
Most of the time, without an error message and further info, it's hard to say what the problem might be.

[paulbaker]

I'm doing a clean install of 1.11.9........... Any ideas?

Any particular reason why you are not installing the latest version? (1.11.10)

[RobertSF]

I'm doing a clean install of 1.11.9........... Any ideas?

Any particular reason why you are not installing the latest version? (1.11.10)

Any particular reason why 1.11.9 wouldn't work? Unless what I described is a known bug in 1.11.9, your reply is not helpful. But anyway, no, no particular reason. I must have just not picked the latest version.

[RobertSF]

You need to be more specific on what you are running, xampp, wamp, etc...

Not running any of that. I'm running PHP 5.2.10 and MySQL 5.0.51a under Apache 2.2.11 on a Windows Vista desktop. That is, I installed each one separately, and they've been running fine for a few years.

In any case, the problem is solved, so you can close the thread.

[RobertSF]

You need to be more specific on what you are running, xampp, wamp, etc...

Additionally check your php error logs for errors (I bet there are a few).
Most of the time, without an error message and further info, it's hard to say what the problem might be.

Thank you, and yes, it's only one error, but it repeats many times.

Fatal error: Call to a member function MoveFirst() on a non-object in C:\\Users\\admin\\Apache\\htdocs\\cmsmadesimple\\modules\\News\\action.default.php on line 244, referer: http://localhost/cmsmadesimple/install/index.php

Anyway, I re-downloaded, reinstalled, and now it's working without generating any errors. Thanks for the tip.

[RobertSF]

Additionally check your php error logs for errors (I bet there are a few).

I had overlooked this error, which I believe points to the actual culprit.

PHP Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in C:\\Users\\admin\\Apache\\htdocs\\cmsms\\lib\\misc.functions.php on line 2280, referer: http://localhost/cmsms/

I realized that when a new download of the latest version gave the same results. The problem seems to be the browser, Chrome, because under IE 9 (not even a new version), it works fine.

Anyway, you have all spent far more time on this than you should have had to. Sorry about that. It was not a CMS Made Simple issue at all.

[Jo Morg]

Cool. Glad you solved it.

Any particular reason why 1.11.9 wouldn't work?

There are reasons for new minor version releases... bug and security fixes mainly. So, whenever possible, do use, or do upgrade to, the latest version of CMSMS.

Please prepend [solved] to the subject of the topic, thanks.