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#1 2006-01-18 17:42:19
- bluelena69
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Setup and Configuration of My Own Web Server
Perhaps I should be asking this on a MySQL board, but hey, I thought I would try. I am running mySQL and PHP on the Windows Server 2003 box I administer here at work. mySQL is running as a service on the server and I have created a database for Textpattern with seemingly no problems. Now, I cannot get any of the setup utilities to start. Has anyone else had experience in this and know what I may be doing wrong? I know it could be a million things…Are there any tutorials for this type of thing out there? I love TXP and have learned it quite well and found it easy to install on my hosted account. I would like to use it for a new website I am doing for the art museum I work for at a major US research university.
Thanks and Cheers,
Johny
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#2 2006-01-18 17:48:37
- bluelena69
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Re: Setup and Configuration of My Own Web Server
BTW, TXP is installed in my root directory. When I enter index.php, it just hangs…nothing, no 404, nada…
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Re: Setup and Configuration of My Own Web Server
Now, I cannot get any of the setup utilities to start. Has anyone else had experience in this and know what I may be doing wrong?
With that little information it is almost impossible to troubleshoot. There are complete packages for people who do not want to mess with configuring Apache/PHP/MySQL. You could try out:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
If you still want to troubleshoot: If you can’t start setup, but can call static files (like images or html files), you probably have PHP mis-configured. There are detailed isntallation descriptions at:
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#4 2009-06-07 16:58:16
- morser
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Re: Setup and Configuration of My Own Web Server
Wish I had known about apachefriends before i tried just installing apache, php and mysql. now i’m uninstalling them to get apachefriends to work.
I’m always amazed that some installation instructions skip things. the textpattern installation “touches” on apache installation, php, and mysql, but not how to get it all working in one solid explaination complete with steps. How many people probably just gave up instead of using the product?
It takes a really good documentation writer to see it from the complete beginning and write it for someone who has never done it before.
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Re: Setup and Configuration of My Own Web Server
the textpattern installation “touches” on apache installation, php, and mysql, but not how to get it all working in one solid explaination complete with steps. How many people probably just gave up instead of using the product?
How many people probably would just have given up if they should have to install Apache, PHP and MySQL to be able to run Textpattern?
Installing Apache, MySQL and PHP are “out of the scope” of a simple TXP installation process.
Textpattern, as many other Apache/PHP/MySQL scripts out there, already consider that the “environment” (Apache, PHP, MySQL) is ready for use them.
Most cheap shared hosting already have them installed.
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