Setup textpattern for a godaddy user

amora · 2009-03-24 17:22:07

And just to confirm with your experience, The login credentials I should use are only the ones I created for this new database, correct? Meaning, I don’t need to use the prefix (as the TXP detailed install suggests as sometimes necessary) of my hosting account.

for example (with dummy text),

my hosting account is: MainAccount
password: MainAccountPass

database name: Database1
database user: Database1 (GoDaddy automatically makes these two things the same)
database pass: Database1Pass

hostname: XYZ.secureserver.net (provided by GoDaddy in the Database manager)

Thus, I only need to use:
“Database1” (for MySQL login)
“Database1Pass” (for MySQL pass)
“XYZ.secureserver.net” (for MySQL server)
“Database1” (for MySQL database).

BUT if I am making my own config.php file, and skipping the setup, then I need to have the full GoDaddy path for the [‘txpath’] line? As in:
/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/public/txp/textpattern/setup/index.php

Does this sound right?

Last edited by amora (2009-03-24 17:23:22)

THE BLUE DRAGON · 2009-03-24 18:59:23

you don’t need to write your config.php file by yourself
let the TXP setup to give you the info and copy-paste into notepad and save the file as config.php
(regular)

why it doesn’t work for you?
don’t know!
it seems you do everything right

the last time I setup TXP on godaddy account was like 2/3 month ago
so maybe they change some things now on the server, but don’t know

Last edited by THE BLUE DRAGON (2009-03-24 19:01:12)

amora · 2009-03-24 23:34:04

Oh, I see. You were just saying to make sure everything goes via FTP, at every stage.

If I could get to the part where TXP gives me the screen to copy and past the config info, I’d be happy.

My bet would be on GoDaddy having changed something—or there being something slightly different with your GoDaddy account and my friend’s account. Frustrating, since he’s paid for hosting for five years—and I love using textpattern for small jobs.

Oh well. Thanks for your help Blue Dragon. If I ever figure it out, I’ll post my results.

nabrown78 · 2009-03-27 15:38:31

I’ve set up many TXP sites on godaddy without much fuss (though the most recent one was a couple of months ago). The one funky thing is that the MySQL hostname is kind of weird, and you have to log in to your godaddy account and look at the MySQL database details to find it. It looks something like: p99mysql999.secureserver.net. So you have to fill that detail in correctly during Textpattern setup.

I’m interested to hear the outcome, amora, so I know whether or not to recommend godaddy to clients.

amora · 2009-03-27 22:25:41

Thanks, Nora, but I’ve been sure to get the hostname correct each time I’ve tried. I went to MySQL databases, clicked the pencil icon and copied the hostname, such as: h50mysql61.secureserver.net.

I am so surprised that GoDaddy has worked for others. Though, both you and blue dragon haven’t tried one within the past fews months—so maybe they did change something.

Is there any way someone would be willing to setup a dummy database and try to install the latest TXP? I’ll send virtual ice cream sundaes!

Really, I’m very stuck on this current project (because the client is stuck with GD), so any confirmation that GoDaddy does, nowadays, work, would be a relief—even if it doesn’t reveal the Reason why/how it works…

thanks. —AM

Last edited by amora (2009-03-27 22:27:42)

nabrown78 · 2009-03-27 22:30:53

hi Amora –
Unfortunately, my own website is not with godaddy, and I don’t feel comfortable experimenting on a client’s hosting account. Regarding the earlier response from godaddy posted by someone else, they can’t be talking about connecting to a database on your own domain. They mean connecting to your database using a remote (like desktop) DB mgmt tool, per this article:

“http://help.godaddy.com/topic/58/article/4977”

If you want to send the godaddy login details to a complete stranger (me) I can spend a half hour or so this weekend to see if I can get it working.

Last edited by nabrown78 (2009-03-27 22:45:21)

amora · 2009-03-27 23:39:30

Nora,

My current project is also a clients site, so I don’t know if I want to compromise his user/pass, etc. Also, I just have no idea what I could do differently. Are there any errors or things you would do differently in the following:

A. Create MySQL Database (version 4.1 or 5) on GoDaddy.
B. Copy Textpattern folder to server via ftp.
C. Go to …Path/Textpattern/Setup
D. Enter in the DB name, user, password, and specific hostname (as provided by GoDaddy).
E. Submit

It’s at the submissions stage that everything spins/times out and I get the can not connect message.

Oh well; I appreciate your help—and yes, GoDaddy is very clear about remote access—hopefully someone will point out the flaw or drop a clue… Until them I’m afraid I have to learn another CMS, which I’m dreading.

—AM

nabrown78 · 2009-03-27 23:54:58

Shucks I don’t know what the problem could be. Those seem like all the right steps. I would try, if you haven’t already, editing the config.php file manually and uploading it to the appropriate directory. Maybe something got screwed up with it…

<?php
$txpcfg['db'] = 'db_name';
$txpcfg['user'] = 'db_name';
$txpcfg['pass'] = 'db_pass';
$txpcfg['host'] = 'something.secureserver.net';
$txpcfg['table_prefix'] = '';
$txpcfg['txpath'] = '/home/content/a/b/c/abcname/html/textpattern';
$txpcfg['dbcharset'] = 'utf8';
?>

If you do get it to work or figure out the issue, please post...best of luck to you.

amora · 2009-03-30 17:34:09

Problem. Solved. Turns out the previous web designers misled me in regards to hosting/server. I didn’t think the site (for my client) was actually hosted on GoDaddy (because of these problems) but they assured me it was—and that the FTP I was logging into was most definitely on GoDaddy. Well, they were horribly mistaken; the site actually had an A Record redirecting the IP address. I suppose I should’ve caught this, but I didn’t think to dig around enough on GoDaddy to find the DNS manager.

So, everything is pointing back to the right place and TXP is installed and running. PHEW!

Apologies for wasting everyone’s time!!!

—AM

CB · 2009-08-15 11:22:12

Excuse my lack of knowledge here as i am very new to all this, but how do i go about uploading my files to the server?

I have followed The Blue Dragons steps in creating mySQL in Godaddy, but got a bit stuck after that. Can anyone help?

THE BLUE DRAGON · 2009-08-15 12:41:48

You have 2 ways to upload your files to your server:

1. using FTP program with your login information.

open your control panel by clicking on “Manage Account” under “Hosting”.
click on the “Settings” tab.
click on “Manage FTP Users” and edit your “Primary FTP User” password if you need to.
login to your account using FTP program with your loging info:
IP = you domain name without http://wwww. just domain.com
USER = your user name, you can find it in the “Manage FTP Users”
PASSWORD = your password, you can change it in the “Manage FTP Users”
PORT = 21

2. using FTP Client / File Manager in your Godaddy acount control panel.

open your control panel by clicking on “Manage Account” under “Hosting”.
click on the “Content” tab.
click on “FTP Client” or “File Manager”.

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