"Before you proceed,..." wont go away

michik · 2005-09-29 01:12:18

So I set everything up correctly. There are no PHP or database connection errors. I get this:

Checking database connection…

Connected

Using blogs (utf8)

Before you proceed, create a file called config.php in the /textpattern/ directory and paste the following inside:

<?php
$txpcfg[‘db’] = ‘blogs’;
$txpcfg[‘user’] = ‘xx’;
$txpcfg[‘pass’] = ‘xxx’;
$txpcfg[‘host’] = ‘xx.xxxxx.com’;
$txpcfg[‘table_prefix’] = ‘xx1’;
$txpcfg[‘txpath’] = ‘/home/someuser/blogs/public_html/textpattern’;
$txpcfg[‘dbcharset’] = ‘utf8’;
?>

I paste it in and i hit “I did it”

And the page reloads again. I tried replacing it with the default file (with the passwords filled in correctly) and it still just keeps loading the same page over and over and over. What could possibly be the problem here?

zem · 2005-09-29 02:05:19

Perhaps you’re putting the config file in the wrong location? It should be in /home/someuser/blogs/public_html/textpattern.

michik · 2005-09-29 05:03:07

ya i tried placing the file in public_html, textpattern, and even setup. made no difference.

zem · 2005-09-29 05:20:10

Well, it’s worked fine for thousands of others. Double check that you’re uploading everything correctly, and that you’re putting the config file with the correct settings in the correct place. The path is the most likely culprit.

michik · 2005-09-29 17:56:39

just tried downloading directly from the server after deleting all files. Still getting the same non-error. I can’t debug because I’m getting no feedback. I will say though, if I attempt to go to the URL where there config file is located, I get this message:

config.php is not ok or not found. If you would like to install, go to [/subdir]/textpattern/setup/

Mary · 2005-09-29 18:06:16

Is the file named “config.php” and not “config.php.default”?

Last edited by Mary (2005-09-29 18:06:30)

michik · 2005-09-29 18:10:29

Yes.

[someuser@server textpattern]$ ls
config.php css.php index.php lib/ publish/ setup/ tmp/ update/
config.php.bak include/ lang/ license.txt publish.php textpattern.css txp_img/

The config file is the pasted replica of what the script told me to paste. I’ve repasted it many times.

Btw, I went through all 62 pages of support yesterday looking for someone who had this problem. Couldn’t find one… :(

michik · 2005-09-29 18:35:37

Permissions:

<notextile>Textpattern folder:
total 112
drwxr-xr-x 10 michik content 4096 Sep 29 11:33 ./
drwxr-xr-x 5 michik content 4096 Sep 29 11:17 ../
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 725 Sep 29 11:33 config.php
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 638 Aug 7 11:56 config.php.bak
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 405 Aug 14 13:12 css.php
drwxr-xr-x 3 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 include/
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 2910 Sep 6 05:49 index.php
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 lang/
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 lib/
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 15127 Jul 26 16:56 license.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 publish/
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 30009 Sep 6 01:58 publish.php
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 29 11:16 setup/
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 5760 Sep 5 07:27 textpattern.css
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 tmp/
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 txp_img/
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 update/

Parent folder (public_html):
total 32
drwxr-xr-x 5 michik content 4096 Sep 29 11:17 ./
drwxrwxr-x 3 michik content 4096 Sep 29 10:51 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 files/
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 286 Aug 16 09:28 .htaccess
drwxr-xr-x 2 michik content 4096 Sep 6 06:22 images/
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 845 Aug 15 17:24 index.php
-rw-r—r— 1 michik content 922 Aug 15 17:24 README
drwxr-xr-x 10 michik content 4096 Sep 29 11:33 textpattern/
</notextile>

textile breaks some of the permissions here, but just quote the text to see what it is.

Last edited by zem (2005-09-29 23:31:44)

zem · 2005-09-29 23:34:03

Some possibilities: config.php is missing its <?php ?> tags; or the txpath setting doesn’t match the actual path to the textpattern copy you’re installing.

Sencer · 2005-09-30 07:48:13

if I attempt to go to the URL where there config file is located, I get this message: config.php is not ok or not found. If you would like to install, go to [/subdir]/textpattern/setup/

The message you get is outputted by your main index.php => the rewrite-rules in .htaccess will (internally) redirect all requests that do not match directories or files to that index.php file.
Getting this message means that config.php was not found by the webserver either and the request was redirected to index.php therefore.

Try renaming or temporarily deleting .htaccess and see if you can access any of the other files.

eightbit · 2005-11-17 19:27:57

hey there, kind of curious if you found any solution to this problem. I’m having the same symptoms. I’ve done TXP installs on other servers with no problems…weird.

zem · 2005-11-17 23:12:02

Eightbit,

Post a new thread with details please. Your problem probably is not the same, and since M is not responding we’ll never know what went wrong.

Textpattern CMS

Textpattern CMS support forum

#1 2005-09-29 01:12:18

"Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#2 2005-09-29 02:05:19

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#3 2005-09-29 05:03:07

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#4 2005-09-29 05:20:10

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#5 2005-09-29 17:56:39

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#6 2005-09-29 18:06:16

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#7 2005-09-29 18:10:29

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#8 2005-09-29 18:35:37

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#9 2005-09-29 23:34:03

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#10 2005-09-30 07:48:13

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#11 2005-11-17 19:27:57

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

#12 2005-11-17 23:12:02

Re: "Before you proceed,..." wont go away

Board footer