By Oreb on

I'm setting up a new site and wanted to try v4.6 to avoid upgrade issues. I coudn't make it work. The database refused my connection and I'm sure I was something I did or didn't do but I had no idea how to procede. I had followed what purported to be the installation instructions but they are woefully inadequate for a newbie and I gave up.

So I installed and had working v4.5.2. Then I tried the upgrade, again following instructions but got the same error message again. I tried to follow the instructions to upgrade my database but there wasn't anything to upgrade with. If I installed the database again, it was refused.

I like the interface and the sample sites but I've always had trouble actually configuring a site with Drupal.

Can anyone tell me whether there is any good documentation for installation and configuration available? Preferable one that's not just links to somewhere else where one finds comments and is never sure what exactly to believe.

Sorry to rant. I really wish I could use Drupal. It's the closest CMS to what I want to use. But I've spent hours and hours working with v4.5.2 and now the frustration of trying to enable v4.6 just about has me going back to hand coding.

Assuming y'all are still 'speaking' to me, and recognizing I haven't given you much to work with, can anyone point me to a good set of administration documentation for any version of Drupal.

Thanks a lot!

O.

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carl ditzler’s picture

carl ditzler commented

Much more than I've seen for most open source and commercial apps.

Configuration and Installation

With 4.6, you are not working with production ready code (4,6 PR) --- CVS messages show recent database patches.

Good luck - for me, it is a fun system to work with.

sepeck’s picture

sepeck commented

You need to docuement what you did, so we can suggest things to do. It sounds like you are not getting your configuration file in 4.6 correct. The configuration file moved and changed names between 4.5 and 4.6. It is documented in the readme. Post your 4.6 settings.php file where you add the database and baseurl parts.

-sp
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-Steven Peck
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drob’s picture

drob commented

and I haven't had any problems. I'm sure that you are having problems and that documentation might help - but it would be better if you told us what your specific problems are.