TIP: Don't Install drupal through Fantastico (Cpanel)

By ciberwing on 25 Jun 2008 at 05:43 UTC

TIP: Don't Install drupal through Fantastico (Cpanel).

I've installed Drupal (6.2) with Cpanel and the site was very bugged.

So, I don't recommend it in any way.

When I've installed manually, i Had no problems.

Bye Bye.

Comments

I agree

davidlark commented 25 June 2008 at 06:46

I don't think you'll get a lot of argument from anyone here. My problem was that an attempt to upgrade 6.1>6.2 using Fantastico trashed everything. I was just getting started, so I scrapped everything & started over.

If I'd have been in business for awhile, I'd be trying to fix or restore a database. Even though Drupal is stable, frequent backups are essential.

I found that with my host,

skunkbad commented 1 October 2008 at 02:10

I found that with my host, the only way I could install was through Fantastico. I didn't ask them why, but I probably should.

Brian's Web Design - Temecula, CA

Two replies to an old post the same evening...

davidlark commented 1 October 2008 at 04:50

... so I'll tackle the easy one first.

I can assume that you can at least get the files unpacked into a web-accessible directory. So all you need to do is create a database. If they won't let you do this yourself, you can either live with the Fantastico install & its headaches, or find another host. Since you're a professional designer, I'll assume you'll eventually take the latter route.

sydneygeex, I'll get to your question tomorrow.

The problem was that if i do

skunkbad commented 1 October 2008 at 15:50

The problem was that if i do the install myself, there's something blocking the connection to the database. I never asked them about it. I tested a simple php/mysql connection script and it worked fine...

Since they'd have to find you...

davidlark commented 1 October 2008 at 16:46

... they probably won't shoot you for asking.

Another tack would be to look at the Fantastico installation & see what they did different.

This is not true!

drupalnesia commented 17 November 2010 at 06:01

This is not true! You can use Fantastico to install Drupal. There are many parameters could affect your site: mysql settings (my.cnf), ram (php.ini), temp disk, server load (for share hosting), etc.

I have using Fantastico for many sites and no problem at all. Except for Upgrading, I use modified Drupal package rather than using Fantastico Update because Fantastico Update too late.

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WorldFallz commented 17 November 2010 at 14:35

it only takes one loss of data to regret this. Great you haven't had any problems-- but others have, it's just not worth the risk (for production sites).

Thank You!

aesedai commented 1 July 2008 at 14:38

I did just that days ago, so you've saved me a lot of potential headache.

I think I need to use Drupal 5 anyway, so all that goes bye bye and I'll install manually!

Thanks again!

I can install Drupal faster

kevinquillen commented 1 July 2008 at 14:39

I can install Drupal faster than Fantastico. Seriously.

Fantastico - AVOID.

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Only reason to use Fantastico ..

mysty commented 2 July 2008 at 13:19

imho is - verry short lived test sites.

e.g. when you want to blast a drupal site on to some host environment for:

quick-n-dirty response time testing
testing for support of features like clean URLs
perhaps also for a quick view of http://yourtempsite.com/admin/logs/status - i.e. db/php versions
perhaps even for a quick view of http://yourtempsite.com/admin/logs/status/php - php environment - though there are other ways to get this...

Eh, still. Only takes 2

kevinquillen commented 2 July 2008 at 14:06

Eh, still. Only takes 2 minutes to upload with FTP and run the install.

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Could you explain how this is done?

jamescarvin commented 15 August 2008 at 02:40

Newbie here. I have shared virtual hosting and might like to use more than one version of drupal at the same time. I also get unlimited domains.

So I have my primary account, and then I can point domains to subdirectories for other domains I own or sublet. So for instance the files at primarydirectory.com/subdirectory.com are the main level files for subdirectory.com where subdirectory.com is assigned to primarydirectory.com/subdirectory.com

I've got cPanel and can create new databases with it, but I don't know how to configure the settings.php files to connect them.

I've also attempted to create drupal sites on my home computer as a development server but I haven't been able to install those sites onto my shared virtual hosting server. The result has been months of wasted time developing sites I couldn't upload or use.

Everyone makes it sound so easy. Am I in the Twilight Zone? Please show me how you install Drupal so quickly. Thanks!

Real Briefly

davidlark commented 16 August 2008 at 14:35

* Get the distribution gz.tar files on your server somehow. Either download it & upload it, or use curl to transfer it directly.
* Uncompress the files & put them where you want them (public_html or other location)
* Make a database with your cpanel
* Make a database user & add it to the database
* Surf to your site & answer 20 questions
* That should do it. Of course there can be permission problems, etc.

I'm a complete nonce here,

sydneygeex commented 1 October 2008 at 00:49

I'm a complete nonce here, but...

I'm using cPanel X and File Manager v3.
I was using Fantastico and having issues with Drupal 6.4.
I used Fantastico to uninstall Drupal.
Went to mySQL database wizard and created a database.
Created a user for the database.
I decompressed the gz.tar file and successfully uploaded it to public_html/filetransfer (after creating the /filetransfer directory in file manager) using FileZilla.

The step that doesn't work is "Surf to your site & answer 20 questions"
When I surf to my site I get my webhost's 'new site coming soon' page. No 20 questions.

Being a beginner, I'm expecting that there's something I haven't done... do you have any advice?

Cheers,

Warrick

Try this...

davidlark commented 1 October 2008 at 16:59

... navigate to yoursite.tld/filetransfer/install.php . You should get the twenty questions. If not, you have my number.

Ok, I must be missing

WorldFallz commented 1 October 2008 at 14:36

Ok, I must be missing something somewhere-- this is one of the most and best documented parts of using drupal:

INSTALL.txt - included with EVERY DRUPAL TARBALL
Documentation -> Getting Started -> Drupal 6 -> Install Drupal 6
Documentation -> Getting Started -> Drupal 6 -> Introductory Screencasts -> Drupal 6 - Overview, Installation & Upgrading - contains 7 (seven!) videos

Are you seriously going to tell me that's not enough-- that we have to explain here on the forums yet again (nearly every single day it seems)?

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Installing Drupal using cPanel

1websitedesigner commented 29 October 2011 at 10:51

Hi,

There's a good online tutorial for installing Drupal in cPanel here:

http://www.1websitedesigner.com/installing-drupal-using-cpanel

Should tell you everything you need!