can someone please help me install drupal?
i have my webserver and mysql server running locally,i'm using dyn dns , my hostname is entrants.ath.cx:4 . What should my settings .php file look like , do I have to change firewall port settings?
I've tried installing drupal like 20 times and i get nothing when i browse to my website , EXCEPT I get the the drupal favicon still.i've tried using this as my
base url:$base_url = $_SERVER['PROTOCOL'] . '://' .$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
if ($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] != 80 and $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] != 443) {
$base_url .= ":" .$_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'];
}
if ($dir = trim(dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']), '\,/')) {
$base_url .= "/$dir";
} and that didnt work i've tried entrants.ath.cx with and without the port number. I relly don't know what to do and need help.Drupal is supposed to be easy to install to soooooooo. like it has to be something simple help me
Re-read step 4 of the Drupal
Re-read step 4 of the Drupal instal.txt file.
Nowhere in it does it say to put what really strange line you put in above.
-sp
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide -|- Black Mountain
I have a similar installation problem
This is the message I'm receiving.
Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /hsphere/local/home2/qolspony/brunsonmarketingforce.com/Drupa/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 31
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)
The error message basically
The error message basically means that Drupal is unable to connect to the database that you created for it.
Are you sure you created the database first? Sorry if that sounds like a dumb question to ask, but I am just trying to help.
The Error message basically
Yes I did.
When I type index.php I get this error.
My webserver specifications
PHP 4.3.10
Apache 1.3.33
MySQL 4.0.23
In the settings.php file,
Did you put your database details in the settings.php file of your drupal install?
Settings.php
Ok. this is what I found starting from 68 - 129. The above appears to be greyed out. So I figuring that that isn't where I make the changes right? Now, can you walk me through to what I need to do. By the way, thank you for responding and providing assistance to me. Your time is most valuable.
* 'default' => 'main_',
* 'users' => 'shared_',
* 'sessions' => 'shared_',
* 'role' => 'shared_',
* 'authmap' => 'shared_',
* 'sequences' => 'shared_',
* );
*
* Database URL format:
* $db_url = 'mysql://username:password@localhost/database';
* $db_url = 'pgsql://username:password@localhost/database';
*/
$db_url = 'mysql://username:password@localhost/database';
$db_prefix = '';
/**
* Base URL:
*
* The URL of your website's main page. It is not allowed to have
* a trailing slash; Drupal will add it for you.
*/
$base_url = 'http://localhost';
/**
* PHP settings:
*
* To see what PHP settings are possible, including whether they can
* be set at runtime (ie., when ini_set() occurs), read the PHP
* documentation at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.php#ini.list
* and take a look at the .htaccess file to see which non-runtime
* settings are used there. Settings defined here should not be
* duplicated there so as to avoid conflict issues.
*/
ini_set('arg_separator.output', '&');
ini_set('magic_quotes_runtime', 0);
ini_set('magic_quotes_sybase', 0);
ini_set('session.cache_expire', 200000);
ini_set('session.cache_limiter', 'none');
ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime', 2000000);
ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', 200000);
ini_set('session.save_handler', 'user');
ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1);
ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', 0);
/**
* Variable overrides:
*
* To override specific entries in the 'variable' table for this site,
* set them here. You usually don't need to use this feature. This is
* useful in a configuration file for a vhost or directory, rather than
* the default settings.php. Any configuration setting from the 'variable'
* table can be given a new value.
*/
//$conf = array(
// 'site_name' => 'My Drupal site',
// 'theme_default' => 'pushbutton',
// 'anonymous' => 'Visitor'
//);
?>
I'm almost there, I believe
I'm now getting the error below.
Warning: mysql_connect(): Access denied for user: 'qolspony@web8' (Using password: YES) in /hsphere/local/home2/qolspony/brunsonmarketingforce.com/Drupa/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 31
Access denied for user: 'qolspony@web8' (Using password: YES)
* Database URL format:
1.) The username here is the username of your database, not the drupal username.
2.) If your web host runs the database on a different server (as many companies do), you would need to replace localhost with something like dbservername.webhostname.com
3.) Database here would be the name of the database you created for Drupal.
replace with current protocol and got this message
Fatal error: Table 'qolspon_bmarkf.users' doesn't exist query: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = '7b23ab0be362e2dd3740160daf06cd20' AND u.status < 3 LIMIT 0, 1 in /hsphere/local/home2/qolspony/brunsonmarketingforce.com/Drupa/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 66
I followed your example.
database username qolspon_
The "Table doesn't exist" in
If your username is abc, password is 123, database server is localhost and database is xyz, here is what you should put in settings.php:
$db_url = 'mysql://abc:123@localhost/xyz';
Try this first and see if it works.
The "Table doesn't exist" in the error message seems to indicate that the drupal mysql tables haven't been loaded.
If you have access to phpmyadmin on your host (or can install it on your hosting account), login to your drupal database with your database username and password and do the following:
1.) Click the icon titled 'SQL' at the top of the left navigation bar of phymyadmin
2.) In the pop-up window that opens up, click on the tab titled 'Import files' to open another window
3.) In this window, click on the 'Browse' button, go to the location on your computer where you downloaded drupal, and locate and select the drupal.mysql file (usually inside drupal>database folder) and click on 'Go'
You will see the drupal tables loading in the left navigation bar of phpmyadmin and a confirmation message to this effect.
Now go to your web site (the url that you entered in settings.php) and you should see the drupal welcome message.
If this still doesn't help you, either your host is not upto the mark or you will have an easier time deleting drupal and reinstalling;-)
I'm at the setup menu, but the links don't lead to anything
Please refer to this link for further explanation.
http://www.brunsonmarketingforce.com/Drupa/index.php
Thanks for your help.
In an effort to troubleshoot
your question, I navigated to your site, and was able to create an account. I apologize for this; based on your post I didn't think this would work.
On the bright side, the links appeared to be working on your site (at least to create an account), but with no theme, which suggests (to me) that you are looking at a $base_url issue.
I used your contact sheet to email you the username/address of the account I created.
You can either log in and delete the account, or, alternately, you can drop all the tables in the db and reinstall the database using the database.mysql file in the database folder of the drupal install.
If you just drop the tables in the db, and not the db itself, you can start your site from scratch and you will not need to change any of the db_url settings in settings.php.
bonobo
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OK based on my url of
OK based on my url of entrants.ath.cx:4 what should my settings.php file look like.For some reason I think that's where the problem is.Cause after moving and unpacking drupal to my web root and creating a database and users ,and giving that user access to the drupal database; I edit the config file and then when i browse to local host i see nothing but i blank screen.
I guess this must sound really stupid since nobody cares to help me,
but whatever, I just really want to use drupal on my web server,
but i'll probably just end up abandoning my dream and using some other CMS.
oR MAYBE I'll just curl up into the fetal position and die already.
Thanks alot Drupal forums & community
problem too
Hi thagig,
i have somes problems to install it simply (i send a post on header problem and currently no answer).
I want use drupal too, but if i can't install a software quickly, i mean it's dangerous because it is maybe not mature.
best regards
It's not that nobody cares to help you
From reading your posts, I'm not entirely sure why your install isn't working, primarily because I'm not clear on the precise nature of the obstacles you are facing.
Are you getting any error messages?
What do you see when you attempt to load a phpinfo() page?
Have you checked to make sure that Apache, PHP, and MySQL are correctly installed and working well together? -- installing a gui tool like phpMyAdmin can be both a handy test to make sure your installs are working well, besides from providing a nice graphical interface for interacting w/MySQL.
For starters, I would see what happens when you delete the port number from your $base_url.
If this post comes off as rude, I'm sorry -- that is definitely not my intent. But, the more specific you can be in identifying the nature of your problem, the more specific people can be in providing assistance.
As a last note, if you continue to have difficulties installing drupal on your current config, I would suggest switching to a more standard LAMP setup, and getting things running cleanly there, before switching to a non-standard setup.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
bonobo
PS. RE
Curling up into the fetal position, while comforting, is rarely an effective troubleshooting technique :)
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Installing drupal
Hi Bonobo
You seem very knowledgeable and understandable too with the previous person's frustration.
I have been recommended to use drupal for my new forum site.
My intention is to have a site that can only be likened to ecademy (but nothing like it though!)
I felt drupal to be too complicated so I switched to install phpbb (sorry drupal!). Although it seems fairly simple to install I am concerned that it is not going to give me the same functionality that drupal seems to offer.
In an attempt to install drupal I have now downloaded it and I am going to try and install it alongside my phpbb forum.
I am a novice (learning fast though) and after a few hiccups with phpbb I did manage to get it going. I also managed to get a step by step install demo from 'demodemo' but they don't seem to do drupal.
Bonobo, is there such a demo or simple instructions that the frustrated and less experienced people like myself can learn how to handle drupal?
Or do we all need to become experts before tackling scipts such as drupal?
I look forward to hearing from you as you seem a decent sort of person.
Kind regards
Keith Stoddart info@pixar.ltd.uk
Thanks for the kind words
I actually have a demo site available for download on my web site -- this demo is preconfigured for educational use, and comes with some documentation -- when you install this site, it is ready to use; ie, some forums have been created for you, access rights have been assigned, etc. Using this site, you can either start putting your class together, or start looking at the settings to look at *one* way of setting up a Drupal site.
The url is http://www.funnymonkey.com/configured-site
Please let me know how this works for you.
Cheers,
bonobo
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