By briancryer on

Windows XP
IIS (standard XP offering)
PHP 5.1.2
Drupal 4.6.6
MySQL 4.0.16

I'm having no joy with getting Drupal to run and am hoping that someone can point out what I've done wrong or forgotten to do.

I have done a clean install of the database. First time I connect to drupal I don't get any errors by at the top of the page it displays:

{head} {styles} {_BLOCK_.header.logo} {_BLOCK_.header.site_name}  {secondary_links}
{primary_links} 
{_BLOCK_.header.blocks}  
Welcome ...

is this right? if not then what am I missing?

The first time through I can create a user, which I could then log in with but couldn't see an administration section.

Now I can't even logon - no login option just see the initial "Welcome ... first thing you will need to do is create the first account ..." page. Can't find where to log in using the account I've created. If I use the link I got in the initial account-creation email then I get "access denied". If I try to create another "first" account the "create new account" button doesn't seem to respond (but no error messages).

I know most people are using drupal on Apache, but I need IIS running on my pc and I'd rather not install Apache side-by-side. Any (other) suggestions would be apprecaited.

Thanks.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.6.x

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pobster commented

I had that problem too, it's because PHP 5.1.* doesn't work with xtemplate (or whatever it is that bluemarine works with). Just change the default theme to a phptemplate one (or a smarty one) and then install a non-xtemplate version of the theme you want to use.

Pobster

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briancryer commented

Thanks. You got it in one.

I used the "$conf = array..." setting in the settings.php file (only because in the commented out bit it gave an example of an alternative theme) and it all comes to life.

Thank you.

doctorpants’s picture

doctorpants commented

I also added the phpengine and then added friendselectric to the settings.php.. Still get ...using dreamhost btw...

{_BLOCK_.header.logo} {_BLOCK_.header.site_name}
{secondary_links}
{primary_links}
{_BLOCK_.header.search_box}
{_BLOCK_.header.blocks}
{_BLOCK_.header.message}
{_BLOCK_.node.title} {submitted}
{content}
{_BLOCK_.node.links}
{_BLOCK_.node.title} {submitted}
{content}
{_BLOCK_.node.links}

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heine commented

This situation is actually described on a page in the Troubleshooting FAQ, including the solution: http://drupal.org/node/42080
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doctorpants commented

Thanks so much! I got to the theme switcher.. Worked like a charm.. Then.. I got this when I tried to save:

Can’t open the page “http://localhost/?q=admin/themes” because it could not connect to the server “localhost”

Now, I use Dreamhost.. I know that when I installed Joomla, to try out, I needed to substitute 'localhost' for something else.. Is there a place where I can do this? Do I need to edit settings.php?

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doctorpants commented

When I switched to Marvin it all worked fine.. Thanks again for the help.. You gotta learn somehow... you know?

This cms has some potential.. When I saw that theonion.com uses it I think I was convinced..

Thanks again for the quick help..

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heine commented

Great, that it works! Keep learning and above all; enjoy Drupal!

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