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sepeck — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:09:51 +0000

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Drupal in Gallery2 subdirectory

gutarim — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:05:37 +0000

Hello!

I have a gallery2 script with clean urls in my rootdir http://mywebsite.com
And a drupal script used as my blog at http://mywesite.com/blog located at rootdir/blog/

I' ve successfully created some static drupal pages in my root dir.
For example http://mywesite.com/blog/about -> http://mywesite.com/about
For example http://mywesite.com/blog/contact -> http://mywesite.com/contact

using .htaccess

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /about
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/index\.php$
RewriteRule . /blog/about [QSA,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /contact
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/index\.php$
RewriteRule . /blog/contact [QSA,L]

But I'm stuck at subdirs like forum/24354 or /user/55

I've tried
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /forum/(\?.|\ .)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/index\.php$
RewriteRule . /blog/forum/(\?.|\ .) [QSA,L]

But gallery's rewrite rules ignore it and give 404 errors.

Has anyone done this before?
Thanx

really werid!!

davids701124 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:23:54 +0000

hi everyone,

i used to install my Drupal on the local host. Today I tried to install it on my 1&1 server. I have set up the setting.php (copy and change permission), but I still get the requirements problem. I totally have no idea what happen? 'cause this is not my first time to install drupal. I believe I really follow the correct steps. Or that probably is 1&1's server causes this problem??

===============================================================
Requirements problem
The following error must be resolved before you can continue the installation process:
register_globals is enabled. Drupal requires this configuration directive to be disabled. Your site may not be secure when register_globals is enabled. The PHP manual has instructions for how to change configuration settings. (Currently using PHP register globals Enabled ('1'))

No install screen

Giraffix — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:26:48 +0000

I have just downloaded, unzipped and copied all the drupal folders to my site. however when i go to my site i get a blank screen, if i try /install.php i still get a blank screen. I have created my database in MySQL and have tested it and it works. Please help with any info you have available for this problem. Thanks.

stopped at front page

atomikJulian — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:57:40 +0000

I installed drupal on the server and the front page is fine but nothing else works. I get a 404 not found (port 80) on all the links including when I try to log in. I dumped the database and imported through the phpMyAdmin.

Any ideas, I am lost here
Thanks

how can i log out when i close my sight?

steve49201 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:39:05 +0000

how can i log out when i close my sight? i close my window, if i dont log out it stays logged in, no matter where you view it from.

Newbie Help!

adamstorr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:23:55 +0000

Hi everyonel

I just installed Drupal on my server at www.adamstorr.com/drupal

Everything is working perfectly... I'm familiarizing myself with the Administration area. I have one question: Now that Drupal is installed....how do I connect my current pages in the root directory so I can manage content in Admin? Do I just turn my pages into my own template and add it in "Theme"?

Could someone give me some tips or point me in the right direction with a link?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Adam

500 Internal server error when installing

galtech123 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:58:56 +0000

hi,

I copy one drupal site from server and upload same in another server and tried to install using install.php. But the installation stop at first stage ( on clicking Install Drupal in English) . The Firebug Shows 500 internal error, how to solve this issue ?

Moving Drupal from one server to another

Julien PHAM — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:21:42 +0000

Hi,

We rent a new dedicated server with more power, more disk space, and so on...
What is the way of migrating my drupal installation from one server to the other? Do I just have to copy all the files, and then export and import the database? Or is there something else I should care about?

Thanks

Function ereg() is deprecated

vreddymasu — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:32:33 +0000

Instaling drupal-6.13 ,i configured mysql database and users on that time showing this error.can any one resolve this problem

Function ereg() is deprecated in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\drupal\includes\file.inc on line 895

Fatal Error upon Installation: db_create_table() in /htdocs/drupal613/includes/common.inc on line 3219

Shane — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:16:32 +0000

Hello

Can anybody help me please. I am attempting install of Drupal 6.13 onto server with MySQL 5.051a and PHP Version 5.2.6-1+lenny3.

I have followed the intructions and entered the db details then I get presented with a white screen and the following error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: db_create_table() in /htdocs/drupal613/includes/common.inc on line 3219

I have done this a couple of times now and confirmed versioning etc. Am I not seeing something?

Thanks

Shane

Can't put Drupal (Installed in XAMPP) in my own environment....

adideswar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:44:45 +0000

My partner already installed drupal (lets say the site is "xamppdrupal") with all needed modules in XAMPP in his computer. When I moved the site (i put the "xamppdrupal" folder in htdocs and import the database in my phpMyAdmin) to my own environtment in my computer, it says :

The mysqli error was: Unable to use the MySQLi database because the MySQLi extension for PHP is not installed. Check your php.ini to see how you can enable it..

So I go to the folder xamppdrupal\sites\default and change the line in settings.php:

$db_url = 'mysqli://root:adi@localhost/kms';

$db_url = 'mysql://root:adi@localhost/kms';

Then it showed login page, the problem is when after i logged in it says:

The requested URL /drupal-6.12/news_and_announcements was not found on this server.

I've tried to enable the mysqli ext in php.ini and used the first $db_url = 'mysqli............'. But it also didnt work.

I've tried install drupal 6.12 (lets say the site is "mydrupal") in my environment and it's working fine.

Anyone can help me? I'll appreciate it very much.

Thanks.

mamp

home builder — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:10:50 +0000

any help is greatly appreciated: try to get on my site local and this is what appears:

warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'views_access' was given in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/drupal/includes/menu.inc on line 452.
warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'imce_access' was given in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/drupal/includes/menu.inc on line 452.
warning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'views_access' was given in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/drupal/includes/menu.inc on line 452.

with a body block and blue square with question mark. I'm lost........

Mark

local host with mamp

home builder — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:10:48 +0000

I'm currently trying to set up a local host using mamp. I have it installed and running. Brought in drupal 6.13. Am currently trying to install it. I have created a copy of default.settings.php and created a new folder settings.php and put it in there. On the copy I changed the permissions thru get info to read/write. Still getting an error message and i cannot continue the install. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Mark

Installing 2 drupal into rootfolder and subfolder interference problem.

Ectar — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:32:51 +0000

I've installed on drupal into domain.com root, another into root/site2 which will be mapperto anotehr domain.
Problem in that .htaccess from first installtion in the root overrides .htaccess stuff for root/site2!!!
How to handle that?!

Can't connect to database

jnojr — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:14:14 +0000

In reference to http://drupal.org/node/511750

I downloaded Drupal 6.13, copied it to a new directory, created new databases on the database server, and started to go through install.php However, it cannot contact the database, even though I can connect from the command line. I can connect to the database with some simple PHP test scripts.

How can I get more information from Drupal as to why it cannot connect? I need some useful logs or something. Right now, all I know is it tells me, Can't connect to MySQL server on '172.16.1.1' (13). But since I can connect to the database...

multisite on cpanel/whm before dns switch

johnlutz — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:21:00 +0000

I have a current test site setup with drupal 6 and I can browse to it via something like http://example.com/~testsite

The drupal install is in the root. I would like to setup a second site using the same core drupal install and browse to it via http://example.com/~testsite/newsite/

I have previously setup multisites with working domain names doing the following:
setup new db
created folder within sites/whatever.com.newsite/
put dummy settings.php file there
setup sub domain in cpanel newsite.whatever.com
deleted folder newsite using ftp
created symlink for public_html to public_html/newsite
browsed to whatever.com/newsite and it gives me install wizard

I have done all these steps for this test site but I am getting a regular 404 error page (not drupal) when I browse to http://example.com/~testsite/newsite/. So, I am assuming the problem is the naming structure within the sites folder that I used, which is example.com.~testsite.newsite.

I didn't think this woudl work with the ~, but I thought I would try anyway. Does anyone know how I can setup the multisite for this new area?

Thanks.

unable to send email on account creation

hevole — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:58:41 +0000

this was the warning i got when i tried to get my drupal website account created,

warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\xampp\htdocs\drupal-6.13\includes\mail.inc on line 193.
Unable to send e-mail. Please contact the site administrator if the problem persists.

what exactly should i verify here?

thanks for your kindly help.

"Database Name" field during install rejects IP address

sdea — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:34:46 +0000

I maintain 4 drupal instances on 4 separate IIS servers, and as I was installing a fifth I encountered an oddity.

During 6.13 install, the "wizard"/"Interview" prompts me to enter "Database Name"

The odd behavior is that when I enter/submit the IP address, drupal doesn't accept it and clears the "Database Name" text entry field and displays that same screen again.

I ended up manually modifying the settings.php $db_url value to the IP address and drupal runs fine.

Has anyone ran into this "rejection of IP address by the wizard/interview" behavior during install?

What caused it in your situation? How did you resolve it?

Thx,

sdea

Upgrading Apache2Triad PHP.

B.Whittick — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:41:41 +0000

I have just been folowing a drupal book and installed apache2triad as instructed. (Running vista so it took a bit of tweaknig but its running), however i wanted to play about with the e-commerce module and the version of php included in the apache2triad package isn't up to date and so the module will not run correctly.

Is there any easy way to upgrade the version of PHP included in the apache2triad bundle as i've been having a lot of problems.

Thanks, Ben.

error message on Drupal, Function ereg() is deprecated ... file.inc on line 895.

littlepeachboy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:06:30 +0000

Hi Guys

I am a newbie.

I am running Drupal using Mowes portable.

When I installed Drupal, everything seemed to work except it is giving me an error

# : Function ereg() is deprecated in C:\Program Files\Drupal\www\drupal\includes\file.inc on line 895.

I get a whole bunch of them. I have reinstalled many times with the same result.

I can do most things but I can get to my reports and run status and am unable to run cron.

please help

MAMP, can not get SETUP DATABASE to work...

vinceyoumans — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:02:50 +0000

I have a MBP, installed MAMP, and I find that phpMyADMIN works fine.
I am also able to create websites and browse to them locally.
but now I am trying to do a DRUPAL install locally

I am able to get to the install screen of the DRUPAL system. but I can not get the DB SETUP
I am getting this error:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Failed to connect to your MySQL database server. MySQL reports the following message: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2).

* Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
* Are you sure that you have typed the correct database hostname?
* Are you sure that the database server is running?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

i ran this command from shell:
ps aux|grep mysql
and I get this:

vincentyoumans 32411 0.1 0.0 590472 192 s000 R+ 2:12PM 0:00.00 grep mysql
vincentyoumans 27431 0.0 0.3 634328 13740 ?? S 12:52PM 0:01.64 /Applications/MAMP/Library/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/Applications/MAMP/Library --datadir=/Applications/MAMP/db/mysql --user=mysql --pid-file=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid --port=8889 --socket=/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock --lower_case_table_names=0

Getting 'user warning: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual... ' during installation and then it stops

hardikmca — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:26:59 +0000

I am a beginner and installing drupal-6.12 version. Environment I am installing Drupal is:

Windows XP,
Apache 2.2.11 web server
PHP Version 5.2.5
PHPMyAdmin version 3.1.5
MySQL client version: 5.0.45

Steps:
1. Configured PHP on Apache
2. Configured Drupal and put it into htdocs directory.
3. Created new database with the name 'drupal' using phpMyAdmin.
4. Started installation of Drupal using link http://localhost/drupal/install.php
5. Gone through step by step, and configured database by giving required information.
6. After finishing 'Set up database' step, it stopped by giving below warning.

user warning: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') ORDER BY fit DESC LIMIT 0, 1' at line 1 query: SELECT * FROM menu_router WHERE path IN () ORDER BY fit DESC LIMIT 0, 1 in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\drupal\includes\menu.inc on line 315.
user warning: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') ORDER BY fit DESC LIMIT 0, 1' at line 1 query: SELECT * FROM menu_router WHERE path IN () ORDER BY fit DESC LIMIT 0, 1 in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\drupal\includes\menu.inc on line 315.

Problems with running installation php file

obeahman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:35:36 +0000

I have uploaded Drupal 1.2.12.

When I run the install,php file, firefox opens a pop up window asking me I want to open the file or if I want to save the file.

What am I doing wrong?

Clean URLs woe

Gainax — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:17:21 +0000

I'm trying to get clean URLs to work on my Drupal 5 installation running Ubuntu Hardy Heron

I've followed the tutorial on the Drupal site and abut 10 others and I still cannot get it to work.

So far I have done the following:

1) Enabled mod-rewrite in Apache

2) .htaccess file
# # Apache/PHP/Drupal settings: #

# Protect files and directories from prying eyes.

Order allow,deny

# Don't show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory.
Options -Indexes

# Follow symbolic links in this directory.
Options +FollowSymLinks

# Make Drupal handle any 404 errors.
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php

# Force simple error message for requests for non-existent favicon.ico.

#ErrorDocument 404 "The requested file favicon.ico was not found.

# Set the default handler.
DirectoryIndex index.php

# Override PHP settings. More in sites/default/settings.php
# but the following cannot be changed at runtime.

# PHP 4, Apache 1.

php_value magic_quotes_gpc 0
php_value register_globals 0
php_value session.auto_start 0