URL to your eFiction: www.narratrix.net/eFiction
Version of eFiction: 3.0
Have you bridged eFiction, if so with what?: No
Version of PHP: 4.4 (I think)
Version of MySQL: 4.1.19
Have you searched for your problem: yes
If so, what terms did you try: I read through all the threads in this forum, and checked the FAQs, but I'm afraid I didn't understand the answer to this problem.
State the nature of your problem: I can't get the install script to run.
Do you have a test account for us? Haven't gotten that far yet!
I'm a rookie, so I'm very sorry if this question is dunderheaded. I'm trying to learn as I go, but I'm really just starting out here.
I've uploaded all of the files from the zip archive to my server. I have moved the config.php file to the main eFiction folder, and I have chmodded the file to 666. However, when I go to www.narratrix.net/eFiction/install/install.php nothing happens. I just get a black page.
I wonder is there something very obvious and simple that I'm doing wrong here. I know I'm going to have to learn this for myself - that's rather the point of setting up this archive even - but I'd be ever so grateful if you could even point me in the general direction of what I'm not doing properly here.
Thank you ever so much, in advance.
Hi there Llei
I am not sure if you jsut typed that back to front or you moved the wrong file.
The config.php needs to be moved to the mainy folder and chmodded to 666, but the install file should stay inside the install folder. That is why nothing is happening, if you have moved the install.php file, it is now looking for it in the wrong place. Try putting the install.php back into your install folder and then try running it again.
hope that helps
jacci
why is nothing ever easy?
url: http://www.pretendercentre.com/missingpieces/
php: 5.2.5 msql: 5.0.45-community
efic version: 3.4.3 latest patches: yes
bridges: none mods: challenges, displayword, beta-search
Oops. Sorry. That was a typo. I've no idea what made me type that. I've fixed it in the original post now. It was the config.php file which I moved and chmodded. Sorry for the confusion.
My best guess is that you've got the files in the wrong folder on your account because I'm getting a 404 error when I go to the URL you gave.
Did you just move the efiction folder up to the top level folder in your account? On some shared hosting plans that's the correct place. In others (the majority) you need to put it inside what's called your webroot folder. That's the folder displayed to the web and depending on your server configuration it's named different things. Look for a folder called:
webroot
htdocs
httpdocs
htmldocs
www
Move the efiction folder inside that folder.
That's odd. When I go to www.narratrix.net/eForums it automatically redirects to www.narratrix.net/eFiction/install/install.php, which is the root that's giving me the black page.
There doesn't appear to be any labled webroot folder. The only folder in WebShell before I uploaded the eFiction files was simply the "narratrix.net" folder, which just contains the cgi-bin, cp, images, and widgets folders. I uploaded the eFiction folder and all it's contents as a subfolder to the "narratrix.net" folder.
So, the path for the install file then ought to be narratrix.net/eFiction/install/install.php, oughtn't it?
I get a 404 error for www.narratrix.net/eForums as well. BTW that's not what you posted in your first message. Ahh... You forgot to capitalize the F in your first post. Make sure you uploaded ALL the efiction files. You've got the languages folder, but no files inside it. You should have en.php and en_admin.php in there.
I can't believe the number of typos I made there. I'm really very sorry. I'm clearly a lot more tired than I realised, and making silly mistakes.
Thank you so much for seeing where the problem was. I've rescued the two files from the language folder - they'd slipped in somewhere else, and it's working now.
Thank you very, very much.
