• Resolved creaplus

    (@creaplus)


    funny thing. my web host provides a web tool that installs automatically wp 2.0 which works great. when i try to install or upgrade to wp 2.2 I can’t get through.

    i run the install.php and I’m being taken to a html page with a bunch of errors, incomplete GET functions and it says ‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first’, even after I uninstalled the old wp 2.0, deleted the old mySQL database and created a new one.

    thoughts?

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  • My first thought is always this: never rely on automatic “great” tools. They suck.

    Who is your host?

    Thread Starter creaplus

    (@creaplus)

    freehostia.com
    the problem in this case is that their tool works alright. when i try to do the manual install it gets hung in the first step of the installation.

    ‘wp-config.php file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? We got it. You can create a wp-config.php file through a web interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.”, “WordPress › Error”); } require_once(‘../wp-config.php’); require_once(‘./upgrade-functions.php’); if (isset($_GET[‘step’])) $step = $_GET[‘step’]; else $step = 0; header( ‘Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8’ ); ?> > text_direction) ) : ?>
    WordPress
    ‘.__(‘Already Installed’).’

    ‘.__(‘You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.’).’
    ‘); switch($step) { case 0: ?>

    ReadMe documentation at your leisure.’), ‘../readme.html’); ?>

    ERROR: please type your e-mail address”)); } else if (!is_email($admin_email)) { die(__(“ERROR: the e-mail address isn’t correct”)); } ?>

    log in with the username “admin” and password “%2$s”.’), ‘../wp-login.php’, $password); ?>

    Note that password carefully! It is a random password that was generated just for you. If you lose it, you will have to delete the tables from the database yourself, and re-install WordPress. So to review:’); ?>

    admin
    wp-login.php

    WordPress, personal publishing platform.’); ?>

    whaddaya think?

    Please review Installing WordPress. Did you create your database and database user and give that user DBA rights? Are you sure you have a wp-config.php file and does it have the right information (your DB_HOST will be like mysql3.freehostia.com).

    Editing wp-config.php
    Editing Files

    Thread Starter creaplus

    (@creaplus)

    yes on all except the DBA rights. need to check it, but if ver 2.0 works on that same database, I think the problem is not there. it’s getting very annoying….damn

    I have installed 2.2 several times on freehostia accounts, but can’t vouch for 2.2.1 yet.

    Thread Starter creaplus

    (@creaplus)

    in the config.php should the username be the same as dbname?

    On some hosts it is the same.

    Thread Starter creaplus

    (@creaplus)

    thx. could it be the php version? i don’t know if mine is 4.2+. it looks like the install.php doesn’t get executed properly.

    if i fill in the blog name and email in the 1st step page (the form is between that errors garbage) and hit button to go to next step i get “The requested URL /members/filemanager/install.php was not found on this server.” on the next page

    Thread Starter creaplus

    (@creaplus)

    it’s not the platform. here’s freehostia reply:

    “There is no problem to use here a Worldpress.
    Our PHP is 4.4
    Our MySQL is 4.1
    The mod_rewrite is enabled.”

    don’t know what i’m doing wrong. looks like install.php can’t find the path to wp-config although i renamed the root folder per instructions….damn

    I agree, it is not the platform.

    You should start over and review closely Install WordPress.

    From your comment above

    “The requested URL /members/filemanager/install.php was not found on this server.”

    doesn’t look like a folder/file that is related to WordPress–meaning memebers or filemanager isn’t part of WordPress.

    Thread Starter creaplus

    (@creaplus)

    …aaarrgghhhhh michael here’s what i do:

    1. download wordpress zip on my drive
    2. unzip
    3. rename folder “wordpress” to “blog”
    4. upload the blog folder in my website mysubdomainname.freehostia.com/blog
    5. create database&user
    6. edit config-php with database details
    7. run install.php
    8. get hung up in the first step (that php code page)

    would you mind installing it for me? i don’t have any files in that account except for wordpress files.

    Re #7. Seemingly the installation looks for the file here:
    The requested URL /members/filemanager/install.php

    According to your description – it should be here:
    mysubdomainname.freehostia.com/blog/wp-admin/install.php

    Thread Starter creaplus

    (@creaplus)

    i know but can’t explain why it’s looking for it in the members/filemanager.

    and if i run freehostia’s application for installing wordpress 2.0 it works like a charm. maybe i need to ask them why…

    Please put request in at http://www.install4free.wordpress.net for a free installation.

    Thread Starter creaplus

    (@creaplus)

    sent it. any chance you’ll be able to get to it this weekend? thx

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