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- Greg Moore
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Go Daddy Web Hosting and Joomla Installations

Posted 10 years 5 months ago
- I am using GoDaddy to host my website, I have installed Joomla 2.5.28 (the latest version Go Daddy installs), when I upload a template I recieve the following error: JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find XML setup file. If I attempt to upload Joomla 2.5 RocketLauncher, I recieve a general error with no specific info. I am able to upload Modules and Gantry but nothing else.
  
  What can I do differently?
  
  Thank you in advance.
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Re: Go Daddy Web Hosting and Joomla Installations

Posted 10 years 5 months ago

Greg Moore wrote:

I am using GoDaddy to host my website, I have installed Joomla 2.5.28 (the latest version Go Daddy installs), when I upload a template I recieve the following error: JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find XML setup file. If I attempt to upload Joomla 2.5 RocketLauncher, I recieve a general error with no specific info. I am able to upload Modules and Gantry but nothing else.

What can I do differently?

Thank you in advance.

Debugging Basics:

Requirements for Joomla! 3.x

Software	Recommended	Minimum	More information
PHP (Magic Quotes GPC off)^[1]	5.4 +	5.3.10 +	http://www.php.net
Supported Databases:
MySQL (InnoDB support required)	5.1 +	5.1 +	http://www.mysql.com
SQL Server	10.50.1600.1+	10.50.1600.1+	http://www.microsoft.com/sql
PostgreSQL	8.3.18 +	8.3.18 +	http://www.postgresql.org/
Supported Web Servers:
Apache^[2] (with mod_mysql, mod_xml, and mod_zlib)	2.x +	2.x +	http://www.apache.org
Nginx	1.1	1.0	http://wiki.nginx.org/
Microsoft IIS^[5]	7	7	http://www.iis.net
Check that Admin -> Site or System -> System Information	-> PHP Information ->	Core-> memory_limit	is 128MB or higher.

Requirements for Joomla! 2.5

Software	Recommended	Minimum	More information
PHP	5.4 +	5.2.4 +	http://www.php.net
Supported Databases:
MySQL	5.0.4 +	5.0.4 +	http://www.mysql.com
SQL Server^[4]	10.50.1600.1+	10.50.1600.1+	http://www.microsoft.com/sql
Supported Web Servers:
Apache^[2] (with mod_mysql, mod_xml, and mod_zlib)	2.x +	2.x +	http://www.apache.org
Nginx	1.1	1.0	http://wiki.nginx.org/
Microsoft IIS^[5]	7	7	http://www.iis.net
Check that Admin -> Site or System -> System Information	-> PHP Information ->	Core-> memory_limit	is 128MB or higher.

Footnotes

PHP 5.3.1 is required for versions 3.0 through 3.2. At 3.3, the minimum is raised to PHP 5.3.10.[/p]
In order to use SEO URLs, you will need to have the Apache mod_rewrite extension installed.[/p]
Do not use PHP 4.3.9, 4.4.2 or 5.0.4. These releases have known bugs that will interfere with installation. Zend Optimizer 2.5.10 for PHP 4.4 also has serious bugs and you should ask your host to upgrade to a newer version. Joomla! versions 1.5.15 and later are compatible with PHP 5.3. Note that the OpenID library is not compatible with PHP 5.3.
Support for Microsoft SQL Server was added for the 2.5 release; 1.6 and 1.7 do not have this support.
For further assistance using Microsoft IIS, visit the Joomla! IIS forum

Configuration Options
If installing on a local computer, there are a number of packages that will help you get set up quicker than individual
installations:

MAMP (Windows) - For more information, visit Get MAMP for Windows
WAMP (Windows) - For more information, visit http://www.wampserver.com
LAMP (Linux) - Most Linux distributions come with a pre-configured LAMP server.
MAMP (Macintosh) - For more information, visit http://www.mamp.info
XAMPP (Multi-platform) - Not for live sites. For more information, visit http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

For DataBase issues check :

Admin -> Extend or Extensions -> Extension Manager -> Database and if there are errors then in the upper RightHand corner of the page click the FIX button.

For ownership or permission issues check :

Check your folder permissions here:Admin -> Site or System -> System Information -> Directory Permissions to ensure they're writeable - which is all GREEN (except configuration.php which should be RED)
Check folders have 0755 permissions and that files are 0644 and that Owner/Group are correct (you can use an FTP client or FPA mentioned below).
Specifically check the ../cache and the ../templates/rt_templateName/css-compiled folders.
check Admin -> Site or System -> System Information -> System Information Tab->
Web Server to PHP interface: apache2handler -or- CGI / FastCGI ? Joomla prefers CGI / FastCGI

Use the Joomla Forum Post Assistant to do more detailed checks.
Download the attached Joomla Forum Post Assistant "fpa-en.zip" file your to HDD.
Extract out the file "fpa-en.php" and Upload this to your servers Joomla ROOT folder
Open a browser window and run http://my-site.com/fpa-en.php
Post your findings to see if there are problems

As far as Godaddy goes (or not), my Dad used to say "If you don't have anything good to say about somebody, then don't say anything." Well...I have NOTHING!!!! to say about Godaddy

Last Edit: 10 years 5 months ago by DanG.
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- May T. Hill
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Re: Go Daddy Web Hosting and Joomla Installations

Posted 10 years 5 months ago
- In my experience GoDaddy is the worst place to host your site, but the best place for buying a domain, for the simple reason that it is the only place (to the best of my knowledge) where you can get the domain 'Forwading with Masking' option PLUS one free email domain-based email service (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with an option to redirect. And this with no hosting account. For this reason, I always buy domains for my projects from Godaddy. Once I purchased a hosting plan from them, and then bought another from another source to actually publish my site. That was a horrible experience.
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Re: Go Daddy Web Hosting and Joomla Installations

Posted 10 years 5 months ago
- Greg, the best place to ask the question is Joomla Forum.
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Re: Go Daddy Web Hosting and Joomla Installations

Posted 10 years 5 months ago
- May T. Hill wrote:
  In my experience GoDaddy is the worst place to host your site, but the best place for buying a domain, for the simple reason that it is the only place (to the best of my knowledge) where you can get the domain 'Forwading with Masking' option PLUS one free email domain-based email service (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with an option to redirect. And this with no hosting account. For this reason, I always buy domains for my projects from Godaddy. Once I purchased a hosting plan from them, and then bought another from another source to actually publish my site. That was a horrible experience.
  
  Thank you for sharing.
- Last Edit: 10 years 5 months ago by DanG.
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Re: Go Daddy Web Hosting and Joomla Installations

Posted 10 years 5 months ago
- Thank you Dan.
  
  Can you recommend a web hosting firm that allows me to easily install RocketLauncher?
  
  Thanks and happy new year!
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Re: Go Daddy Web Hosting and Joomla Installations

Posted 10 years 5 months ago
- Greg Moore wrote:
  Thank you Dan.
  
  Can you recommend a web hosting firm that allows me to easily install RocketLauncher?
  
  Thanks and happy new year!
  
  Currently I now go with Crucial Web Hosting as they not only support Joomla but also Magento. The shared servers run SSD's instead of HDD's and as a result developing Live has about the same speeds as developing locally. Even more impressive as my local dev also runs on SSD's !!!
  
  You can also check this out -> Recommended Hosting Providers (Sponsored)
  
  Also check here -> http://resources.joomla.org/archive/directory/support-services/hosting.html
  
  Make yourself a spreadsheet, pick TEN providers and analyse your options there.
  
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