Help Needed with JOOMLA installation
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Hi, I am a rockettheme member but am haivng trouble getting my settings configured prior to installing JOOMLA on my web server. Prior to installation, JOOMLA presents you with a checklist of things that have to "look right" before you proceed with the installation. Mostly, you have to make a lot of things writable.
I have accomplished most but one thing is I am getting a red warning telling me my configuarion.php is not writable. I have gone through the entire set of files I've uploaded to my webserver and there is no such file called configuration.php There is a file called "configuration.php-dist" and i have made this writable but that doesn't seem to help. Am i supposed to rename this to just "configuration.php"?
Also, it tells me i am supposed to make writable var/lib/php/session and I have no idea how to do that. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to get a stable install on my webserver so I can start with the extremeties template. Thank you.
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- Dan L
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- I believe the configuration.php file is created at the end of the installation, if for some reason J! cannot create the file, what it does is present you with a configuration.php script in a window - what you do is highlight the whole script, paste it into notepad, then save it as "configuration.php". Then connect to the root of the install via FTP and upload the configuration file. You should then be able to access the site as normal.
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what about making
Also, it tells me i am supposed to make writable var/lib/php/session and I have no idea how to do that. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to get a stable install on my webserver so I can start with the extremeties template. Thank you.
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- GollumX
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You need to create a folder in your webspace root (outside your public_html folder), name it sessions or whatever you wish.
make it writable (the cursed 777)
add the following line to the end of your .htaccess file
php_value session.save_path "/home/accountname/sessions"
(where sessions is the name of your newly created session folder)
hope that helps. - Last Edit: 18 years 3 months ago by GollumX.
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- Where would this ".htacccess" file be loacated. I've searched all my folders and can find no such file
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- GollumX
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it may be called htaccess.txt and will be located in your joomla root (alongside the configuration.php-dist file you mentioned in your first post)
you will need to rename it .htaccess - Say no to Internet Explorer 6.
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