installation help (couldn't find an answer searching forums)

[versionke]

ok, i've been spinning my wheels for the past 4 hours now. any help would be greatly appreciated!

. i downloaded the most current version 1.4.2
. created a directory for it via ftp
. uploaded all of the files to the new directory via ftp (Transmit for OSX)
. created the 'images' and 'thumbnails' directories w/777 permissions
. my domain provider is running MySQL 3.23.58 (per phpMyAdmin)
. edited my pixelpost.php file with all of the appropriate host, user, & pass info
. i don't have any problems accessing the install.php page in my browser (although the header text does read "Welcome to Pixelpost 1.4.1 installation!" instead of the 1.4.2 i downloaded).
. i type in my desired username and password and click 'Create Tables'
. the page refreshes with '[fullURL.../install.php?install=one' in the URL, but that's it. everything else on the page is unchanged; no error messages at all. i've tried this in several different browsers on both the mac and PC with the same result.
. i've logged into phpMyAdmin with the same user/password and the database exists yet contains no tables.

It seems my database is set up properly, it is accessing my MySQL database as I'm not receiving any errors, but the installation script won't create the tables for whatever reason.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Kelly
www.versionke.com/pblog

[blinking8s]

are you using cpanel?

sometimes mysql can get picky, and the root user and passowrd for the db will not work right, and you have to create a new db user and passoword and use that.

but as your host if your database information is correct in pixelpost.org, and all that fun stuff

id tell you to PM me the information, but im going to bed now and wont reply till tomorrow afternoon

[versionke]

are you using cpanel?

sometimes mysql can get picky, and the root user and passowrd for the db will not work right, and you have to create a new db user and passoword and use that.

but as your host if your database information is correct in pixelpost.org, and all that fun stuff

id tell you to PM me the information, but im going to bed now and wont reply till tomorrow afternoon

no, i'm not using cpanel.

if the root user/pwd wasn't working right, wouldn't i have issues logging into the database w/phpMyAdmin?

i'll try emailing the host to see if they can help (however doubtful based on previous experiences with them).

[raminia]

ok, i've been spinning my wheels for the past 4 hours now. any help would be greatly appreciated!

. i type in my desired username and password and click 'Create Tables'
. the page refreshes with '[fullURL.../install.php?install=one' in the URL, but that's it. everything else on the page is unchanged; no error messages at all. i've tried this in several different browsers on both the mac and PC with the same result.

quite strange!

it should not act like that.
try error_reporting(0); at top of admin/index.php and admin/install.php

[versionke]

ok, i've been spinning my wheels for the past 4 hours now. any help would be greatly appreciated!

. i type in my desired username and password and click 'Create Tables'
. the page refreshes with '[fullURL.../install.php?install=one' in the URL, but that's it. everything else on the page is unchanged; no error messages at all. i've tried this in several different browsers on both the mac and PC with the same result.

quite strange!

it should not act like that.
try error_reporting(0); at top of admin/index.php and admin/install.php

I added this line to each file so it now reads:

<?php
error_reporting(0);

is this correct? the install page still loads ok but i get the exact same result after clicking 'create tables'. no error message, just a refreshed page.

i also tried a clean install by downloading the .zip again, changing the appropriate files, and copying everything in a different directory thinking that possibly some other file was accidentally changed. still have the exact same problem.

any other ideas? frustrating. :?