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I am considering using Joomla - an open source Content Management System which was previously known as Mambo. Has anyone any experience of installing this product on a Freeola server and if so, were there any issues to watch out for?
Regards

Peter

Yip Eeeee, I have finally done it.. needed to rename the config file to configuration.php from configuration.php-dist and added a / to the path. Although I think it must have been the config name :)

Many thanks again..

Joe.

Many thanks for the help, I'm still having difficulty, I'm at the point where I need someone to install this for me :( Do we know if there are any services that for a small fee can assist me with this??

I really have tried everything and I'm sure its something silly...

Theres 2 ways you can install joomla, theres the browser method (which is what you've done I think) but theres also a manual installation method too. The manual installation requires extra technical knowledge though but its worth looking through and just following the chmod instructions it suggests.

Config looks ok to me actually. As far as I remember Joomla automatically redirects to the installation directory if it can see any of it still. If you have deleted it then possibly theres a file permission problem in there somewhere.

Not a great deal of help unfortunately.

I have removed all installation files & dir's ... I thought I did a manual upload through FTP??


anyway this is the code given at step 4 in the process: I have removed my Password ;)

$mosConfig_offline = '0';
$mosConfig_host = 'mysql.freeola.net';
$mosConfig_user = 'sr0643472';
$mosConfig_password = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
$mosConfig_db = 'sr0643472';
$mosConfig_dbprefix = 'jos_';
$mosConfig_lang = 'english';
$mosConfig_absolute_path = '/freeola/users/6/0/sr0394506/htdocs/joomla';
$mosConfig_live_site = 'http://www.rcmodz.com/joomla';
$mosConfig_sitename = 'RCModZ';
$mosConfig_shownoauth = '0';
$mosConfig_useractivation = '1';
$mosConfig_uniquemail = '1';
$mosConfig_offline_message = 'This site is down for maintenance.
Please check back again soon.';
$mosConfig_error_message = 'This site is temporarily unavailable.
Please notify the System Administrator';
$mosConfig_debug = '0';
$mosConfig_lifetime = '900';
$mosConfig_session_life_admin = '1800';
$mosConfig_session_type = '0';
$mosConfig_MetaDesc = 'Joomla - the dynamic portal engine and content management system';
$mosConfig_MetaKeys = 'Joomla, joomla';
$mosConfig_MetaTitle = '1';
$mosConfig_MetaAuthor = '1';
$mosConfig_locale = 'en_GB';
$mosConfig_offset = '0';
$mosConfig_offset_user = '0';
$mosConfig_hideAuthor = '0';
$mosConfig_hideCreateDate = '0';
$mosConfig_hideModifyDate = '0';
$mosConfig_hidePdf = '0';
$mosConfig_hidePrint = '0';
$mosConfig_hideEmail = '0';
$mosConfig_enable_log_items = '0';
$mosConfig_enable_log_searches = '0';
$mosConfig_enable_stats = '0';
$mosConfig_sef = '0';
$mosConfig_vote = '0';
$mosConfig_gzip = '0';
$mosConfig_multipage_toc = '1';
$mosConfig_allowUserRegistration = '1';
$mosConfig_link_titles = '0';
$mosConfig_error_reporting = -1;
$mosConfig_list_limit = '30';
$mosConfig_caching = '0';
$mosConfig_cachepath = '/freeola/users/6/0/sr0394506/htdocs/joomla/cache';
$mosConfig_cachetime = '900';
$mosConfig_mailer = 'mail';
$mosConfig_mailfrom = '[email protected]';
$mosConfig_fromname = 'RCModZ';
$mosConfig_sendmail = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';
$mosConfig_smtpauth = '0';
$mosConfig_smtpuser = '';
$mosConfig_smtppass = '';
$mosConfig_smtphost = 'localhost';
$mosConfig_back_button = '1';
$mosConfig_item_navigation = '1';
$mosConfig_secret = 'HIBRoWHIL52525XT';
$mosConfig_pagetitles = '1';
$mosConfig_readmore = '1';
$mosConfig_hits = '1';
$mosConfig_icons = '1';
$mosConfig_favicon = 'favicon.ico';
$mosConfig_fileperms = '';
$mosConfig_dirperms = '';
$mosConfig_helpurl = 'http://help.joomla.org';
$mosConfig_multilingual_support = '0';
$mosConfig_editor = 'tinymce';
$mosConfig_admin_expired = '1';
$mosConfig_frontend_login = '1';
$mosConfig_frontend_userparams = '1';
setlocale (LC_TIME, $mosConfig_locale);
?>

If its directing you to the installation page it sounds like its not installed correctly (obviously). You could try the manual installation instead? Otherwise remove your installation and try again.

You could try posting your configuration.php file but its fairly large.

Hi I'm wondering if anybody can help me, Ive installed the Joomla CMS on my freeola server, I do have sql installed, I have completed the 4 steps required in the setup process, uploaded the php text given to me for the config file, (I assumed I needed to paste that code in the existing file on the server) I have also deleted the installation dir as said but I cant view the site! every time I try I get a Freeola 404 page. The url in the address bar always try's to load and installation file and not an index one?

I'm stumped completely.. can anyone assist?

Many thanks,

Joe.

You can use multiple Freeola webspaces with each of our MySQL databases. It's best to make sure that you use different tables in the database for each site though.

Yep, I will be signing up for a MySQL account. Although I'm not sure if the MySQL account will apply only to one web domain. This exercise is initially a test to determine if it will do what I want, before I roll it out on a couple of other Freeola hosted sites. The question is... will I need a MySQL account for each of the three web sites eventually. Or can I use one MySQL account for all three?

I take it you've got a MySQL account?

I've never installed Joomla on a freeola server but I cant imagine you'll encounter any specific problems. It doesnt need any special access/privileges to install. Worst case is you might have to do a manual install and even then its nothing more taxing than chmod'ing some directories and changing the paths in a config file.