Dizkus

Hi,

I'm an admin over two PostNuke sites and am working on a fresh install of a third. When I run install.php and it gets to the page where you set your ADMIN username/password, email address, etc... I complete the information it asks for and clidk the button, "Set Login", and nothing happens. It just stays on that page. No errors, messages, nothing!

Any ideas?

Earlier in install.php it created the database fine (i verified in mysql) and the tables as well. Additionally, all the checks it performs came back clean.

Here is my environment:

Sun SPARC server
Solaris 9
SunONE Web Server 6.1 (formerly iPlanet)
PHP 4.3.6 (i compiled with mysql support)
PostNuke .726

Many thanks in advance -

Aib :shock:

I have magic_quotes_gpc = On

and

register_globals = On

I'm not familiar with that httpd - are your other sites also operating under it?

Nope - the others are on apache/linux machines.

SunONE's Web Server is the new name for the old iPlanet Web Server. Sun owns and maintains it now...

I'm not aware of any other problems with the web server with respect to PHP files, etc...

...getting nervous about this.

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Aib

Hmmm... I just did a quick forums "Search" for the keyword "iPlanet" and found an unresolved but very similar problem to your own... I don't suppose there is any chance you can swich them over to Apache for httpd?

Sorry I cannot be of more assistance - like I said, I'm totally unfamiliar with "SunONE Web Server".

Warm Regards,
-=dave=-

Thanks, Geekster.

I got it working! I did two things so I'm not sure which one fixed it.

1. I recompiled my PHP with support for zlib compression (this was required by another package I was testing out so I did it for that one.)

2. I did the manual install with upload from Pheonix .sql file provided on install image.

Never did get through the GUI install...

Still having some problems with operation but I believe they are configuration related.

Regards,
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Aib

I also have the same configuration and I'm having the same problems. The suggestion to switch to Apache is NOT an option in this corporate environment. I also see no reason to suspect the web server at this point. PHP4 works the same on both system, so unless PN goes behind PHP and invokes some extremely Apache-specific function then it should work. I have other PHP-based apps running without problems.

I'd like to see a .75-specific installation document. The documents I've found so far assume the admin is installing into a shared webspace he doesn't control. They also assume the installer is a MySQL guru! Take this back a step and make them line up. Apparently the .75 installer can create the tables, something earlier versions could not but since I'm not starting with any of those earlier versions, the documents are very confusing. Show me a cookbook with the right steps to build a basic PN website, and I'll figure out the complex parts later.

I hate spinning my wheels on what should be a pain-free part of the process. I would rather be spending my time and energy on layout and content instead of sifting through Google for incongruent references.

Upload the files to your webspace & run the install.php file. Same as every version of PostNuke since .64 at least.

It doesn't take a MySQL guru to create a database and assign a user to it, and even if it did, PostNuke isn't responsible for teaching you the underlying technologies behind the package. You want to know how to do things in MySQL, the first place to start is http://www.mysql.com. You need to have at least a basic understanding of the technologies you're using. I seem to rembember the installer creating tables since .64 definity since the .7x versions.