Installation instructions
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Where can I find detailed installation instructions for getting Concrete5 up and running?
I uploaded the extracted files to my site on my Host Gator server. This is a fresh domain and had no web site installed prior to uploading the C5 files.
I installed the C5 files in public_html/concrete5.
I then created a MySQL database for the site.
From the readme.txt file: "Visit your Concrete5 site in your web browser. You should see an installation screen where you can specify your site's name, your base URL, and your database settings."
What? There has to be an index.html file or index.php for the site to work.
Does Concrete5 have a MySQL install script that I'm missing?
Yesterday, I saw a document that detailed a C5 file that needed to be edited to specify the db name, user name and pw for the MySQL db. I can't find this file now. The document mentioned an install.php file but there isn't one in the files I have.
A link to installation details would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Mike
I uploaded the extracted files to my site on my Host Gator server. This is a fresh domain and had no web site installed prior to uploading the C5 files.
I installed the C5 files in public_html/concrete5.
I then created a MySQL database for the site.
From the readme.txt file: "Visit your Concrete5 site in your web browser. You should see an installation screen where you can specify your site's name, your base URL, and your database settings."
What? There has to be an index.html file or index.php for the site to work.
Does Concrete5 have a MySQL install script that I'm missing?
Yesterday, I saw a document that detailed a C5 file that needed to be edited to specify the db name, user name and pw for the MySQL db. I can't find this file now. The document mentioned an install.php file but there isn't one in the files I have.
A link to installation details would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Mike
Thanks for your help.
I looked again my Concrete5 directory on the server and index.php was in the wrong directory. I moved into the correct place and I now have an install screen open and all the tests in the panel to the left have passed and are checked.
Now I have a new problem. I have created a MySQL database and added 2 users.
I ran the Install Concrete5 and the following error appeared:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare __autoload() (previously declared in /home/gonzo01/public_html/concrete5/concrete/startup/autoload.php:3) in /home/gonzo01/public_html/concrete5/concrete/startup/autoload.php on line 18
I just took a peek at the autoload.php file.
Line 18 is a "}" closing bracket.
Now, I can't get the install screen back.
What is going on here?
I just checked my database with phpMyAdmin. The C5 installation process has created 111 tables in the previously empty database.
I'm not sure how to proceed from here.
I looked again my Concrete5 directory on the server and index.php was in the wrong directory. I moved into the correct place and I now have an install screen open and all the tests in the panel to the left have passed and are checked.
Now I have a new problem. I have created a MySQL database and added 2 users.
I ran the Install Concrete5 and the following error appeared:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare __autoload() (previously declared in /home/gonzo01/public_html/concrete5/concrete/startup/autoload.php:3) in /home/gonzo01/public_html/concrete5/concrete/startup/autoload.php on line 18
I just took a peek at the autoload.php file.
Line 18 is a "}" closing bracket.
Now, I can't get the install screen back.
What is going on here?
I just checked my database with phpMyAdmin. The C5 installation process has created 111 tables in the previously empty database.
I'm not sure how to proceed from here.
Okay, I got impatient and blew everything away (Concrete5 and the DB) and started over.
This time the installation completed all the way.
Apparently, on Host Gator, C5 wants to be in the public_html directory and not in a concrete5 folder in public_html.
It looks like I'm now in business with Concrete5. (I was almost ready to just say "screw it" and go back to Drupal.)
This time the installation completed all the way.
Apparently, on Host Gator, C5 wants to be in the public_html directory and not in a concrete5 folder in public_html.
It looks like I'm now in business with Concrete5. (I was almost ready to just say "screw it" and go back to Drupal.)
But to answer your question, once you have uploaded Concrete5, you just browse to the directory and the install wizard should present some fields that you fill out to complete the install. The index.php is part of the upload.
You will need a db and a user with appropriate access.