Installation Question

[ratsglass]

I am having problems getting my store setup. I'll ty to describe what happens as completely as possible.

 

 

I run the install program and when the install screen comes up, everything seems to work OK. The test connection to the database is successful.

 

I verify the path to the sample and it reports the database import was successful.

 

I verify the server and database info and it reports the configuration was successful and offers two choices (buttons) catalog and administration tool.

 

Clicking on ether of these opens a new browser window that is empty. Actually trying to run any of the php fles does the same thing.

 

I'm sure I'm missing something easy but am at something of a standstill unti I figure it out.

 

Thanks in advance for your help and patience

 

Rhett

[phphelp]

any errors? Why don't you show us your site's address, so we can take a look.

[Guest]

Yeah I think we need some more info so we can help you out.

 

maybe a stupid point, but you did upload ALL the files? If you could show us a link and your config file (without the database info) that will be a start.

[ratsglass]

Thanks for your respones .... The address to the site is http://www.ratsglass.com/catalog. All of the files have been uploaded (several times). There are no errors reported and the database in indeed created where it should be. Everything seems to run fine and I get to the final box with an admin and catalog button and they both do the same thing ... display a blank page.

 

What I have figured out so far. The install routine never writes to the config files but return no error. I have changed permissions on the admin/includes/configure.php and /includes/configure.php were both changed to 777 for the install as per another suggestion in another post and still no good.

 

I don't have a real problem editing the config files manually but am not sure what I need to be changing in each file.

 

Here is a copy of one of them .... I can see some of the things that need to be changed but hesitate to start until I know what all to change lest I make the whole thing unstable.

 

THANK YOU in advance for your help

 

Rhett Roeth

Rat's Glass

 

 

 

<?php

/*

$Id: configure.php,v 1.14 2003/02/21 16:55:24 dgw_ Exp $

 

osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

http://www.oscommerce.com

 

Copyright © 2002 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

*/

 

// define our webserver variables

// FS = Filesystem (physical)

// WS = Webserver (virtual)

define('HTTP_SERVER', ''); // eg, http://localhost or - https://localhost should not be NULL for productive servers

define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', '');

define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', '');

define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', 'false'); // secure webserver for catalog module

define('DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT', $DOCUMENT_ROOT); // where your pages are located on the server. if $DOCUMENT_ROOT doesnt suit you, replace with your local path. (eg, /usr/local/apache/htdocs)

define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', '/admin/');

define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT . DIR_WS_ADMIN);

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/catalog/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/catalog/' DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT . DIR_WS_CATALOG);

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');

define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');

define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');

define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');

define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');

define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');

define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'images/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_MODULES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/modules/');

define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');

 

// define our database connection

define('DB_SERVER', '');

define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'mysql');

define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '');

define('DB_DATABASE', 'osCommerce');

define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

define('STORE_SESSIONS', '');

?>