lonestarbaits Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Okay, here's the deal. I installed osCommerce "successfully" and I could access the catalog page fine, but when I tried to access the admin page (to edit the store), it's just a blank white page. I followed the post-installation steps (listed below) 1. Rename the catalog/install folder or delete it. 2. Reset the permissions on catalog/includes/configure.php to 644 (if you are still getting the warning message at the top of the page after setting this configure.php files to 644 then set the catalog/includes/configure.php file to 444 which is read only - this happens on some servers that have been updated for security reasons). 3. Set the permissions on catalog/images directory to 777 4. Set the permissions on admin/images/graphs directory to 777 5. Create the directory admin/backups and set the permissions to 777 (this is the folder to store the database backup of your store in the "Tools" section of the store admin). I managed to rename the catalog/install folder, and set the configure.php permissions to 444 (644 still gave me an error) successfully. Now, when I tried to do steps 3-5 via FTP client, it kept giving me "502 Unknown Site Command", so I'm not able to change these permissions and that might be why I can't access the admin page correctly, at least thats my guess. Does anybody know what might be the problem? I'm running Abyss Web Server X1 on Windows XP Professional (local computer). Thanks for any help. PS. Where can I get a FREE SSL certificate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestarbaits Posted November 8, 2005 Author Share Posted November 8, 2005 Alright, I changed the FTP server and when I try to change the file permissions, they now say CHMOD command successful, but when I go back and look at the permissions for the files (steps 3-5) they go back to the permissions they originally were... I'm not sure if this is causing the "Adminstration Tool" page to not display, but it's only showing a blank white page after I install/configure the osCommerce where it gives you the two options to go next, Catalog (which I can access fine) and Adminstration Tool, which I can not. Did I miss a step? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackCactus Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 having same problem ,but if you are on a windows server chmod will not work for they are unix/linux commands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 I am also having this same problem though the file permissions on the server seem to be set correctly. when i open the admin page it is just blank. PLEASE SOMEONE, WE NEED HELP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Didnt have your particular problem. However, my problem (cant find MySQL server when going to Admin) was solved by copying the "oscommerce.sql" file (from install folder) to the website root using ftp. Worth a try? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Thanks for that but no joy. Didnt work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestarbaits Posted November 14, 2005 Author Share Posted November 14, 2005 somebody is bound to know what's the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnyperBob Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?sho...94&hl=Abyss The above link worked for me. I found it by searching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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