Charms Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I don't know what the blazes it is that I am doing wrong but nothing I try seems to let me install oscommerce. I have tried following the directions but nothing works. All i get is a file not found error. I am about ready to tear my hair out over this as I had the same problem when I tried to use zen-cart. Will someone please guide me to the proper instructions before I go more insane that I already feel like I am?? Thanks, Charms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Write down step by step, what you are doing, then someone will say were your going wrong. Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charms Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 followoing the new installation instructions, I: (a) uploaded the catalog directory to my document root folder (B) created the database using the tools provided by my webhosting service and made note of the names, etc. © opened my web browser (d) typed in http://myserver/catalog/install didn't work (e) tried http://myserver/catalog/install/install which also didn't work (f) tried every other possible combination of (d) and/or (e) also with no results. Now what? Charms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbrace Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 followoing the new installation instructions, I: (a) uploaded the catalog directory to my document root folder (B) created the database using the tools provided by my webhosting service and made note of the names, etc. © opened my web browser (d) typed in http://myserver/catalog/install didn't work (e) tried http://myserver/catalog/install/install which also didn't work (f) tried every other possible combination of (d) and/or (e) also with no results. Now what? Charms Try "http://myserver/catalog/install/index Frederick C Brace,III PA-C www.21st-tees.com (osc) www.tanda-designs.com (osc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 on your server there is a directory called 'public_html' (or similar) you must upload all files there, so when you look with ftp you have public_html/catalog etc etc Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charms Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 1. uploaded files to my public_html directory. Sorry I forgot to mention that. Tried combinations inserting that also in the appropriate place as well. 2. just tried "http://myserver/catalog/install/index" and had not luck. Still a not found message. Next suggestion or tip please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 and can you see the files there with ftp? Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charms Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 yes I see that the files are there using both filezilla and the file manager utility my hosting service provides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 when you look in the catalog directory do you see the likes if index.php Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charms Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 yes. there is a file by that name in the catalog folder is that the one i need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 the you enter www.mydomain.com/catalog the browser will load that automatically, assuming its the only index file there. You did upload the entire distribution? are you entering your url correctly? are your nameservers pointing your domain name to your server Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charms Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 I reloaded all of it and i feel like i lost ground instead of gained. I am going to leave it for a while and come back. maybe it will make more sense in a couple of hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 A simple test for you, copy the following into a emty file and save it as index.html, then upload that to the root of your site (public_html) then put in your domain name, if you don`t see the message your not looking at your web space. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>HOME PAGE TEST</title> </head> <body> <font size="large">THIS IS MY HOME PAGE<br /> <br /> If I see nothing I`m not looking in the right place!!!!</font> </body> </html> Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charms Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Hi Sam. I know my webpage works because it is up right now but without the shopping cart I need to put on it. I swear, I have never had so much trouble with something in all my life! I am going tolet it reast for the weekend and start back with it on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charms Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Hi out there. I am back again for at least a little while. The last time I tried to install os, tghis is the last error message I got: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [email protected] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache/2.2.10 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.10 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at artisticcharms.com Port 80 Any suggestions on what it is I need to do? Charms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Have you checked that php & sql are both available on your server, if so what versions are they? Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charms Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 mySQL is version 4.1.22 and as for php, I know it is there but the only thing I can find is phpMyAdmin version 2.11.9.4. I do know that php is available on the server because I can find where it lists a number of modules that are installed. Does this info help you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooks Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Copy this into an empty file, save as test.php & upload to your root, open the file in your browser, what do you get? <?php phpinfo(); ?> Sam Remember, What you think I ment may not be what I thought I ment when I said it. Contributions: Auto Backup your Database, Easy way Multi Images with Fancy Pop-ups, Easy way Products in columns with multi buy etc etc Disable any Category or Product, Easy way Secure & Improve your account pages et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladivito Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Copy this into an empty file, save as test.php & upload to your root, open the file in your browser, what do you get? <?php phpinfo(); ?> Hi....i had this kind of problems too.....and i can't found out what's the problems at all....i had try to create the index.html and i saw the words but test.php i saw the error 404 - files or directory not found again :( here is the picture...... anyone know how to fix this problems plz help me....thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Perhaps check with your webhost and find out if you have php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladivito Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Perhaps check with your webhost and find out if you have php Hi Coopco...the hosting support php 4 and 5...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hi Coopco...the hosting support php 4 and 5...... So which have they enabled for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladivito Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 So which have they enabled for you? Hi....is php4 and i can switch to php if require...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladivito Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 So which have they enabled for you? and...did php run as CGI or FastCGI ? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Hi....is php4 and i can switch to php if require...... Switch to php5 You must have copied the test.php to the wrong place if you got the 404 error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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