Installation ?'s on Lunarpages host

[codelf]

There seems to be very knowledgable group hers and I know there are some Lunar Pages (LP) customers out there, so hopefully you all will be able to shed some light. I'm trying to get EE set on a new site and I don't have a lot of experienc in this department.

1. I've succussfully set up MySQL DB, username and password

2. I altered the files listed in the install manual
Rename the folder "input" to something very odd like 'foo32423423' and write it down.
Open file 'add/connect.php' to a text editor (text editor like Notepad or UltraEdit - not Microsoft Word!). Edit there SQL database name, username and password to your own. You had this info from your ISP when your MySQL database was opened. Save the file. TIP: very often server "localhost" and user "root" with empty password will get you connected easily.
3. I created the folder structure in File Manager of LP - gallery is root, /temp as level 2 folder and input/X as a level 3 folder (?)
GALLERY/temp
GALLERY/export
GALLERY/input/temp
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/test
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/ee_temp_upload
GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_files

4. As I read the install guide, I don't make alterations to the MySQL DB. Right?

5. Using SmartFTP I up'd the EE_RC4 files to my site (/gallery)

6. Followed the instructions at http://photography-on-the.net/ee/beta/index.php?install=1
Uncompress zip file (keeping folder structure) to your hard disk.
Open GALLERY/add/connect.php and edit your MySQL connection data there. In most servers servername should be 'localhost'.
Open GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_prefs/preferences.php and edit your MySQL connection data there. View GALLERY/input/backup/readme.txt for detailed help.
Use ftp to connect to your server and create a new folder where EE should be placed (under your www root of course, so that it can be accessed using browser). Upload all files to that folder. For now we call that install folder 'GALLERY'
Chmod 777 (full read/write/execute permissions) the following folders:

GALLERY/temp
GALLERY/export
GALLERY/input/temp
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/test
GALLERY/input/UPLOAD/ee_temp_upload
GALLERY/input/backup/ee_backup_files

Run the installer by pointing your www browser to http://yourserver.com/GALLERY/install.php. If step 2 was done correctly, EE install should run without errors.

I was dead in the water right about here... Any suggestions???
:O

[photocroatia]

Sorry I don't understand where your problem is? What isn't it doing?

Just a couple of notes:

I didn't have to setup the Mysql DB, it was setup for me by LP.

". I created the folder structure in File Manager of LP - gallery is root, /temp as level 2 folder and input/X as a level 3 folder (?) "

I didn't create the folder structure, I copied the entire GALLERY directory structure from my PC to the Server, FTP created all the requried directories. (I copied the GALLERY directory structure under /public_html)

So its /public_html/GALLERY

If you can provide more detail where your problem is that would be great.

[codelf]

Thanks for the suggestion!

I realized after the post that I didn't need to create the folder structure in file manater.

I also realized that my gallery folder is in the root folder and not in the /public_html folder...

My question now is, how do i put gallery into the /public_html folder? Seems simple enough but... hmmm

[photocroatia]

Yep it is fairly simple!!

You have uncompressed the EE software on your PC, e.g c:\GALLERY

Using your FTP program (SmartFTP) connect to the server, you need to ensure you are in the /public_html directory.

Drag and drop GALLERY (From your PC ) to the SERVER (/public_html)

And that should be it.

[codelf]

finding /public_html in SmartFTP is my prob... I'm new to SFTP too :oops: I'm showing ftp.mydomain.com is empty, so do i need to create this folder in SFTP?

[codelf]

Ok, I realized yet another mistake, I wasn't logged in under the master account...thus the reason I couldn't see the folder /public_html

thanks again for the help :D

[photocroatia]

Ok, the first thing you will need to do is download WS_FTP, you can download a trial version from here: http://www.ipswitch.com/_download/wsftppro.asp

Its probably one of the best FTP programs and thats what I use.

Then we can compare apples with apples.

When I connect with FTP under root I see the following directories.

etc
logs
mail
public_ftp
public_html
tmp

Try in your ftp program to change to the root directory:

CHGDIR and type /

The other quick test we could do is if you Private Message me with your FTP details and I can have a quick look to see if its ok or not.