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<br>Descriptive error messages are always a handy thing.<br>I've just never had a need for them in my own software.<br>:-><br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 10:32:54 +0100<br>> From: patrick.lockley@googlemail.com<br>> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrade/reinstall XOT<br>> <br>> much as i appreciate the furiousness, I was half-suggesting that if we<br>> know we are online, we know the file exists, then the 404 pretty much<br>> means "no mime types" so perhaps the wizard / engine could display an<br>> error to that effect, rather than hanging?<br>> <br>> Yours in furiousity<br>> <br>> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > It may very well have been the fact that the MIME's weren't configured<br>> > *before* starting the install.<br>> > I was too furious at Pat at the time to remember exactly. ;-)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> >> From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 10:14:45 +0100<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrade/reinstall XOT<br>> >><br>> >> Yeah, but I also remember a long tail of woe when he tried to install<br>> >> toolkits, and being a pretty bright and tenacious sort of chap, that worried<br>> >> me a bit... if I recall, it was because i) it was a windows server and ii)<br>> >> the sysadmins weren't too helpful in resolving server config issues. The<br>> >> issues weren't toolkits specific necessarily?<br>> >><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley<br>> >> Sent: 03 May 2011 10:07<br>> >> To: Xerte discussion list<br>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrade/reinstall XOT<br>> >><br>> >> Think Dave's problem was his mimetypes got removed by a sysadmin?<br>> >><br>> >> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Julian Tenney<br>> >> <Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:<br>> >> > It would probably be worth going through your install experiences and<br>> >> > making<br>> >> > sure we have all those issues fixed, where possible, or documented at<br>> >> > some<br>> >> > point. In the new installer, Pat wrote a heap of tests to check for a<br>> >> > lot of<br>> >> > the common errors that find their way through into issues on this list:<br>> >> > the<br>> >> > hope is that by running the tests, a lot of issues will be diagnosed<br>> >> > more<br>> >> > easily,<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> > [mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett<br>> >> > Sent: 02 May 2011 22:41<br>> >> > To: Xerte list<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrade/reinstall XOT<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > Thanks.<br>> >> ><br>> >> > I think a lot of the common crap is default.<br>> >> > It's the Xerte specific ones it doesn't recognize.<br>> >> ><br>> >> > ________________________________<br>> >> ><br>> >> > From: Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> ><br>> >> > To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> > Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 22:26:01 +0100<br>> >> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrade/reinstall XOT<br>> >> ><br>> >> > .xwd<br>> >> ><br>> >> > .rlo<br>> >> ><br>> >> > .rlt<br>> >> ><br>> >> > .rlm<br>> >> ><br>> >> > .xml<br>> >> ><br>> >> > .swf<br>> >> ><br>> >> > should do it. Also your media (mp3, flv, images), and any other files<br>> >> > types<br>> >> > you might be using.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > ________________________________<br>> >> ><br>> >> > From: xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> > [xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett<br>> >> > [d_b_burnett@hotmail.com]<br>> >> > Sent: 02 May 2011 20:53<br>> >> > To: Xerte list<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrade/reinstall XOT<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Not hacked.<br>> >> > Something the ISP did removed all the MIME types.<br>> >> > Idiots.<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Is there a complete list of MIME types that should be added?<br>> >> ><br>> >> > rlo<br>> >> > rlt<br>> >> > rlm<br>> >> ><br>> >> > ??<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > ________________________________<br>> >> ><br>> >> > From: patrick.lockley@googlemail.com<br>> >> > Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 19:24:39 +0100<br>> >> > To: xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<br>> >> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: Upgrade/reinstall XOT<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Only sitedetails and originalyemplatesdetails come prepopulated - try<br>> >> > basic.SQL in the setup folder with the dollar needing replacing with the<br>> >> > table prefix<br>> >> ><br>> >> > On 2 May 2011, at 19:05, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> >> ><br>> >> > I'm thinking I'm hacked and my ISP is saying "not that we can find".<br>> >> > Is there a link or cheatsheet for reinstalling/upgrading XOT?<br>> >> > The last time was a bit painful (the "down the rabbit hole" thread).<br>> >> ><br>> >> > Thanks,<br>> >> > Dave<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee<br>> >> > and<br>> >> > may contain confidential information. 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