[Xerte] updating to 1.5

Tue Sep 8 00:20:35 BST 2009

I already uninstalled and deleted all the original files, though. All I have
now are the new files I downloaded from the site.

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Patrick Lockley <
Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

>  You said you replaced - do not replace, just drag the files over the top.
>
> To be precise - read through bugfixes.txt in the root folder - this will
> tell you all the files that have changed and their directories.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Tianna Tagami
> *Sent:* Tue 08/09/2009 00:01
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: [Xerte] updating to 1.5
>
> I did that and it didn't work. I got the same error messages. That's when
> I tried uninstalling and reinstalling. What should I do now?
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Patrick Lockley <
> Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>  To upgrade - for now - just drag the files over the top.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Tianna Tagami
>> *Sent:* Mon 07/09/2009 20:11
>> *To:* Xerte discussion list
>> *Subject:* [Xerte] updating to 1.5
>>
>>   I downloaded the 1.5 update and replaced my old xertetoolkits folder
>> in the xamp folder with the new one, but couldn't access it. I got a
>> signin page instead of my regular home page showing my projects. So, I
>> uninstalled everything, including XAMPP and reinstalled. Now I get the right
>> page when I go to http://localhost/xertetoolkits/setup/, but when I click
>> set up for XAMPP people, I get this error message:
>>
>>
>> Sorry, the attempt to connect to the host has failed. MySQL reports the
>> following error -
>>
>> Sorry, the attempt to create the database to the database has failed.
>> MySQL reports the following error -
>>
>> Sorry, the attempt to specify which database we need to work on (the MySQL
>> keyword - USE) has failed. MySQL reports the following error -
>>
>> Sorry, The query has failed. MySQL reports the following error -
>>
>> Sorry, The query has failed. MySQL reports the following error -
>>
>> Toolkits has been installed.
>> Please go to http://localhost/xertetoolkits/
>>
>> Please see the Xerte site at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte and please
>> consider joining the mailing list.
>>
>>
>> It says toolkits has been installed, but when I go to
>> http://localhost/xertetoolkits/, I just get all this gobbelty gook:
>>
>> site_session_name); session_start(); } include
>> $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "login_library.php"; include
>> $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "display_library.php"; /** * Check
>> to see if anything has been posted to distinguish between log in attempts */
>> if((!isset($_POST["login"]))&&(!isset($_POST["password"]))){ $buffer =
>> login_page_format_top(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
>> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_top")); $buffer .=
>> $form_string; $buffer .=
>> login_page_format_bottom(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
>> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_bottom")); echo $buffer;
>> } /* * Some data has bee posted, interpret as attempt to login */ if
>> ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { /** * Username and password left
>> empty */ if(($_POST["login"]=="")&&($_POST["password"]=="")){ $buffer =
>> login_page_format_top(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
>> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_top")); $buffer .= "
>> Please enter your username and password
>>
>> "; $buffer .=
>> login_page_format_bottom(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
>> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_bottom")); echo $buffer;
>> /* * Username left empty */ }else if($_POST["login"]==""){ $buffer =
>> login_page_format_top(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
>> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_top")); $buffer .= "
>> Please enter your username
>>
>> "; $buffer .=
>> login_page_format_bottom(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
>> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_bottom")); echo $buffer;
>> /* * Password left empty */ }else if($_POST["password"]==""){ $buffer =
>> login_page_format_top(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
>> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_top")); $buffer .= "
>> Please enter your password
>>
>> "; $buffer .=
>> login_page_format_bottom(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
>> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_bottom")); echo $buffer;
>> /* * Password and username provided, so try to authenticate */ }else
>> if(($_POST["login"]!="")&&($_POST["password"]!="")){ /* * See if the
>> submitted values are valid logins */
>> if(valid_login($_POST["login"],$_POST["password"])){ /* * Give the session
>> its own session id */ $_SESSION['toolkits_sessionid'] = $session_id; /* *
>> Get some user details back from LDAP */ $entry =
>> get_user_details($_POST["login"],$_POST["password"]);
>> $_SESSION['toolkits_firstname'] = $entry[0][givenname][0];
>> $_SESSION['toolkits_surname'] = $entry[0][sn][0]; include
>> $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "database_library.php"; include
>> $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "user_library.php";
>> $mysql_id=database_connect("index.php database connect success","index.php
>> database connect fail"); $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'] =
>> $_POST["login"]; /* * Check to see if this is a users' first time on the
>> site */ if(check_if_first_time($_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'])){ /* *
>> create the user a new id */ $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_id'] =
>> create_user_id(); /* * create a virtual root folder for this user */
>> create_a_virtual_root_folder(); }else{ /* * User exists so update the user
>> settings */ $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_id'] = get_user_id();
>> update_user_logon_time(); } recycle_bin(); /* * Output the main page,
>> including the user's and blank templates */ echo
>> file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path .
>> "management_headers"); echo "
>>
>>
>> What did I do wrong?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Tianna
>>
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