[Xerte] Re: Xerte Online Toolkits: Installation Guide

Fri Jan 6 15:35:35 GMT 2012

i knew / suspected the page wouldn't work.

Will have a look later as to why (php errors)

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:17 PM, MTG Judge Course <info at mtgjc.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I tried that, and was able to get past the login screen, but
> everything comes up blank. (Once I log in, /xerte/index.php is blank.)
>
> Sigh... I'm beginning to think the universe is working against me on this
> one.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 9:56 AM
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Online Toolkits: Installation Guide
>
> In the zip root folder is a file called switch.txt which you can replace
> index.php with if you've not got LDAP.
>
> Edit switch.txt and you'll see the passwords and such like.
>
> I'm not sure it works at present, so try renaming switch.txt to index.php.
>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:49 PM, MTG Judge Course <info at mtgjc.com> wrote:
>> Thanks everyone for your help with this! It actually turned out that
>> the problem was a permissions setting with the database that GoDaddy
>> had to fix... I guess that's why all the searching for an issue on my
>> end turned up nothing! This is a recurring problem, I understand, with
>> having a shared hosting account.
>>
>> I was able after that to complete the install of Xerte, but I do not
>> have LDAP, and I was wondering if there were instructions somewhere
>> about how to install without LDAP. This installation of Xerte will
>> only be used by one or two people, and using the same authentication,
>> so I'm hoping to be able to bypass LDAP.
>>
>> Any help would be gratefully received! :)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat Lockley
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:12 PM
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Online Toolkits: Installation Guide
>>
>> i would suggest something like this
>>
>> <?PHP
>>
>> include "database.php";
>>
>> $response = mysql_connect(settings from database.php);
>>
>> print_r($response);
>>
>> ?>
>>
>> Save that in a php file in the root directory
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 6:59 PM, MTG Judge Course <info at mtgjc.com> wrote:
>>> LOL. Too true!! =)
>>>
>>> Yes, I'm decent with PHP, but not expert, and I fear I've surpassed
>>> the limits of my ability to scour the PHP for where the problem might
> lie.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat
>>> Lockley
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 11:28 AM
>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Online Toolkits: Installation Guide
>>>
>>> Yep, it should all work, but then if it should all work I can't think
>>> what to suggest to help.
>>>
>>> Are you ok with PHP?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:37 PM, MTG Judge Course <info at mtgjc.com> wrote:
>>>> I set the host, username, and password in the installation steps.
>>>> The installer was able to create the database in the proper place
>>>> using this information. So unless I'm really confused, that should
>>>> mean that the host, username, and password are all correct, and that
>>>> the user has the appropriate rights to the database??
>>>>
>>>> The host and username are below. I'm omitting certain pieces of
>>>> information since I believe these list communications are publicly
>>> accessible.
>>>>
>>>> Host: mtg1*7.db.8777228.hostedresource.com
>>>> Username: mtg1*7
>>>> Password: ***** [my password that works when accessing the db via
>>>> PHPMyAdmin or ODBC connection]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat
>>>> Lockley
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:25 AM
>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Online Toolkits: Installation Guide
>>>>
>>>> Ok,
>>>>
>>>> It might be the host details - what is the host set as?
>>>>
>>>> Pat
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:19 PM, MTG Judge Course <info at mtgjc.com> wrote:
>>>>> Thanks so much for your response. I've checked the database.php
>>>>> file, and all appears to be correct. I have a GoDaddy basic
>>>>> account, so I cannot create more than one user for each database. I
>>>>> only have one username and password, and that username of course
>>>>> has full access of every type to the database.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that during setup, this same username/password was used to
>>>>> *create* the database tables. Everything appeared to be working
>>>>> perfectly until I tried to use Xerte and it gave me that error message.
>>>>>
>>>>> Blargh! :)
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>>>>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat
>>>>> Lockley
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 2:30 PM
>>>>> To: Xerte discussion list
>>>>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Xerte Online Toolkits: Installation Guide
>>>>>
>>>>> The username in database.php isn't allowed to access the database
>>>>> the installer created
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have cPanel check to see if the account you're using in
>>>>> database.php has select,delete,insert and update privileges for
>>>>> that
>>>> database.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:23 PM, MTG Judge Course <info at mtgjc.com>
> wrote:
>>>>>> I tried to install Xerte online and ran into a roadblock. I
>>>>>> followed all the installation directions to the letter, and the
>>>>>> installation script successfully created all the Xerte tables in
>>>>>> the database I’d set
>>>>> up for it.
>>>>>> However, when I try to access the Xerte installation, it says:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> “Sorry, the system cannot connect to the database at present. The
>>>>>> mysql error is Access denied for user 'mtg5[..]8'@'184.[..].193'
>>>>>> (using
>>>>> password:
>>>>>> YES)”
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My website is hosted through GoDaddy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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