Yuck - botched an install - can this be fixed?

Installing D7 Alpha on a shared server, I too got that message  (discussed in another thread here):

XsltProcessor is Off, you should install XsltProcessor

I contacted my host and they recommended I run this alpha test on a different server, where I had an unused domain anyway.   After they transferred the files I was able to run the install up to sometime after the chron request I think, then when I went to that step I got that "Global Registers Off" message.  Another email to the hosting company and this was fixed, but now it displays as follows:

www.tradematch.us/community

Any good software detectives out there who might know what went wrong?   I would rather avoid another install if I can - I am especially sick of setting all those permissions.   Could I be missing some files or something?

Thanks

Rob

Quote · 15 Jun 2009

I had exactly the same problems and they got fixed. After installing the script I also have exactly the same problem on my page www.ifreedate.com. Is this the way it looks on everyones site, are there this much bugs or is it just a few people that have got it wrong? I am on VPS hosting. Any help would be appriciated. thank you all.

Quote · 15 Jun 2009

Oh too funny,  Well at least we have replicated the problem, haven't we.   Now that we know it is not a fluke, maybe we can get Boonex staff or some other knowledgable person to weigh in and help us fix this.

Rob

Quote · 15 Jun 2009

hey no everyones site doesnt look like that....mine looks like the demo.....

i did notice one thing bout both sites yall have listed here....when u goto yall sites....it doesnt force the www. in the address bar as it does at my site...and actually if u put the www....before and i goto yall sites it takes it off......mine will put the www no matter what.....

helpful solution to try....

the file that controls this is the .htaccess file...and tells it which rewrite rules to use....so i would try downloading a fresh download of version 7 and then uploading just the htaccess file to your dolphin root directory....

hit me back if yall still having trouble be glad to figure this out....

Quote · 15 Jun 2009

ci could not seem to recreate the problem yall having

removing htaccess file didnt create that problem....however i would upload a new one anyway

also u can fix the www thing by goin to dolphin root/inc/header.inc.php and changing $site['url'] and adding the www in front of your domain name

2 other things u can try are this...goto the download section and compare your file layout to the one there...and make sure everything has been uploaded correctly...u may have missed a folder r something....

and u can try goin to dolphin admin/tools/host tools/ then on top right click the Host params tab....chk that all your server settings match the recommended....

again let me know if u get it fixed r still having trouble as i will be glad to help get yall goin....

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

Ok, so you are basically saying you don't know, right?  Thanks for trying to give some ideas.  Anyone else know what this might be?  I think possibly we both got interrupted very late in the install cycle - mine after permissions reversal which is almost the last step - does anyone know what happens after that?  - i.e. are any files changed?  Or could someone else take a look at either of these two sites and tell us what you think is wrong = i.e. missing files or whatever.

Thanks

Rob

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

Goto your INC folder: header.inc.php

 

Change your site URL from www.WHATEVER.com to WHATEVER.com

 

Try that and let me know the results please :)

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

Checked my header.inc.php file and it is listed as http://tradematch.us/community (no "www") so I don't think that is it- but thanks for the idea.  Any other guesses as to what this might be?

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

Thanks for the update.

 

The last step in the install request that the INC folder be returned to 755. Check that? I don't think that is it, but, what the hell :)

 

Also check to ensure you do NOT have magicQuotes on. Check your PHP Config file. It's often a default PHP Function. <- this is a hunch and only a hunch :)

 

let me know :)

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

Everyone having problems with images or CSS (such as the first poster in the thread) should double-check all their paths. Because Dolphin uses mod_rewrite to produce smart URLs in the directory style /blog/post/something, Apache believes it's an actual directory structure and treats relative URLs accordingly. If the base_href tag in your page is wrong, everything goes to hell in a handbasket.


In this case the base_href seems to be correct (you could try having your site URL without a trailing slash ). Here's your problem. Your CSS file gets a Error 403 (forbidden) response.

http://tradematch.us/community/cache_public/bx_templ_css_95b9526f5d2a926c81c3d060a7581bdf.css

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>403 Forbidden</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Forbidden</h1>
<p>You don't have permission to access /community/cache_public/bx_templ_css<snip>.css
on this server.</p>
<hr>
<address>Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server at tradematch.us Port 80</address>
</body></html>
Quote · 16 Jun 2009

The second person reporting this has a variant of the same problem.

http://ifreedate.com/cache_public/bx_templ_css_ca54be46d119c91f1eea3a823543bbf0.css

It loads the default page. My guess is that's the default response for returning a 403 or 404, depending on what's the case.

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

CodeSatori - thanks for the diagnosis- do you have a fix?  I got rid of that trailing slash, and also tried renaming the file you referenced - no effect.  Should I clear that cache file entirely?   Change permissions anywhere?  Replace any files?   It must be a css issue because I believe it works - i.e. I can log in if I want but the format is so horrible I can't tell what is going on.  Any thoughts on how to fix this?

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Thanks

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Rob

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

CodeSatori - thanks for the diagnosis- do you have a fix?  I got rid of that trailing slash, and also tried renaming the file you referenced - no effect.  Should I clear that cache file entirely?   Change permissions anywhere?  Replace any files?   It must be a css issue because I believe it works - i.e. I can log in if I want but the format is so horrible I can't tell what is going on.  Any thoughts on how to fix this?

Try clearing the entire cache for starters. Then check that the file exists, and moreover that it has the right permissions (0644 ought to do for public reading). See if you can read the CSS file in your browser -> look up the filename by viewing the page source.

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

Thanks for the response CS -

I did your first step - deleting the public cache, and it made things worse - I left it there so you can see:  www.tradematch.us/community All the image links are now broken.  I saved the cache files I deleted and can put them back but shouldn't that automatically recreate itself?  More thoughts welcome.

Rob

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

Do the images that show as missing exist or not?

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

 

Do the images that show as missing exist or not?

 

They do. They are trying to load Dolphin-Alpha. I like your acknowledgment of mod_rewrite. I am sure it is server configuration issue as I don't have that on my demo Dolphin Alpha.

 

CalTrade, I know you hate reloading, but I would just to make sure you don't have any issues at install. And are you using 'perma-links' on your Dolphin6.1 site or have you unchecked those boxes?

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

Ghost -  I think I am using perma-links - but could you remind me of where that is?  I seem to have forgetten :-(

In any event, this particular server is running php 5 under CGI - but I have done an install of 6.1.5 there www.tradematch.us/members - and it seemed to work fine.   Yes, I know I may have to do a reinstall - and I don't mind if it works, but I have a feeling this is just one rogue file somewhere so would be nice to have it diagnoised first - save that tedious job of setting all those permissions.

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

The logo image, for example, doesn't exist. http://tradematch.us/communitymedia/images/big_logo.png

Also the CSS: http://tradematch.us/communitycache_public/bx_templ_css_7d33d8b434f789e6cb2b0bed23704225.css


You obviously need a trailing slash there. Just keep checking the URLs you have in the source code of the page that's loaded.

Quote · 16 Jun 2009

The logo file is there - just checked via ftp.   I'll do a reinstall I guess - unless anyone has other ideas.

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Could someone tell me though - do I have to make a new database?  I think my hosting company might have done something with this one for that ZsltProcessor stuff.   When you run the install script - it drops everything in the existing database, correct?

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Rob

Quote · 17 Jun 2009

BUILD A CLEAN DB!!!!!

 

Dolphin6.1.6 is 147 in the DB, Dolphin Alpha is 248. It doesn't overwrite like D-upgrades do as this is alpha not even BETA yet :) Very Very RAW :) lol

 

Reload on a clean DB and let me know.

 

Permalinks is in Admin Dashboard -> Settings -> Permalinks: there check boxes ;)

Quote · 17 Jun 2009
 
 
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