problem after install

izzlik · Post by **izzlik** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:58 am

hey, i just installed serendipity and got this, only text. why?

http://www.rizzler.se/

if this is a fail @ Image Magick wich i suspect it might be, i do have GD insteed wich the requierments said worked :/

judebert · Post by **judebert** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:21 am

Actually, your style sheet isn't being loaded. It's being loaded as www.rizzler.se\/ -- which is weird, and leads me to believe you've made some changes to the index.php or index.tpl. Or maybe the .htaccess.

Get the CSS loading, and this will be solved.

izzlik · Post by **izzlik** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:25 am

judebert wrote:Actually, your style sheet isn't being loaded. It's being loaded as www.rizzler.se\/ -- which is weird, and leads me to believe you've made some changes to the index.php or index.tpl. Or maybe the .htaccess.

Get the CSS loading, and this will be solved.

ow... i didint change anyting. i also wonderds why is was \/ stuff... what is CSS loading ? how do i use it ?

sorry im a n00b im some areas !

judebert · Post by **judebert** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:43 am

It's possible there is a configuration problem, or that files were corrupted during the upload.

First, check your configuration. Go to your admin panel, click the Configure link, and start expanding stuff until you find the blog URL. Make sure you used forward-slashes (/), not backslashes (\), for all the slashes in the URL. While you're in here, check all the other Path settings to guarantee they're using forward-slashes, too. You won't need a backslash for any of your configuration settings.

Try the blog again. If it works, you're done! One of the configuration settings was goofed.

It didn't work? Go find the Apache Rewrite setting. It's probably set to the mod_rewrite, which is usually fine. Set yours to "none".

Try the blog again. If it works, you're done! Your server doesn't support mod_rewrite. You can try "errorhandling" if you like, but your server might not support that, either.

STILL not working? That's unusual. Try using the default theme: go to Manage Styles, find the one called "Serendipity 3.0", and click the disk icon to its right. This will pick the default template for your blog.

Try the blog again. If it works, you're done! Your template was bad. It needs to be fixed. Tell us which one it was, and we may be able to help a little more.

What, are you still here? Some of the files must have been corrupted during the upload. Re-upload the installation files right on top of the old ones. Use a client like FileZilla, or search the forums for others' preferences. We see a lot of this... so much I'm starting to think we ought to write a hash-checker or something.

Let us know how it goes.

izzlik · Post by **izzlik** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:17 am

sorry i forgot to tell you!

i use windows 2003 and IIS but i read that it works on IIS, but as i got to the admin panel and press anyting, config or anyting at all i get trown out to the Serendipity Administration login page.

When using Serendipity on Windows servers, pay attention to always enter path references using forward slashes ('/') instead of the notation using backslaches ("C:\...\").

if im not to tierd since it's 06:00 in sweden i didint get to choose anyting during the install.

EDIT... im reinstalling expert install now and this is how it looks

Full path: x:\Webroot\/

Blogg URL: http://www.rizzler.se\/

Relative Path: \/

Guess i should just change then \ to / and remove the double \/ crap ? if so.. do hat iclude full path etc?

btw, why cant the blogg displat "åäö" in the swedish language like my other php pages?

Post by **garvinhicking** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:47 pm

Hi izz!

About windows ISS, can you apply the patch that is mentioned in the latest posting on http://blog.s9y.org/? That should help you in the login problems.

About the paths, everyhwehere you see "\/" please remove it and make it only read "/":

Full path: x:/Webroot/

Blogg URL: http://www.rizzler.se/

Relative Path: /

btw, why cant the blogg displat "åäö" in the swedish language like my other php pages?

That depends on the charset you configure to use for serendipity. Try to set the "UTF-8" charset!

Best regards,
Garvin

izzlik · Post by **izzlik** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:57 pm

there, i got the blogg to work now!

but the login problem still is there.. i edited the file mentioned and tryed again wich did not help. so i downloaded the finished file

http://svn.berlios.de/viewcvs/*checkout ... p?rev=1564

and uploaded / wrote over the old file, then tryed to login and the same problem occur, i get trown out as soon as i try to press anyting after login.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:41 pm

Hi izzlik!

Can you check if your PHP has the 'session' feature and session.use_cookies properly utilized? Check your phpinfo() output to see how these values are configured, and if you configure the right session.save_path!

Without PHP sessions, s9y cannot work.

Best regards,
Garvin

izzlik · Post by **izzlik** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:04 pm

hey, session.save_path has no save path, any specific path it should be set on ? session.use_cookies properly utilized, http://www.rizzler.se/php_info.php

judebert · Post by **judebert** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:37 pm

Any directory that your webserver can write to should do the job.

izzlik · Post by **izzlik** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 4:03 am

i set it for c:\php\sessions and Internet guest account\IUSR_fredome has write ability in that folder, but i still have the same problem :/

Post by **garvinhicking** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:04 pm

Hi!

Did you restart the webserver after changing to that path?

Write a simple php script called test.php:

Code: Select all

<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['bla'] = 'blub';

Then execute that PHP via your browser. Then check if in your specified session save directory you can see at least one file that looks like "php5423523423352323423434", and which should hold that content "blub".

If there's no such file, chances are that your PHP is not taking your path. Try "C:/php/sessions/" then for a change? Note that PHP can't always deal well with windows backslash-directory-names.

Best regards,
Garvin

izzlik · Post by **izzlik** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:23 pm

garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

Did you restart the webserver after changing to that path?

Write a simple php script called test.php:
Code: Select all
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION['bla'] = 'blub';
Then execute that PHP via your browser. Then check if in your specified session save directory you can see at least one file that looks like "php5423523423352323423434", and which should hold that content "blub".

If there's no such file, chances are that your PHP is not taking your path. Try "C:/php/sessions/" then for a change? Note that PHP can't always deal well with windows backslash-directory-names.

Best regards,
Garvin

sorry that i havent answered, ive been away for a few day's

anyhow, the sessions are being write now, still i have the same problem as before, i get trown out when i try to click someting in the administration panel

however, i was watching the session folder just incase and from the login momment until i clicked anyting and got trown out 6 sessions was made.

Post by **garvinhicking** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:46 pm

Hi!

If you get that amount of session files it means each page visit is creating a new one. Please check that your browser is accepting cookies from your domain! The phenomenon you describe can happen if your browser doesn't support cookies.

HTH,
Garvin

izzlik · Post by **izzlik** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:32 pm

garvinhicking wrote:Hi!

If you get that amount of session files it means each page visit is creating a new one. Please check that your browser is accepting cookies from your domain! The phenomenon you describe can happen if your browser doesn't support cookies.

HTH,
Garvin

Hey, im running firefox and as a default firefox allows cookies from all sites. i even set it to check everytime i visit the site and i also tryed with Internet explorer and i still recive the logout problem :/