Sever Move Broke Installation - Install Page Keeps Appearing

[pmp6nl]

Hello,

My files were recently moved to a new server, now all that comes up is the installation page.

Can I just go in there in fill in data or will that cause problems with the database that is currently installed?

I searched but did not find anything as specific as my problem.

Thanks for any help.

Brian

P.S. the website is www.campusdakota.com

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

My files were recently moved to a new server, now all that comes up is the installation page.

That means somebody did not move the serendipity_config_local.inc.php file.

Can I just go in there in fill in data or will that cause problems with the database that is currently installed?

No, reinstalling would be dangerous and you could loose some editor/authors/plugins.

You need to recreate your config file, it has a content like this:

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<?php
        /*
          Serendipity configuration file
          Written on Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:14:33 +0200
        */

        $serendipity['versionInstalled']  = '1.4-alpha1';
        $serendipity['dbName']            = 'serendipity';
        $serendipity['dbPrefix']          = 'serendipity10_';
        $serendipity['dbHost']            = '127.0.0.1';
        $serendipity['dbUser']            = 'root';
        $serendipity['dbPass']            = 'root';
        $serendipity['dbType']            = 'mysql';
        $serendipity['dbPersistent']      = false;
        $serendipity['dbCharset']         = 'utf-8';

        // End of Serendipity configuration file
        // You can place your own special variables after here:

You need to fill in those variables with what you used in your old install (maybe with a new DB server name if that moved as well). Also make sure the versionInstalled uses exactly the version string of the s9y version you had installed previously.

Maybe you can get the old config file from a backup of the old server?

Regards,
Garvin

[pmp6nl]

Hello,

Thank you very much for your reply...that did the trick!!!

Is it ok if the config file was old, from 1.2.1? There wasnt anything changed that would matter, was there?

Thank you very much!

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

No, that's okay. The config file was always the same in every s9y version.

Regards,
Garvin