Installation Errors -> I get Invalid arguments all the ti

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Calyx
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Installation Errors -> I get Invalid arguments all the ti

Post by Calyx »

hello,

i wanted to install the blog but after the first site (system dignose) i get only 2 invalid argument strings.

Can anyone help me? i have no idea why.
The URL: http://blog.seiteohnenamen.com/

you can try to install it...
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Re: Installation Errors -> I get Invalid arguments all th

Post by garvinhicking »

When installing on a windows server, you must not specify paths like C:\blog, but use forward slashes like e:/blog, or even better, no drive letters at all and just use the same drive letter "/blog". For that, alter your DocumentRoot in your Apache webserver config.

The actuall error is that s9y cannot read its required files because of this wrong directory structure.

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Post by Calyx »

in wich file i have to configure the paths?
and can you tell me how the directory tree should look like?
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Post by garvinhicking »

That depends on your apache setup. I have used XAMPP for Windows, where the path sytnax was already properly placed.

Basically you can configure the Path in your httpd.conf file of Apache. Try to put Apache into the same drive like your webtrees. Then you'd have something like:

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C:\Program Files\Apache - This is the Apache installation directory
C:\htdocs - This is your Document Root
C:\htdocs\Serendipity - This is your Serendipity installation
then in your httpd.conf you can enter the Documentroot as "/htdocs". And then s9y will run fine from "/htdocs/Serendipity".

HTH,
Garvin
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