Hi Members

 

I am having a problem with a program that i thought would be straight forward to upload.

 

I normally have to deal with tables, which this does not have even......................

 

 

The program is CMS FROM SCRATCH

 

I have been told to upload the folder to my root directory.

 

1, I have uploaded a folder called cms121 Done

 

2, I now have gone to the directory with the following address

http://www.mysite.co.uk/cms121/

 

3, This folder has not got a index so the file i need to go to is cmsdirname.php

http://www.mysite.co.uk/cms121/cmsdirname.php

 

4, It asks me to go into the cmsdirname.php and change the define folder.

 

it looks like this

 

/////////////////////////////////////////////////

Original

 

<?PHP

define("CMSDIRNAME", 'cms') ;

?>

///////////////////////////////////////////////////

Tried this (did not work)

 

<?PHP

define("CMSDIRNAME", '/var/www/vhosts/mywebsite.co.uk/httpdocs/cms121/') ;

?>

 

////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Tried this (did not work)

 

<?PHP

define("CMSDIRNAME", 'cms121') ;

?>

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

I have cmod all folders aswell.

 

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG, CAN ANYBODY SEE THE SILLY MISTAKE I HAVE MADE

 

 

I am getting a blank screen when navigating to this page

 

I have added to instructions below for reference

 

 

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS

 

 

Installation

Installing CMS from Scratch is usually a straightforward process.

 

The steps are:

 

Unzip the files to your local system

Upload the files to the right place on your web server

Unzip the files to your local system

Download the zip file and unpack it to a handy directory. You don't need to change anything in the files. You'll upload them all just as they are.

 

Upload the files to the right place on your web server

Most people will use CMS from Scratch to manage a whole web site, so the files should be uploaded into the web root. If you upload the CMS into a subdirectory, it will only work for pages within that subdirectory, and once you have set up your license, it will not work if the CMS files are moved.

 

Fire up your preferred FTP client and take a look at the files on your web server. (WinSCP is a recommended free FTP client.)

 

On some servers, you will only be able to see directories in the browsable "web root folder", i.e. your Index page will be in the folder you first see when you go in via FTP, and you can't navigate any higher than that point.

 

If this is the case, this is where you should upload all the CMS from Scratch files.

 

If you can see several directories, one of which may be called "www" or "public_html" (i.e. the web root folder), then you need to go into that folder and upload the CMS from Scratch files there.

 

Once you've uploaded, check that you have the following in your web root folder:

 

A directory called cache

A directory called cms, with a number of files and directories within it

5 files starting with phpthumb..

general.php

cmsfns.php

cmsdirname.php (if you need to change the name of the /cms/ folder, you need to edit this file and change the setting to the new name of the folder)

Troubleshooting

After I edit my settings and log out, I keep getting told to edit my settings

This is most likely caused by PHP not having write permissions for the folders it needs (i.e. the web root and /cms/ folders). If that is the case, you will also get a JavaScript error box if you try to create a new text include.

 

If you are able to set folder permissions in your FTP software (often a right-click option on the folder itself), try setting permissions (may be called a CHMOD command) to 666 or 777.

If this does not work, and you have access to a Control Panel for your domain, you may be able to edit folder permissions there.

Alternatively, contact your web host and ask them to assign the appropriate permissions to PHP / Apache on the whole site.

Why not just rename the cms folder to cms, rather than cms121?

Why not just rename the cms folder to cms, rather than cms121?

 

Scott

 

 

That sounded like a good idea.....

 

But that didn't work either

 

alun1974

 

(blank screen again) .

Scott

That sounded like a good idea.....

 

But that didn't work either

 

alun1974

 

(blank screen again) .

 

Try

 

www.yoursite.com/cms121/login.php

 

That should tell you if it is working by showing the failed login screen

 

Pat

Hi Pat

 

You were on the right road....

 

 

I had a new look at the folders, and the folllwing worked, and relised that i had a cms folder inside the cms121 folder.

 

 

http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/cms121/cms/login.php worked

 

this took me into the set up process. I think this was not explained very well in the set up instructions.

 

Thankyou Pat and also scot for your input

 

alun1974

Hi Pat

 

You were on the right road....

I had a new look at the folders, and the folllwing worked, and relised that i had a cms folder inside the cms121 folder.

http://www.mywebsite.co.uk/cms121/cms/login.php worked

 

this took me into the set up process. I think this was not explained very well in the set up instructions.

 

Thankyou Pat and also scot for your input

 

alun1974

 

Once its up and running its actually a very easy cms to work with. Glad you got it working.

 

Pat

Once its up and running its actually a very easy cms to work with.

 

I'll second that. Have used it for a couple of clients. They seem to get on with it quite well!