okay..... I found what I hope to be a good tutorials. The instructor is showing us how to download and install templates. But after I go to extension manager, select the file to install, and click the upload and install button I get an error: Looks like User's credentials are no good... Which tells me permissions are wrong on a file. Please, what permissions do I need to change? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Tom Haws wrote: > Very good. Congratulations. > > -- > "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you > will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> got it working! Thanks. I had to delete everything in the sites directory >> and unpack joomla again to trigger the reinstall of joomla but it's all >> working. yipee! >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Tom Haws wrote: >> >>> Hmm. These are always a headache to install when you are new. You are >>> almost there now. Did you set up the Joomla admin username and password >>> somewhere? I assume those would be in the configuration.php file. One >>> possible approach is to delete that file and see if you can trigger Joomla >>> to redo the installation now that you have the MySQL set up correctly. It >>> wouldn't be a bad refresher. ??? >>> >>> Tp, >>> >>> -- >>> "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you >>> will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>> >>>> I found instructions to: >>>> >>>> Check your tmp and logs folder paths inside the main configuration.php >>>> file and make sure those folders are world writeable, 777 should work… >>>> >>>> And I changed the permissions of those two folders. Unfortunately, now >>>> when I load the admin page I am told: >>>> >>>> Warning >>>> >>>> Username and password do not match or you do not have an account yet. >>>> >>>> But I just got done creating it for sure! >>>> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Tom. So I need to create a new MySL for every site. >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Tom Haws wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm no wizard at this, but I always start mysql like this: >>>>>> >>>>>> mysql -uroot -p >>>>>> >>>>>> Now, are you saying you gave Joomla the mysql root username and >>>>>> password to use? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, >>>>>> you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> so is this for each 'site' I create? I did create a user and I am >>>>>>> told: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> An error occurred while trying to create the database >>>>>>> onlineworkfinder.us. >>>>>>> The user may not have enough privileges to create a database. The >>>>>>> required database may need to be created separately before you can install >>>>>>> Joomla!. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> which says he doesn't have the proper permissions.. But the >>>>>>> username is 'root'. Doesn't that mean he has permission to do anything? >>>>>>> Please, tell me what I need to do to give him the permissions he needs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, this is strange: I can start mysql as my user but not with >>>>>>> sudo. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> $ sudo mysql >>>>>>> ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' >>>>>>> (using password: NO) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So what do I need to do? >>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Tom Haws wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You do need to create a MySQL user and database for Joomla. And >>>>>>>> you do need to give that user all the required permissions on the Joomla >>>>>>>> database. Then all you have to tell Joomla is the name of the database and >>>>>>>> the MySQL username and password. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> "To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, >>>>>>>> you will receive untold peace and happiness." - Dr. Robert Muller >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I think I know what I need to do.... add my user to the mysql >>>>>>>>> group (or whatever it is called). >>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> so how do I set it up correctly? I mean it was working! >>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Michael Havens >>>>>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> but before I created the link it went to the admin page. >>>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:41 PM, keith smith < >>>>>>>>>>> klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Sounds like your install is not installed correctly. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>> Keith Smith >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> --- On *Tue, 2/26/13, Michael Havens * wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> From: Michael Havens >>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: joomla >>>>>>>>>>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" < >>>>>>>>>>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> >>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 3:05 PM >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I've already installed it on my local machine. The reason I'm >>>>>>>>>>>> thinking I need a database for each webpage is that I created a link to the >>>>>>>>>>>> webpage's location in /var/www in an experiment to be able to not store the >>>>>>>>>>>> page in /var/www but rather in ~/Documents/ . Then when I went to the >>>>>>>>>>>> admin page it wanted to setup joomla again. >>>>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 6:55 AM, keith smith < >>>>>>>>>>>> klsmith2020@yahoo.com >>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Mike, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> It appears you are thinking a DB is a physical thing like a >>>>>>>>>>>> static webpage. It is physical in that it resides on your file system, >>>>>>>>>>>> however it is not like a static webpage. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Take a look at these tutorials >>>>>>>>>>>> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/tutorial.html. They >>>>>>>>>>>> should help you understand the what and how of databases, specifically >>>>>>>>>>>> MySql. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Here is some PHP info on how to work with MySql databases >>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.php.net/manual/en/set.mysqlinfo.php. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I would recommend understanding the basics before trying to >>>>>>>>>>>> install Joomla on your local LAMP install. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>>> Keith Smith >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> --- On *Tue, 2/26/13, Michael Havens >>>>>>>>>>>> >* wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> From: Michael Havens >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: joomla >>>>>>>>>>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" < >>>>>>>>>>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 12:27 AM >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I was thinking..... Do you need to create a new database for >>>>>>>>>>>> every new website? If so I think I need to chown the database or maybe add >>>>>>>>>>>> it to a group. >>>>>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Michael Havens < >>>>>>>>>>>> bmike1@gmail.com >wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> why is it asking for database info?! oh bother. >>>>>>>>>>>> well I tried to create a database but this is the error it >>>>>>>>>>>> gives: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> An error occurred while trying to create the database >>>>>>>>>>>> onlineworkfinder.us. >>>>>>>>>>>> The user may not have enough privileges to create a database. >>>>>>>>>>>> The required database may need to be created separately before you can >>>>>>>>>>>> install Joomla!. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> So please, what do I need to do. Should I chown something? 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