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" >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> 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" >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> 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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