Post for anyone else that has had this problem.... check your path for your "data" folder... make sure it is the server path and not a URL - I was trying to point to the data folder using:

http://mysite.com/data

but I should have been using:

user/public_html/data

to point to the folder... cheers!

I might be having the same issue with setup on GoDaddy.com are you talking about the

Elgg database pointer?

The above is the path that I needed to use so that when I installed elgg i wouldn't get the message "data folder is not writable".

I made the mistake of trying to use a url instead of the local path to the data folder.

http://groups.google.com/group/elgg-users/browse_thread/thread/6fbff59c3c2a249c

Dear phil, I too didn't have any such intention.

Reworded, it looks fine , especially the addition "to work with elgg, to gather some (as I have had to) or will struggle until they have". It describes the whole process -- beginning as a beginner and go and go on, picking a piece of code-hack from here, and helping out a less-informed person there ... 

Besides, I am fully aware that some Elggers like yourself spend hours here.

@ Cash

Thanks. Carlos or Dhrup has told me that. I feel it will be better if that part of the engine/settings.php file comes with a comment like "not implemented" or something to the effect, so that reckless people like me won't head into the 2-db temptation. LOL!

Cheers!

hi.. good topic ... nice group.... please wake-up   :)

I sure that the documantation has improved greatly. I wish that the highly skilled elgg user, the ones that have no need for documentation will put some off their ime and effort into building a goodone.

Most comments above still aplly today .. almost two years after !!

Let's improve our community by rewriting and re-organizing the very important elgg guide  

Hello, I am new to elgg. I just discovered about it and love it. It is a great tool. I have successfully installed it on localhost. I need help with customizing the front page, which is the page a user logs in or registers. I simply need a manual on how to change/add things around, before log in and after log in. Can anyone point me to the right direction? Thank you.

Just hit the /upgrade.php, that resets the cache.

I just got 1.5 up on GoDaddy.com by installing the the GoDaddy ready 1.2 first, which sets up the dbase etc, then I manually upgraded the 1.5r1 files. It works but I the profile view never wants to load the plugs just keep spinning and the "report" window doesn't go away when you click on it.

Any help?

William in Sacramento

i did /upgrade.php but i didn't work. i will start over again.

Just hit the /upgrade.php, that resets the cache.

I just got 1.5 up on GoDaddy.com by installing the the GoDaddy ready 1.2 first, which sets up the dbase etc, then I manually upgraded the 1.5r1 files. It works but I the profile view never wants to load the plugs just keep spinning and the "report" window doesn't go away when you click on it.

Any help?

William in Sacramento

i did /upgrade.php but i didn't work. i will start over again.

Dear phil, I too didn't have any such intention.

Reworded, it looks fine , especially the addition "to work with elgg, to gather some (as I have had to) or will struggle until they have". It describes the whole process -- beginning as a beginner and go and go on, picking a piece of code-hack from here, and helping out a less-informed person there ... 

Besides, I am fully aware that some Elggers like yourself spend hours here.

@ Cash

Thanks. Carlos or Dhrup has told me that. I feel it will be better if that part of the engine/settings.php file comes with a comment like "not implemented" or something to the effect, so that reckless people like me won't head into the 2-db temptation. LOL!

Cheers!

hi.. good topic ... nice group.... please wake-up   :)

I sure that the documantation has improved greatly. I wish that the highly skilled elgg user, the ones that have no need for documentation will put some off their ime and effort into building a goodone.

Most comments above still aplly today .. almost two years after !!

Let's improve our community by rewriting and re-organizing the very important elgg guide  

Hello, I am new to elgg. I just discovered about it and love it. It is a great tool. I have successfully installed it on localhost. I need help with customizing the front page, which is the page a user logs in or registers. I simply need a manual on how to change/add things around, before log in and after log in. Can anyone point me to the right direction? Thank you.

Just hit the /upgrade.php, that resets the cache.

I just got 1.5 up on GoDaddy.com by installing the the GoDaddy ready 1.2 first, which sets up the dbase etc, then I manually upgraded the 1.5r1 files. It works but I the profile view never wants to load the plugs just keep spinning and the "report" window doesn't go away when you click on it.

Any help?

William in Sacramento

i did /upgrade.php but i didn't work. i will start over again.

Just hit the /upgrade.php, that resets the cache.

I just got 1.5 up on GoDaddy.com by installing the the GoDaddy ready 1.2 first, which sets up the dbase etc, then I manually upgraded the 1.5r1 files. It works but I the profile view never wants to load the plugs just keep spinning and the "report" window doesn't go away when you click on it.

Any help?

William in Sacramento

i did /upgrade.php but i didn't work. i will start over again.

Just hit the /upgrade.php, that resets the cache.

I just got 1.5 up on GoDaddy.com by installing the the GoDaddy ready 1.2 first, which sets up the dbase etc, then I manually upgraded the 1.5r1 files. It works but I the profile view never wants to load the plugs just keep spinning and the "report" window doesn't go away when you click on it.

Any help?

William in Sacramento

i did /upgrade.php but i didn't work. i will start over again.

Curiously, it previewed correctly but hasn't appeared when 'saved'.

I'll put a ticket into trac.

Well thank you very much for your answers... since i´m still new to elgg... i hope it´s ok to ask what exactly the TINYMCE is...

@Gleb L: You wrote "You can add picutres to any text you write (message, blog, forum..." but you did not write how ;)

never mind... try google first ;)

thanks for your answers!

Curiously, it previewed correctly but hasn't appeared when 'saved'.

I'll put a ticket into trac.

Well thank you very much for your answers... since i´m still new to elgg... i hope it´s ok to ask what exactly the TINYMCE is...

@Gleb L: You wrote "You can add picutres to any text you write (message, blog, forum..." but you did not write how ;)

never mind... try google first ;)

thanks for your answers!