Installing Elgg
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am trying to install the latest version of Elgg on my windows 7 pc localhost with a WampServer. I am stuck here when the message below pops up. Can anyone please walk me through the steps please as im a complete novice to this. Many Thanks in Advance. Sean
Welcome to Elgg.
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Elgg couldn't find its settings file. Most of Elgg's settings will be handled for you, but we need you to supply your database details. To do this:
1. Rename engine/settings.example.php to settings.php in your Elgg installation.
2. Open it with a text editor and enter your MySQL database details. If you don't know these, ask your system administrator or technical support for help.
Alternatively, you can enter your database settings below and we will try and do this for you...
Enter your database settings below and hit save:
| Database user | |
| Database password | |
| Elgg database | |
| Database hostname (usually 'localhost') | |
| Database table prefix (usually 'elgg_') |
Once you've corrected any configuration issues, press reload to try again.
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You must log in to post replies.Hey Sean,
Check out the instructions here: http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Installation
That should get you started.
- Jeff
Thanks Jeff for your reply. Im actually up to this poiny and i dont know how to do it. Any tips would be grateful
"Once this folder has been created, you'll need to make sure the web server Elgg is running on has permission to write to and create directories in it"
Thanks
Sean
Give 775 or 777 permission to the data directory of Elgg if you're on unix machine. Windows doesn't need it.
For linux give the command
chmod 777 /path/to/directory
If you're using CPanel, open filemanager, right click on the directory, click 'permission' and give 775 or 777 permission to it.
@sean a lot of people are experiencing this issue with wamp. Try xampp instead
Rodolfo Hernandez
Arvixe/Elgg Community Liaison
Hi Sean,
I had at the beginning of a lot of problems during installation. My internet provider gave me a very good info.
Disable this whole area in the 'htaccess_dist': (If it does not work, resume.)
# Do not listing directory
Options-Indexes //Disable
# Follow symbolic links
Options + FollowSymLinks //Disable
# Default handler
DirectoryIndex index.php //May but need not be disabled.
Then start your installation from scratch. If Elgg has already created a htaccess file, delete this file before. A htaccess file is created at the first start of the installation and a further operation is prevented by these above-mentioned range!
These above lines of code are not necessarily important! Most providers are configured differently and respond to these lines with an installation abort.
I hope I could help you.
Greetings
Tom
Thanks guys for all your help on this. i will reinstall later today and let you all know how it goes. Thanks again!
Sean
Hi guys,
Here's where im at now:
1. I have installed xampp and created add a user to the database with all privileges and record the database name, username and password
2. then i downloaded latest version of elgg, but dont know where to put it? I thought xampp would have had a www folder that i can put my elgg download into, but it doesnt?
please help. Thanks.
Sean
http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Install_XAMPP
Put it inside the folder 'htdocs'.
Rodolfo Hernandez
Arvixe/Elgg Community Liaison