dahowlett Posted May 11, 2005 Posted May 11, 2005 I followed your instructions for installing MT - got there in the end but... 1. When setting up DB in cPanel it insists on prefixing the DB (and username) with the gobbledy gook sign in user name - e.g. vnxdfghjj_MT ? Is there any way of getting the DB/uname I really want (e.g. DB:MT, u/name dahowlett? 2. Is it correct to have the MT folder as a sub to public-html? 3. Once in MT (www.domain.com/MT/mt.cgi) I am getting a string of problems. Principally, I cannot see the images and the MT control panel looks like cack! Even if I right click to view images I still get the same message. 4. Much worse - I am getting 404 errors though they seem to have disappeared in favor of internal server error 500 as follows: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@bazaarz.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.bazaarz.com Port 80 what is happening? it's driving me nuts! Quote
Guest Serpentine Posted May 11, 2005 Posted May 11, 2005 I don't use MT anymore so take this for what it is worth. 1. Unfortunately, no. You cannot change that. 2. You may if you wish. If you have nothing else on your site you may want to have it directly in public_html 3. & 4. "Sounds" like a bad install to me, though I only installed it once so I cannot be entirely sure. Quote
Guest Serpentine Posted May 11, 2005 Posted May 11, 2005 I use WordPress. Much easier on this old man. Quote
TweezerMan Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 Welcome to the forums, dahowlett! 1. When setting up DB in cPanel it insists on prefixing the DB (and username) with the gobbledy gook sign in user name - e.g. vnxdfghjj_MT ? Is there any way of getting the DB/uname I really want (e.g. DB:MT, u/name dahowlett? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Serpentine is correct - it is not possible to change how CPanel sets up usernames and database names. 2. Is it correct to have the MT folder as a sub to public-html? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, it is. While it is possible to install MT directly into the public_html folder, I do not recommend it as then the MT application files get mixed together with your weblog pages in the same directory. Also, MT 3.16 currently has a bug that prevents it from setting login cookies properly if MT is installed to the public_html directory (root directory of domain). 3. Once in MT (www.domain.com/MT/mt.cgi) I am getting a string of problems. Principally, I cannot see the images and the MT control panel looks like cack! Even if I right click to view images I still get the same message. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Usually this is due to the StaticWebPath setting in mt.cfg not being set correctly. If you followed the instructions on the TCH help web site, you do not need to uncomment or set StaticWebPath. 4. Much worse - I am getting 404 errors though they seem to have disappeared in favor of internal server error 500 as follows: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The 404 errors would most likely be due to the CGIPath setting in mt.cfg not being set correctly. Linux path and file names are case sensitive - the URL you indicated above (www.domain.com/MT/mt.cgi) should be www.domain.com/mt/mt.cgi, as you installed MT into the public_html/mt directory. I tried looking at your mt.cgi and mt-check.cgi files - I'm receiving 404 errors with the following message: The requested URL /mtview.php was not found on this server. It appears that you tried to enable MT's dynamic publishing feature, but something is not configured correctly. The .htaccess file in your public_html directory (or possibly in your public_html/mt directory) has special directives in it that make dynamic publishing work, but they're pointing at the wrong directory. mt-view.php should be created by MT in the public_html directory, not the public_html/mt directory. I suspect that the settings in Weblog Config (Local Archive Path, Site URL, Local Archive Path, Archive URL) were not configured correctly prior to enabling dynamic publishing. It looks like you have a number of problems, but nothing that's impossible to solve - they just need to taken one at a time. Quote
Guest Serpentine Posted May 12, 2005 Posted May 12, 2005 I knew it would be just a matter of time before a real answer came along. Quote
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