Hello
I just starting trying to use PHP/MySQL and dowloaded the latest phpGedView, and somehow after a very long day I had it running on my http://zelltree.com/GedView/
Well of course I need to tinker with things, but don't want to do that on my webserver. So I downloaded the ApacheTriad package and phpGedView is there in ..htdocs/gedview.
I managed to fumble around and finally found the way to create an empty MySQL database, but then in trying to set up GedView I get:
"Your current database configuration is bad. Please check your database connection parameters and configure again.", so I can't get any further.
That problem may stem from that I haven't CHMOD'd the 775 777 things. Why? I can't figure out the URL to access it with my CuteFTP to do this! The server is localhost and my machine (XP) is named via500; I haven't set aliases or proxies because I don't know about such. Any help?
And another issue because it's related:
This ApacheTriad package has many tools but is poorly configured and the documentation demands someone who knows what they're doing, which I sure don't! I have been able to Frontpage to edit the control pages add/correct some links and make them more coherent, but that's all.
So is there a webpage ANYWHERE on this vast vague www that lays out the steps for getting started? ApacheTriad includes all sorts of things - phpBB - slimFTPd - Python - phpNuke...... and I don't know what they're for or make them run or know how to use any of them, except I guess it was phpAdmin that set up MySQL. Clicking on most *.php files does nothing, so all I can do is some bewildered editing in NotePage. Surely there are better ways!?
This is too long already, but I would greatly appreciate some help here! Thanks.
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-Based on your message plus a whois of your domain name (Hi, neighbor. I'm in Gilbert) I assume zelltree.com is a hosted site. Would it be easier for you to set up a second phpGedView installation at your web server for tinkering? You can install to a second subdirectory, then set up a second mySQL database. It should be really simple and avoid your having to run two different flavors of systems.
-Have you used putty.exe ssh mode to log in to your web host and tinker around there in your directories with chmod and other basic unix commands? I am assuming you have a linux or unix host. If you do that it should be a snap of the fingers (cp -R GedView/*.* gedtinker
Tom
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I've never used ApacheTriad so I am not sure how it sets things up. But here is what you will need to do to get started with MySQL and windows...
First make sure that MySQL is installed and running. There should be a stoplight icon down in your system tray with the green light highlighted. If the red light is highlighted you will need to start the MySQL service by clicking on the icon and selecting start service from the popup menu.
Once you have MySQL running you need to create a database for PhpGedView to use. Find and run the mysql client program... the default location for this is at C:\mysql\bin\mysql.exe
Then enter the following command:
CREATE database phpgedview;
Since this is a test site, you can use the following db connection parameters in PhpGedView:
Database Host: localhost
Database Username: root
Database password:
Database Name: phpgedview
Leave the password blank or it won't be able to connect.
This is all assuming a default installation of MySQL. If ApacheTriad changed the root db user password then you will have to find out what that is.
--John
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Hello
I just starting trying to use PHP/MySQL and dowloaded the latest phpGedView, and somehow after a very long day I had it running on my http://zelltree.com/GedView/
Well of course I need to tinker with things, but don't want to do that on my webserver. So I downloaded the ApacheTriad package and phpGedView is there in ..htdocs/gedview.
I managed to fumble around and finally found the way to create an empty MySQL database, but then in trying to set up GedView I get:
"Your current database configuration is bad. Please check your database connection parameters and configure again.", so I can't get any further.
That problem may stem from that I haven't CHMOD'd the 775 777 things. Why? I can't figure out the URL to access it with my CuteFTP to do this! The server is localhost and my machine (XP) is named via500; I haven't set aliases or proxies because I don't know about such. Any help?
And another issue because it's related:
This ApacheTriad package has many tools but is poorly configured and the documentation demands someone who knows what they're doing, which I sure don't! I have been able to Frontpage to edit the control pages add/correct some links and make them more coherent, but that's all.
So is there a webpage ANYWHERE on this vast vague www that lays out the steps for getting started? ApacheTriad includes all sorts of things - phpBB - slimFTPd - Python - phpNuke...... and I don't know what they're for or make them run or know how to use any of them, except I guess it was phpAdmin that set up MySQL. Clicking on most *.php files does nothing, so all I can do is some bewildered editing in NotePage. Surely there are better ways!?
This is too long already, but I would greatly appreciate some help here! Thanks.
I don't know much. But here are some thoughts:
-Based on your message plus a whois of your domain name (Hi, neighbor. I'm in Gilbert) I assume zelltree.com is a hosted site. Would it be easier for you to set up a second phpGedView installation at your web server for tinkering? You can install to a second subdirectory, then set up a second mySQL database. It should be really simple and avoid your having to run two different flavors of systems.
-Have you used putty.exe ssh mode to log in to your web host and tinker around there in your directories with chmod and other basic unix commands? I am assuming you have a linux or unix host. If you do that it should be a snap of the fingers (cp -R GedView/*.* gedtinker
Tom
I've never used ApacheTriad so I am not sure how it sets things up. But here is what you will need to do to get started with MySQL and windows...
First make sure that MySQL is installed and running. There should be a stoplight icon down in your system tray with the green light highlighted. If the red light is highlighted you will need to start the MySQL service by clicking on the icon and selecting start service from the popup menu.
Once you have MySQL running you need to create a database for PhpGedView to use. Find and run the mysql client program... the default location for this is at C:\mysql\bin\mysql.exe
Then enter the following command:
CREATE database phpgedview;
Since this is a test site, you can use the following db connection parameters in PhpGedView:
Database Host: localhost
Database Username: root
Database password:
Database Name: phpgedview
Leave the password blank or it won't be able to connect.
This is all assuming a default installation of MySQL. If ApacheTriad changed the root db user password then you will have to find out what that is.
--John