[geeklog-devel] 1.5 Installer stuff

[Joe Mucchiello]

I don't put public_html under the geeklog directory so I end up on 
the admin/install/index.php screen with this:



Unable to locate Geeklog files

The installation script was unable to locate critical Geeklog files. 
This is probably because you have moved them from their default 
location. Please specify the paths to the files and directories below:



The entry field is small and my Unix path is over 100 characters. Not 
convenient.

It couldn't find db-config.php and said the path was incorrect. 
Hitting the "back" button didn't replace /path/to/db-config.php with 
the 100 characters I just typed. That was annoying.

More annoying was the fact that the path was correct but 
db-config.php was not writable. It was '644'. Setting '666' allowed 
me to continue. I set it back to '644' and tried again and there was 
no problem this time. Is there a clearstatcache() in the installer? 
There should be.

I put a / in the database prefix (by mistake) and received a cryptic 
database error. That field should be validated.


siteconfig.php needs the

if (strpos ($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 'siteconfig.php') !== false) {
     die ('This file can not be used on its own!');
}

or a

    header('location: index.php');



More fun: Go into Configuration and set "site enabled" to false.
Now set it back to true....

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Joe Mucchiello
Throwing Dice Games
http://www.throwingdice.com