Website Name with WAMP?

[Galen777]

Hi there. I'm trying to install Get Simple on my WAMP server. I don't have a website address to enter in the first field when installing: (website address; username; email address). Please tell me what I can enter as an alternative.

[JWH_Matthew]

I believe you will need to enter what ever you point your browser to, when installing GS.
If it's a local server it may be something like '192.168.1.123' If it's a hosted server it may be something like '76.56.45.124'.

[Galen777]

Thanks, but I don't get it. I get to the Installation page and it requires me to give a website name. I've tried inserting various names to no avail. The thing is, if I'm installing to a localhost (wamp server on my own machine) what do I write in the top field where it says "Website Name:"?

[Zegnåt]

You write a name, like “My website” or “Google”. This is exactly the same on a local testing environment as it is on a live online server.

[JWH_Matthew]

Lol, I completely misunderstood the question! Sorry for the wrong answer!

[Galen777]

Ta Da! And now for the correct answer...
Thanks, but I might have a different problem. Having tried entering the three fields (website name, username, and email address) I submit and get a 500 error. The problem might go further back than this so I'm going to give as much detail as I can. Firstly, having fired the WAMP up I have to recopy the CMS files over to the root directory every time I fail to install GS (for some reason they disappear from the localhost directory). Secondly (and perhaps more importantly), there are two warnings on the initial page - 1) cURL Module - Not Installed; and 2) Apache Mod Rewrite - Not Installed. Do they have something to do with it? The Apache error log just gives me a reference to the setup.php file (which, if I'm not far wrong is the installation page).
Some nonsense to look at: 127.0.0.1 - - [04/Oct/2010:15:03:37 +0200] "POST /aliens/CMS/GetSimple/admin/setup.php HTTP/1.1" 500 535
More nonsense from apache error log: C:/wamp/www/aliens/CMS/GetSimple/.htaccess: Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration, referer: http://localhost/aliens/CMS/GetSimple/admin/setup.php

Fun, hey?

[ccagle8]

Galen777 - Curl and modrewrite are modules for your PHP installation inside WAMP, not within GetSimple.

Also, please post any errors that appear once you've enabled debug mode: http://get-simple.info/forum/viewtopic.p...5759#p5759

If at all possible as well, can you post the contents of a <?php phpinfo(); ?> command? If you aren't sure what I am talking about, check here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-te...info-page/

[Galen777]

Okay Chris, "cURL" is among my PHP extensions but "modrewrite" isn't. Apache has a "rewrite_module"!?!
Debug is enabled.
I read the page about phpinfo() and just got confused. I'm still very new to PHP and think I might need to go and do a few tuts before I get this thing figured out.
Don't have the foggiest notion how to do the: "Create following test.php script in your /var/www/html directory (or your httpdoc directory)" thing. In WAMP I go: Localhost> Tools> phpinfo()> and bang there is that page with all the info on it. When I enter the url: "http://example.com/test.php" I get a 404 error. I take it that's an external url (not in my WAMP server)?
Sorry mate, but that's the best I can do right now. Pretty steep learning curve and I think my wheels are starting to spin. I'll give it another go soon, though, simply because I get a good feeling from GS (and the folks on the forums are really cool (and polite too).

Regards.

[Galen777]

Aha. Sometimes things are simpler than they appear. Created a file called info.php in my root folder, inserted <?php phpinfo(); ?> into Notepad++ (my editor of choice), opened my server (WAMP) and called up: http://localhost/info.php which brought up the PHP info page. So PHP seems to be working.

Debug is enabled. I'm assuming its uses will become clear down the line.

Still not getting the Installation page, though. When I type: http://localhost/aliens/CMS/getsimple/ I get what looks like a template. I can't however edit it. Unless... I copy/paste the source code into my editor... Is that how it works? I was rather hoping there'd be a dashboard or something. Sorry, I've never worked with a CMS before and assumed there'd be a sort of drag and drop function rather than having to code my way through it.

Thanks, again.

Slowly, slowly, catches the monkey.

[Galen777]

Right, boys and girls here's the dope (not the one in the mirror, no).

I'm doing this using WAMP2 server so things are a bit different than a straight FTP. To get GetSimple set up you need to grasp a couple of things. Firstly, a basic working knowledge of WAMP2 server (always have the latest version of everything you can get); tagbytag(dot)org can help there. Once you've got that up and running and made sure that PHP is working (by navigating to: http://localhost/?phpinfo=1), you can go ahead and install GetSimple.

Once you've downloaded and unzipped the latest version, place a copy in C:/wamp/www/cms/getsimple/ (www is your localhost root folder), you might need to tweak a few things. Remember to keep the original folder somewhere safe; you might need to do this more than once (which is only going to make you better at it).

There might be a couple of extensions (add-ons) that GetSimple will tell you are missing (with me it was cURL and rewrite_module). To locate cURL (php_curl) go to: WAMP2 server (on the taskbar), click on PHP> PHP extensions> and right near the top you should see "php_curl". Tick it to activate it. Don't wait for it to do anything, just move on. Next might be the rewrite_module which can be found in WAMP2 server> Apache> Apache modules> and near the bottom (they're kind of in alphabetical order) you'll find and tick "rewrite_module". That should get you up and running. By the way, a good explanation of the connection between the rewrite_module and a Fancy URL is to be found at Fancy URLs and slugs

One more thing. Enable debug mode. Instructions for doing that can be found above in Chris's post number 7. It's not as complicated as it might appear and it will save you having to commit hara kiri on the lounge floor.

My thanks again to all at GetSimple for the time and effort taken to help me while I blundered around blindly.

Now, let's go have some fun!