Brion,
Sigh, I have qualifications. Suffice to say I am well aware of what is needed to trouble shoot problems. I used to write software professionally. Believe as much of this as you like. Or as little. If you rummage around you can see where I wrote some PHP code to implement a Google search, granted based on others work, but, written reasonably well for all of that. I appreciate your time, more than you seem to recognize. And, if you DO go back to my original post, I said the same thing I said in the last post.
Renaming the folder of the WIki installation is the key step you insist that I have not told you of the process. After that step I would say I changed the pointer to the folder.
What I HAD been missing, because of its non-contiguous location, and its "duplication" of information not constructed as all the rest of the "pointer" variables. But, NOT changing $IP was my mistake, and I missed the firs suggestion because I was tired. But, changing both pointers solves the issue.
I regret annoying you, and our miscommunication. And, for my part, a feeling of frustration, because I assumed, posting to a mailing list like this, that I did not have to say more than:
I install to a directory named "x" I renamed the directory Changed LocalSettings.php (granted I should have identified the exact change, variable name).
Anyway, problem solved. But, I still think that having two variables, essentially pointing to the "same" place, not co-located, and not derived from each other, SHOULD have a note to prevent this ... Well, I do plan to write this up as I get time as there is a lot of implicit assumptions in the installation procedures. And they do not address a clear way to perform an upgrade, particularly when you do not have direct physical control over the server and all of its sofware.
Again, sorry for the trouble, and I do appreciate your time.
Paul
On Oct 11, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
Paul D. Buck wrote:
Brion,
Actually I have said it repeatedly.
Make a wiki installation. Make sure it works. Rename the folder containing the Wiki on the server change the $wgScriptPath from say "/b-w" (original installation) to "/boinc-wiki"; try new url, changing only /b-w/index.php to /boinc-wiki/index.php
At this point I get a blank page.
Nothing hard, so, I am failing to understand why we are not communicating here. Each time you ask, I say I did this.
That's false -- you've said you changed *something* but you have failed, over and over again, to say *what* you've changed.
If you're going to post to the *software development* mailing list, it's generally expected that you should have some minimum ability to explain what you're trying to do, and to be able to provide specific information when asked for follow-up details.
Above you've finally said which variable you're changing -- thank you for that! If the above description is in fact complete, then it's clear that you are NOT setting the necessary variables, so the include files fail to load and a fatal error occurs.
Since you have failed to follow the directions I gave you to enable error display or error logging, you're getting blank output instead of seeing the error message.
You also didn't bother to read and respond to my last message where I told you specifically which variables you have to change:
At a minimum, if renaming the parent directory you will likely need to update the $IP and $wgScriptPath variables in LocalSettings.php.
Please read the above sentence, and follow the directions.
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